Export production forecast and red gold price

Export production forecast and red gold price

A member of the National Saffron Council announced a 10% increase in the area under cultivation and a doubling of saffron exports this year if there were no problems with the export of red gold.

Ali Hosseini said: Considering the impact of rainfall in the last months of last year and early this year on increasing saffron flowering, saffron growers are expected to have a good year and increase production by more than 10% to reach more than 250 tons.

He added: Currently, the area under saffron cultivation is 80,000 hectares, which is expected to reach about 90,000 hectares by the end of the year.

A member of the National Saffron Council said: Currently, 3.9 kg of saffron is harvested per hectare, while in the 60s and 70s the amount of saffron harvested per hectare was five kilograms, which should have taken into account the current production of 400 tons of saffron.

Hosseini said that the reason for the decrease in saffron yield was the increase in waste and said: to reduce waste, while collecting flowers from the fields in time and preventing their movement and long-term storage, the speed of action in separating and drying saffron should be increased.

Export of 200 tons of saffron this year
A member of the National Saffron Council, noting that about 30 to 40 tons of saffron produced in the country is consumed annually, said: This year, with the current situation, we can increase saffron exports to 200 tons, provided that organizations and agencies in charge of exports, new rules every day And do not set the hourly mood.

Referring to the export of about 100 tons of saffron last year, Hosseini noted: In 1390, about 130 tons of saffron were exported to different countries, which last year due to various problems decreased by 20% to about 100 tons.