Chairman of the National Council of Saffron of Iran
Agricultural service –
One of the priorities that we consider to be marketing and marketing is Mohsen Ehtesham, chairman of Saffron Council of Iran, at the meeting of the Iranian National Saffron Council in the Khorasan Razavi Chamber of Commerce, and we feel that we should no longer have the relative advantage of relying on production But it should pay attention to competitive advantage. The top priority is the issue of the market because it has been reduced in the production sector.
“Our production has dropped from less than 100 to more than 300 tons in the last eight years since the establishment of the National Fertilizer Administration. This is one of the important achievements of the Saffron National Council.
He said: The National Saffron Council is responsible for saffron marketing plan, so we can determine the strategies for saffron to move towards branding for saffron and to make a significant part of saffron export with brand identity and identity. In the past few years, despite sanctions, we have made good efforts, and in 1995 we exported up to 170 tons. The National Saffron Council is committed to branding and entering potential markets.
The chairman of the National Council of Saffron of Iran pointed out: “One of the markets we are interested in is the Chinese market. This product is highly regarded in this country. The Indian market also focuses on this product. European and American markets are another important market for us, which has a lot of potential.
In the following, Gholamreza Miri, Chairman of the Saffron Exporters Union of Khorasan Razavi, stated: “Our saffron, given production in 28 provinces, has no plans for production and consumption. Annually, 350 tons of saffron are produced and 120,000 households have jobs. It’s worth more than $ 500 million. An increase of 60% in the export of saffron was a result of our efforts and, with increasing levels of cultivation, we should try to expand exports in the global markets.
He added: “Today, the largest number of business units are dedicated to eliminating barriers and have no time for planning. Infrastructure for the export of saffron is not properly provided, and on the other hand, Spanish merchants buy 2% of our banks’ saffron and contract with the buyer of saffron for a one-year contract for one year. While we receive the facility at a profit of 18 percent, we can not even keep the price of saffron for a week.
He said that instability and severe price fluctuations are one of our other problems, saying that the wood exporter is eating the problem of saffron. This makes it harder for us to enter the market. Removing tariff barriers to exports to China is another problem. This country, along with India, is the highest consumer of saffron. For many years, we are seeking to reduce export tariffs so that there is no problem in increasing production in the country.
Chairman of the Saffron Exporters Association of Khorasan Razavi emphasized: “The standard brochure is very strict for us. Given that we have been exporting saffron for many years, no foreign purchaser has asked us for a microbial standard, and our product has never been repatriated. Exporters do not have security. Agricultural products are exempted from taxation, but this tax is received in different forms from the farmer.
He added: “Failure to support export organizations is also one of our problems. Other issues, such as the lack of customs accountability for providing export statistics, the quarantine of agriculture, which are currently privatized and cost a lot, non-payment of export awards, the lack of coordination of trustees with the Development and Trade Organization and … are one of our main problems.
Miri said: Currently, exports of one kilo of saffron from the customs cost about 300 thousand tomans. At least 4,200 and the maximum price of saffron is 5 million and 200 thousand dollars per kilogram.
Ali Asghar Mirzadeh, a member of the board of directors of the National Council of Saffron, pointed to the change in the cultivation of saffron to pistachio, said that there are problems with water shortages and the pistachio tree consumes less water in the long run. Given the growing trend of saffron production, this will not be a problem.
Ali Hosseini, a Neyberian of the South Khorasan Saffron Producers and Exporters Association, said: “The continued implementation of the Saffron Recognition Project requires assistance that will be operational.” This product has a turnover of 1,500,000 USD in the province. In this way, organizations such as the Agricultural Jihad and the Development and Trade Organization should help to fight against cheaters and, on the other hand, produce high-quality products.
He continued: “This will make the cheaters also out of the market.” Saffron is recognized as the origin of this product, and its project has been developed.
Referring to the cooperation of Ferdowsi University with the Saffron National Council, Hosseini said: “The feasibility study of exports of over one billion dollars of saffron per year is to be firstly evaluated in terms of its feasibility in talks with activists in this field.
“We have not worked on different saffron products, we are selling more raw materials and exporting our value added to the world,” said Naiberis, Saffron Producers and Exporters Association of South Khorasan. If the saffron industry is backed up, it’s possible to take advantage of these abilities. Also, the comprehensive plan of saffron, although the comprehensive plan should be but unfortunately, has not yet received a budget. If the budget was 700 billion USD, many of these problems would not have arisen today.
Ali Salari, board member of Saffron National Council, said about saffron capacity as souvenir: “This is the best souvenir of Mashhad. We recommend people use saffron with a standard badge.
source: tejaratnews /com
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