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Export of Iranian saffron from Afghanistan to Europe and USA

Over the past few years, saffron onions have been smuggled to Afghanistan and other neighboring countries; In the past year, however, third countries no longer bother to plant saffron onions, but buy Iranian saffron directly from smugglers and sell it to Afghan traders.
Meanwhile, a member of the Saffron Exporters Union announced the export of Iranian saffron from Afghanistan to Europe and the United States: Unfortunately, the purchase of saffron by foreign countries has dropped by more than 50 percent. In the past, 200 kg of Iranian saffron was exported by Mahan Airlines to Scandinavia and Argentina at a cost of 7 million Tomans, while the fare for saffron to Europe has reached 700 million Tomans and traders’ access to their dollars has become extremely difficult. Is. Is it possible to export saffron in the future with these conditions?

Saeed Ghaffarzadeh added: Smugglers no longer smuggle saffron onions, but the procedure has changed and high-volume Iranian saffron is exported from the Dugharun border to Afghanistan and from there to Europe and the United States.

In addition to raising fares, money transfers to Europe are not possible, he said. Increasing problems and internal regulations have led to an increase in the smuggling of Iranian saffron. Of course, despite such internal challenges, it is natural that saffron smuggling is more than in previous years.

Ghaffarzadeh pointed to the price of saffron and said: the price of each kilogram of saffron starts from six million tomans and reaches 11 million tomans.