No country can compete with Iran in the field of saffron production
The representative of the people of Sabzevar, Jaghtai, Jovin and Khoshab in the Islamic Consultative Assembly, pointing out that no country can compete with Iran in the field of saffron production, said: At some point in time, there was no saffron packaging industry in Iran. The bulk form was taken out of the country to be packaged in countries such as Spain and Italy.
Ramazan Ali Sobhanifar, spokesman for the saffron production, processing and export faction of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, regarding the production and illegal export of this product from the country, said: Saffron is unique in Iran and more than 90% of this product is produced in the country at 500 tons. And is worth more than one and four tenths of a billion dollars for the country.
Lack of saffron volume facilitates the smuggling of this product
A member of the Industries and Mines Committee of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, emphasizing that saffron packaging industry and brand is currently available to producers, but due to the small volume of this product is easily smuggled out of the country, said: saffron smuggling and lack The return of its added value will cause great damage to the country.
The saffron production, processing and export faction of the Islamic Consultative Assembly intends to cut the hands of brokers and smugglers from the saffron market
The representative of the people in the Islamic Consultative Assembly stated that saffron is not processed in other countries: in some cases, low-quality saffron is combined with Iranian saffron, which causes disruption in the market of Iranian products.
A member of the National Saffron Council, noting that the purchase and sale of saffron is slow, added: Considering the fluctuation of saffron prices in recent months and the decrease in the purchasing power of saffron people as a luxury item in the household consumption basket, which is In previous years, there was not much acceleration to buy the product in the market.
Hosseini continued: Saffron export has little definition. The beginning of the summer holidays in European countries and the approach of the harvest season have affected the traders of the target markets, and we hope that the export market will flourish with the end of the holidays from next month.
A member of the National Saffron Council, pointing out that saffron is an export-dependent commodity, said: If the trend of declining saffron exports continues due to problems with the return of currency to the Nima system, not only exporters are reluctant to export but farmers suffer from reduced saffron prices be.
He described the export boom as the only way to provide liquidity to producers and said: This is while due to various obstacles facing exporters of saffron exports in the first three months of this year compared to the same period last year has decreased by 15%.
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