Director of the Office of vegetables, ornamental and medicinal plants Ministry of Agriculture of 20 per cent growth in saffron production in the last year than the year before and said:Of this amount, 137 tonnes were exported, valued at more than $ 200 million.
According to ISNA, Hassan Mongoose launch ceremony on the sidelines of Cumin futures trading and commodity exchange brokers trading floor in Mashhad told reporters: Crops cultivation of saffron According to statistics, about 85 thousand hectares.
He added that last year the amount of production is about 311 tons over the previous year it grew 20 percent.
Khadangi said, while yield per unit area, with a slight growth of 3,2 kg to 3,7 kg per hectare has increased.
He continued: Among the 80 percent of acreage and production of saffron is in Razavi Khorasan After that, South Khorasan with 18 percent of the country amounted to 55 tonnes in the second place.
He said Iran’s share of the total production of 311 tons and 331 tons of saffron in the world, 94%, and other countries a total of 20 tonnes of saffron are produced.
The official added that if clear and transparent prices can not be competitors to enter the market and take it out of our hands.
He pointed out the volume of exports of this product in said last year 137 tons of saffron was exported worth more than $ 200 million, which represents a good rate of exchange technology of this product.
Added Value Saffron depends on national brand
Khadangi added that in the meantime it will be worth the added time processing and packaging of the product be taken more seriously as a national brand.
His major packing and processing units of this product in the provinces of Khorasan and said: 390 units in Khorasan Razavi and South Khorasan There are 18 other units with a total capacity of processing and packaging of more than 400 product per year.
Khadangi referring to the acceptance of this product on a commodity exchange and cash transactions it said its entry would be organized to discuss the futures market and Remove and reduce the effective involvement of middlemen and intermediaries.
Director of the Office of vegetables, ornamental and medicinal plants Ministry of Agriculture in organizing a comprehensive program Saffron said, we seek to participate in the annual budget, the cost of reorganization plan be seen.
He said last year due to lack of allocation of credits especially for a comprehensive plan to support the product 610 billion capital Turn allocated 140 billion rials Khorasan, South Khorasan was it.
Khadangi said government subsidies from the funds of two billion rials in the year to Khorasan Razavi and South Khorasan was to discuss a billion to improve production costs.
At the end of the track Codex international focus on Iran’s saffron spice session of the Codex Committee on International announced and added that the investigation is done and we hope it is approved.
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