The smell of saffron fell

The smell of saffron fell

Deputy Chairman of the Saffron National Council said that the rate of saffron has dropped by 10% since the beginning of this year.

Gholamreza Miri announced Tuesday in an interview with IRNA that the current price per kg of saffron was between 52 million and 62 million rials and stated that the rate of saffron was previously between 55 million and 72 million rials. He added that this decline was due to the specific market conditions and the recession in the purchase and sale of saffron, but in the field of export of saffron did not change much compared to the same period last year.

Vice President of the National Council of Saffron announced the volume of export of saffron during the first three months of the same period last year, amounting to 35 million tons worth 50 million dollars. He continued: the conditions for selling saffron in the country varied and consumption The product has dropped.

“In the past, saffron sales were carried out in an irregular and long-term manner, but due to the return of 70% of checks in the other markets, trading was not done in the past, and that’s why sales have fallen,” Miri said. He added that 70 to 75 tons of saffron are consumed annually in the country, but given the current situation, domestic consumption figures are down this year.

Vice President of the Saffron National Council continued: “Consumers are required to use saffron that has a standard sign to increase the monitoring of various collections, including saffron unions.

He said saffron consumption, which does not have a standard badge, in addition to preventing the formation of many injuries, can have very positive results in various economic areas.

There are 75 thousand hectares of Saffron cultivation farm in the provinces of Khorasan Razavi and South Khorasan, which is expected to grow on its cultivating surface each year due to its welcome and demand for this product.

source: alef /ir