Increased saffron export
Customs statistics for the first two months of this year exports indicates that retail and wholesale packaging saffron exports in this period, a total of 12 thousand dollars compared to the same period last year increased.
According to ISNA, during the first two months of this year, a total of less than $ 20 million package of more than 30 grams of saffron has been issued so that the price per kilogram of saffron in this period has increased to more than $ 1,450.
The non-retail saffron exports in the same period last year of $ 11 million and the price per kilo of saffron is $ 1440, so the export of saffron in packages of more than 30 grams per year in both volume and value about 80% higher.
The saffron exports between 10 and 30 grams packed in for the first two months of this year, nearly 18.5 million dollars, and the price per kilogram of this type of saffron is grown close to $ 10.
During the same period last year the export of saffron in the volume of retail sales was less than $ 15 million, so retail saffron exports this year has increased about 25 percent over the previous year.
Get Social