Saffron export growth of 21 percent in the first quarter of this year

Saffron export growth of 21 percent in the first quarter of this year

The head of Khorasan Razavi Saffron Exporters Association said, according to removing barriers to exports in the first quarter of this year compared to the same period last year saw a 21 percent export growth have been saffron.

GH die in an interview with Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA), Khorasan region, stated: We export barriers, including toll and the need to obtain the National Agricultural Code has been removed by the exporter can not be expected that exports will be transformed once .

He added that confidence, to get the attention of customers and target markets certainly will take time because the last few years due to barriers to the export of saffron has been a lot of damage.

Miri said the current barrier to export saffron is not certain, but there are obstacles in the way of export promotion remains.

The head of Khorasan Razavi Saffron Exporters Union slippage saffron crocus in the country as one of the obstacles to the development and said: Considering that the aim of fluctuation in the price of saffron Iran saffron when they are a month to 500 dollars rises to them would not be justified.

He added that the high cost of transportation of other barriers to exports saffron, saffron given that the entire air transportation, this product carries between 100 million and 500 thousand dollars to a thousand dollars cost, and the cost of we can not make the Iranian saffron export to countries like Spain which we compete.

Miri pointed out that the third generation is fluent Spanish saffron market, stated: We are against Spain is a developing country and we certainly can not compete with them, but due to the good work that has been done in this area The situation gradually improves.

He also took positive measures in the private sector for packaging saffron and said: We have a capacity of 450 tons of saffron packaging has been created by the private sector and we are prepared for packaging the saffron produced in the country but the necessary infrastructure for this purpose must be created.