Align vice-chairman of the National Council of Saffron said: Afghanistan, China, Greece, Morocco, Malaysia and Spain were to enter the saffron production due to the expensive price of saffron because of the intermediaries and Become a regular increase in the market price of saffron, which has urged foreign countries to produce this product.
The balance, Gholam Reza Miri, vice-president of the National Council started Saffron Iranian saffron production in countries such as Malaysia and increased competition in the product to align the reporter said:Certainly the arrival of such countries to produce and even export of saffron in the long run will have a negative impact on our markets and our exports.
He added: Unfortunately, today the authorities and the relevant authorities have paid little attention to this issue and as many goods such as carpets, pistachio nuts and cumin to give it effect.
Miri said: if we fail to seize the initiative and make the necessary infrastructure and facilities We strengthen our current capabilities fall behind other countries.
The trade unionist said the current trend to continue in the future you will be sure not only it will not be the first producer of saffron Global trade, which provided almost half a century we would lose our country. He added:Now, Afghanistan, China, Greece, Morocco, Malaysia and Spain were to enter the saffron production due to the expensive price of saffron because of the intermediaries and Become a regular increase in the market price of saffron, which has urged foreign countries to produce this product.
Miri stated: Spain in recent years, but due to good production Iran’s increased production can not compete with Iran itself has become a net importer of saffron from Iran. Vice President of the National Council of saffron continued: Spain in recent years of neglect we use crops such as saffron and took over the market. And even today the bulk of the saffron produced in Iran with Spanish saffron sell.
He added that since the Saffron belongs to our country, but has so far failed to register the product to Iran were not universal. Miri said Iran’s saffron is not yet registered in the name of genetic and geographic recent efforts to document it in action. The saffron exporter stated: Unfortunately, in recent years the country was faced with limitations that we lost part of our customers.
So that in 84 years, we had about 220 tons, while exports are currently less than 150 tons. Miri said.These problems eventually led to many of our customers are looking for other sources to meet its exports and Over time, other countries have replaced saffron exporter Iran.
Vice President of the National Council of Saffron said some countries like America that are ready to hit Iran with Afghanistan’s own 40-ton market day While Afghanistan has a total capacity of 3 tons of saffron. He added that another example of India by creating preferential tariffs for Afghanistan versus 38 percent tariff competition for Iranian saffron Iran and other countries more difficult.
Miri said international problems still remain in place and I think the government is so busy that there is an opportunity to pay attention to us, otherwise we will pursue these issues and problems for many years.
At the end of the process of production and export of saffron in the past 3 years to align said.Over the years, however, increasing our production process but our export is about a few percent.
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