China and India are Iran’s new competitors in the saffron market
The chairman of the National Saffron Council, stating that China, India and Afghanistan are Iran’s new competitors in saffron production, predicted that the production of saffron will increase by about 30% this year compared to last year.
Gholam Hossein Shafei regarding the situation of saffron production in the country said: Saffron is one of the strategic goods whose production is almost monopolized by Iran and can have a high exchange rate for the country, so it should be given more price so that our competitors can not replace Iran. In global markets.
He added: Currently, in addition to old competitors in saffron production such as Spain, we have also found new competitors such as China, India and Afghanistan, which intend to replace Iran in saffron production in international markets.
The head of the National Saffron Council stated among the problems in this sector: The efficiency of saffron production in our country is very low, so that at present the amount of saffron harvest per hectare is about 3.5 kg, while by providing suitable infrastructure this figure can be increased. Significantly increased.
At the same time, he specified: this year, with the planning done, the amount of saffron production will increase by about 20 to 30 percent compared to last year. According to Shafei, last year about 180 tons of saffron was produced in the country, which is expected to increase to an average of 240 tons this year.
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