Do not miss the global saffron market of South Khorasan
The head of the National Saffron Council said: expressing non-expert and non-managerial content and far from studying and analyzing the global saffron market will have no result other than losing the global saffron markets to competitors and harming the hardworking saffron farmers.
Mohsen Ehtesham, referring to the beginning of the saffron harvest season in the provinces of Khorasan Razavi and South Khorasan, said: In proportion to the increase in the price of currency, the base price of saffron exports should be changed and become real.
He added: The main reason for the decline in saffron prices last year was the increase in supply due to the increase in saffron cultivation, but unfortunately in proportion to this increase in cultivation, demand and market development in the past few years has not been due to sanctions.
The Chairman of the National Saffron Council stated: Expressing non-expert and non-managerial content and far from studying and analyzing the global saffron market will have no result other than losing the global saffron markets to competitors and harming the hardworking saffron farmers.
Ehtesham stated: In the current situation, determining the base purchase price of various types of saffron grading from farmers as the base price by the Ministry of Jihad Agriculture and also modifying the base export price by the Iranian Customs are very important priorities to prevent saffron prices from falling. Is inside the country.
The need for proper management in determining the price and sale of saffron
He stated: Proper management of determining the price and sale of Iranian saffron in the world market with the price set as the global price of saffron, is another important management priority in the market of this product.
The Chairman of the National Saffron Council stated that these two important priorities should be operationalized as soon as possible by those in charge of operational and executive affairs, and specified: And prevent badges.
Genuine exporters of saffron do not have the power to export
Ehtesham said: The realization of this important issue has prevented the fall in the price of saffron and on the other hand provides a prelude to the return of foreign exchange from saffron exports to the economic cycle of the country.
He added: Unfortunately, today we see that most of the saffron exports are not made by genuine exporters of the saffron industry who have made large investments for this purpose because they can not compete with the current situation and the difference in currency prices in the Nima network and the free market. They have lost themselves.
The head of the National Saffron Council lamented this trend, noting: If the current situation is not managed, we will see unemployment of hundreds of people working in the process of processing, exporting and packaging of saffron.
Ehtesham emphasized on organizing, organizing and planning the saffron market to maintain the position of Iranian saffron in world markets and continued: This important thing must be achieved by the private and government sectors.
He said: If the exporters and activists of the saffron sector help not reduce the price of saffron from the base prices announced by the Ministry of Jihad Agriculture, there is definitely no need for the Rural Cooperative Organization to enter the saffron purchase cycle, which unfortunately happened last year. Will not be accompanied.
The Chairman of the National Saffron Council, stating that we must properly manage the demand for saffron in the global market, reminded: providing the product in terms of quantity and quality in accordance with the demands and needs of the global market, importance and fair pricing for farmers and consumers, proper distribution Saffron through scientific channels inside and outside the country, the correct introduction of Iranian saffron and incentive measures to buy for the main buyers of saffron and the importance of packaging, are the factors affecting the demand for saffron in the global market.
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