The smuggling of saffron continues
Vice President of the Saffron National Council, saying that from the end of April to mid-September, we are faced with the smuggling of red gold onions, saying that the batteries carry products such as onions and potatoes.
Gholamreza Miri said in a conversation with Mehr about smuggling of saffron bulbs from the country: Now it is not time to smuggle onion saffron because the plant is currently in the flowering season and its onion is in the ground. He added: “We usually face the smuggling of red gold onions from the end of April to mid-September each year.
The vice president of the National Saffron Council said that trafficking in onions and potatoes, based on what they heard, said that there are about 10 to 20 tons of trains and one third or two thirds of saffron onion Which is embedded among products such as onions and potatoes so that nobody notices it.
According to him, increasing the level of cultivation of saffron in Afghanistan confirms these hearings. “In addition, sometime ago, an individual went to visit us and asked for 200 tons of saffron onion to take it out of the country, when we told him that it was smuggling,” he said, “we need this product, and every year it comes from Iran takes. “We are sorry to say that farmers who offer them a high price to buy saffron bulbs, respond positively to their requests and provide them with onions,” he said, stating that we responded to the request of the individual.
The vice president of the Saffron National Council, pointing out that India continues to apply a 38 percent tariff for the importation of saffron from Iran, added, “This tariff is zero for the country. Miri also said that tariffs had already existed from the past, but some Chinese importers introduced the product as a medicinal plant and with special tricks, not including tariffs, but recently officials have noticed that this product Saffron and apply for that tariff.
What about the tariff for importing saffron to China? He added: I do not know exactly, but according to what we have heard, this number is about 36%. The vice president of the Saffron National Council also said that the harvest has started about 10 days ago, said the sale of red gold to the market is still low in the range of one to two kilograms. “On the 10th to the 25th of November, we are seeing the culmination of harvesting this product,” said Miri, “because the harvest has started in all the provinces since then.” He pointed out that the harvest is usually ongoing until December 10th, adding that the price of red gold has not changed in the market yet.
source: mehrnews /com
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