Iran saffron export statistics
According to ISNA, Mongoose good faith on the sidelines of the launch futures trading brokers, stock trading hall cumin and goods in Mashhad told reporters: saffron cultivation According to statistics, about 85 thousand hectares.
He estimated production rate of about 311 tonnes last year compared to the previous year growth of 20 percent.
Mongoose said while production yield per unit area, with a slight increase from 3.2 kg to 3.7 kg ha-ha increased. He continued in the 80 percent area under cultivation and production of saffron from Khorasan and South Khorasan after 18 percent of the country amounted to 55 tons, is in second place.
He said Iran’s share of the total production of 311 tons and 331 tons of saffron production in the world, 94 percent, and other countries in a total of 20 tonnes of saffron are produced. The official added that it is clear and transparent prices competitors can not easily enter the market and take it out of our hands. He pointed to export this product in said last year 137 tons of saffron valued at more than $ 200 million were exported from the country indicate a good exchange technology product.
Saffron value depends on the national brand Mongoose said this will be the time when the value-added processing and packaging of the product is taken more seriously in the context of the national brand.
product per year. Head Office, vegetables, ornamental and medicinal plants of the Ministry of Agriculture organized a comprehensive program Saffron said’re looking up the annual budget, the cost of organizing the project to be seen.
He said the previous year due to the lack of specific credit allocation for a comprehensive plan to support this product 610 billion allocated to working capital of Khorasan, South Khorasan, it was found that 140 billion riyals. Mongoose said funds from government subsidies in the year two million dollars to a million dollars to South Khorasan Razavi Khorasan was given to the discussion of betterment production costs.
At the end of the follow-up to his international Codex Alimentarius central Iranian saffron spice session of the Codex Alimentarius Committee on International said, adding the investigation is done and we agree with it.
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