The price of saffron will decrease this year
Gholamreza Miri, chairman of Saffron Exporters Union of Khorasan Razavi, said that due to the production of seven times the price of saffron last year, the price of saffron would decrease.
The head of the Saffron Exporters Association of Khorasan Razavi said in a statement in Mashhad, “In the past year, since 87, we had seven times the production of saffron in Khorasan Razavi, which will reduce the price of saffron in the year 89.
He added that among the factors that reduced the export of saffron by 18 percent in 2009, prices are rising. The willingness of Iran and other countries to replace saffron instead of poppy cultivation in Afghanistan is one of the factors that will be in the future for saffron The country is disturbing.
Miri said about 800 percent increase in exports of saffron under 30 grams: “This is not a growth we are proud of, because this growth is compulsory.”
The president of the Saffron Exporters Association of Khorasan Razavi emphasized that, since saffron is above 30 grams, it costs 150 thousand toomans, and as a result, the exporter will export saffron below 30 grams in order to avoid paying. The rising price will result in the removal of saffron from Basket is consumed.
Miri acknowledged that the problem of reducing exports is the export limit of saffron above 30 gr, which is a concern for manufacturers, and our demand from authorities is that the charges for saffron were canceled. This withdrawal rate is 10 to 12 kilos per hectare, due to the suitability of the situation and the cheaper labor force in Afghanistan.
source: tabnak /ir
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