85% of saffron products are exported from Iran
Rostami, noting that about 85% of saffron products are exported and only 15% of it is consumed in the country, regarding the impact of exports on the market of this product, said: Any disruption in the export chain, whether due to the corona or Sanctions, however, will affect the product chain and its market.
He also explained the effect of the outbreak of coronary heart disease on saffron exports: Most saffron exports are done in the second half of the year and to judge the export of this product should wait until the end of the year.
Rostami continued: Last year we had about 286 tons of exports, but this year, due to the outbreak of Corona virus, the amount of exports in the first six months of the year was about 86 to 90 tons, and Corona did not have much negative impact on saffron consumption abroad. Due to the fact that transportation has problems and flights are not normal, it has definitely had a negative impact on the export of this product.
He reminded: the harvest period of this product, cleaning and drying it is a very short period of time and requires a heavy labor force, and since the necessary labor force is not provided in this limited period, farmers naturally sell raw saffron flowers and zinc saffron flowers. They bring and the price of saffron flowers goes down and for someone who wants to fill (clean) this flower in high circulation and pay high wages to fill it, he is ready to sell the saffron product in the market at any price, but if these people buy saffron flowers Expensive buyers will definitely not be willing to offer their product in the market at any price, and unfortunately, these disorders are the problem we face in the market of this product.
In response to the question whether measures have been considered for the disorders of the saffron market, he said: One of the ways to stabilize the saffron market is to buy saffron support from farmers, but this is not a final solution and given the high rate of saffron production in the region, We have a limit on the amount of supportive purchase of saffron.
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