The price of export saffron was halved!
According to the vice-president of the Saffron Exporters’ Union, although the price of exported saffron has dropped by 53% from 2,700 euros last year to 1,200 euros, it is still used by Iranian farmers to grow saffron.
In the days when Iran’s competitors in saffron exports do not experience favorable conditions due to lower prices of this product, it seems that the activists in this sector in Iran are not worried about this situation.
One of Iran’s rivals is Afghanistan, which no longer seems to be profitable to grow saffron.
In this case, Saeed Ghaffarzadeh, vice president of the Saffron Exporters Union, says: When they started growing saffron, saffron was 4,300 euros per kilo, but now, by reducing this price, it no longer costs them to produce saffron.
According to Ali Hosseini, vice president of the Association of Saffron Producers and Exporters of South Khorasan, by reducing the price of saffron, although the profits of Iranian farmers will be provided, but the competitiveness of Iran’s competitors will decrease.
Regarding the price of saffron, Ghaffarzadeh points to the reduction of the price of Iranian saffron for export from 2,700 Euros last year to 2,700 Euros this year: Currently, saffron with a price of 2 million 50 thousand to 2 million 100 thousand Tomans per kilogram Farmers are being bought, which, given these prices, although it is currently very low for exporters, is still being spent on farmers.
Ghaffarzadeh reminds: On the other hand, farmers receive subsidies, which seems to be enough money for their livelihood, and for this reason, it is still spent on the farmer and we do not anticipate that they will change the type of their cultivation.
However, Mohsen Ehtesham, Vice President of the National Saffron Council of Iran, recently blamed the false increase in the price of saffron for the loss of target markets for saffron and said: It is important.
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