Spain became the first exporter of this product with Iranian saffron

Spain became the first exporter of this product with Iranian saffron

Farzad Saharkhiz, member of the Board of Directors of the House of Industry, Mines and Youth, said: The UAE also purchases Iranian saffron daily and weekly by brokers and non-professional merchants, and after mixing with some impurities, Iranian products and even Iran’s standard markers sell to the Persian Gulf, Africa and China.
He recalled that after Spain and the United Arab Emirates, China is the largest purchaser of Iranian bulk saffron; Afghanistan is also considered as another Iranian bulk saffron customer, considered as a rival of Iran’s future, so that by buying saffron from Iran and Selling it as “Afghan Saffron” has begun trading this product in the world.
Saharkhiz, Saudi Arabia and Qatar have been among the major purchasers of saffron packaging in Iran and said: “The people of Arab countries have become familiar with the quality of saffron in Iran due to high traffic to Iran, and their desire to buy this product is much higher than Spanish saffron Gets
Measures to boost the export of saffron
This member of the Board of Directors of the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Youth Affairs said that with the establishment of the foreign trade department and the sales strategy, the export of saffron packing the name of Iran to other countries is on the agenda, so that the packaging of saffron as requested An international client is doing, in other words, custom-made and sent to the destination.
He added: “By examining the export statistics of saffron, only 5 percent of the country’s total export of saffron is devoted to packaging under 10 grams for final consumers and retail outlets, and 95 percent remaining in packages of over 10 grams and Major (one and a half kilograms) is exported.
Saharkhiz added: Iranian companies active in this field have been able to contribute to the standard in the production and packaging of saffron, flexibility in foreign packaging, luxury packaging, good service and international market standards. Exports of Iranian saffron packaging.
“Today, 45 percent of the total volume of exports is to packets less than 10 grams, and this share is increasing every year,” he said.
According to statistics, last year’s export of saffron was close to 236 tons worth more than 326 million dollars.
Despite the export growth of about 55 percent of saffron, nearly 77 percent of Iran’s red gold is exported to three countries, China, the UAE and Spain, indicating that we are not successful in gaining a greater share of the market in other countries.