Preparation of saffron
National Council of the saffron crocus’s withdrawal, saying the saffron harvest increased by 20% and exports to nearly 300 tons in the current crop year will reach 200 tons.
Ali Hosseini, vice president of the Association of South Khorasan saffron producers and exporters in dialogue with ISNA said: With regard to the elimination of export duties saffron and the possibility of eliminating foreign outsourcing pact that would commit exporters currency exchange earned from exporting get into the room product back or central bank, could be a record-breaking prosperity and red gold exports during the last years had hoped and predicted that by taking a 20% increase saffron production, exports increased by the same amount to about 200 tons .
National Council of saffron continued another activity that should be taken into consideration during the coming years is that in addition to increasing the export target together with increased production should think saffron export reform package aimed at preventing Iranian saffron to be re-exported to other countries.
Hosseini said that some countries, like America, but over the years the country would have prevented the import of Iranian agricultural products, so that Iranian saffron in countries like Spain, India and Afghanistan and re-packaged and exported to other countries to America However, this process only Iranian Red Gold price increases by 50% to U.S. exports to Iran will not interfere.
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