Iran ranks first in saffron production in the world
Hossein Shirzad added: Iran’s share of saffron exports has been 96% of the global saffron markets in the world last year.
He added: Iranian super Negin saffron, in which there is no yellow or white part and is composed only of stigmas, with safranal content below one percent, is still the best type of export saffron in the world.
The CEO of the Central Organization for Rural Cooperation, stating that the cultivation of Iranian saffron is mainly done at the best altitude that is suitable for saffron cultivation is about 1350 to 2200 meters above sea level, said: Therefore, the pricing of this strategic product should be such as to maintain markets Consider foreigners and provide economic income for farmers and domestic producers.
According to him, Iranian saffron is an export-oriented commodity and needs a modern market and a standard product, so if the price of saffron is lower than normal and fair, domestic producers will suffer and leave the production of this product, and if the price is high. Foreign traders and consumers buy saffron from other countries and this will lead to the development of cultivation of this product in other countries and in the future countries such as Afghanistan and India will compete with Iran in saffron production, so saffron pricing is a very sensitive process that It requires the experience, planning and participation of all links in the production chain, including manufacturers, packaging industries and exporters.
Shirzad pointed out: The Central Organization of Rural Cooperatives in the 1397 crop year has tried to help red gold exports by modernizing the saffron market (physical market, commodity deposit certificate and futures market) and standardizing the product, so that according to speculations The Commercial Office of the Cooperative Organization, more than 250 tons of saffron with an estimated value of more than $ 352 million saffron has been exported from the country to international markets with an average price of at least $ 970 per kilogram and a maximum of $ 1,300.
He added: In 1396, the price of saffron decreased sharply and reached less than 3 million tomans per kilogram, so much so that the Central Organization for Rural Cooperation, on behalf of the Ministry of Jihad for Agriculture, was forced to buy saffron to support producers and about 67 tons of saffron. In the grades of Negin, Shabe Negin, bought high quality straw and ordinary straw.
The official explained: This year, monitoring the world market prices and intrinsic value of saffron in comparison with other products is the basis for pricing of purchased saffron and all saffron was transparently offered in the commodity exchange board for domestic use and export, and in the final stages. Supply of saffron, the price level was adjusted to be the right basis for the new product of farmers.
In other words, a correct foundation should be provided from the floor price of saffron produced in different regions of the country for the coming year. The observation of prices in the market indicates that the price of this product has been a continuation of the prices of saffron in the previous year due to the storage capacity, the gentle pace of supply of new saffron by farmers and the continuation of market thirst.
According to the table above, it can be seen that this year’s prices have increased significantly compared to last year, and therefore the market is on its way.
The CEO of the Central Organization for Rural Cooperatives said: Considering the beginning of the saffron harvest season and for effective presence in the market and securing the interests of producers (targeted market intervention), the network of rural cooperatives by activating agreed shopping centers (saffron flowers) will bring relative calm in the market. In this regard, we tried to regulate and maintain the price level in favor of farmers and domestic consumers by controlling the price of saffron flowers.
He added: in order to achieve this goal, the organizations affiliated to this organization set up 25 saffron flower shopping centers by pricing and purchasing saffron flowers, which will increase the number of shopping centers to 120 if needed.
Rural Cooperative Organization Network from the beginning of the harvest season (October 6) by monitoring the price parameters of this product and creating more than 25 shopping centers in production areas; Purchase of saffron flowers from farmers in order to regulate and balance the market, in the agreed purchase form at the daily price per kilogram of saffron flowers equivalent to 850,000 rials to 1,200,000 rials by rural cooperative unions of Khorasan Razavi province, South Khorasan province , The Production Cooperative Union of Khorasan Razavi Province and the National Union of Gardeners of the country, has purchased from producers (equivalent to more than 1540 tons of saffron flowers, which produce an average of 1 kg of saffron flowers per 100 kg of saffron flowers).
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