The weak management of saffron in Iran

The weak management of saffron in Iran

The vice president of the Saffron National Council said the onion trafficking to Afghanistan was a very worrying issue, saying that many countries are backing Afghanistan for the cultivation of red gold.

Gholamreza Mirie said in a speech with Sehr saying that smuggling of saffron bulbs from the country is a very worrying topic: smuggling of saffron bulbs began in Afghanistan about 10 years ago, and Afghans, when they saw the United Nations and countries like America, Germany, France and the Netherlands support them in the cultivation of red gold, encouraging them to continue their work.

The vice president of the National Assembly added: Then they gradually gained markets and saw the sale of this product has a good profit.

Referring to the fact that the United States has announced that it will offer a 40-tonne market for the export of saffron to Afghanistan, he said: Even now, a country like India has taken tariffs for the import of zoghran for Afghans, but if an Iranian wants to go to India To take, it should pay 38% of the tariff.

In response to the question of whether western countries are seeking to create a powerful rival for Iran in the field of saffron production, Miri said: “However, they are in opposition to us and, in every way they can, they want to hit the country’s economic and cultural issues.” Import

Vice President of the Saffron National Council, saying that we are facing maladministration in the Red Gold trading and trading market, said: “We can not be a good and reliable supplier in this area; customers will be looking for new suppliers.”

“To create a new supplier, is it better than Afghanistan, which is close to Iran, and has similar weather conditions to our country, while the labor force is cheap there, and all those who are already cultivating saffron in Afghanistan are in Iran.” We have seen the West, therefore, the Western countries themselves thought that by protecting the Afghans while supplying our products, we would remove the monopoly of the production of red gold from Iran.

Mismanagement disturbed the market for saffron

He added: “The past year has caused a lot of problems for the export of saffron, which led to a drop in our exports, while, before the government approved it, we exported 221 tons, but after that, our exports did not cross 170 tons. .

The vice president of the National Saffron Council said: “One of the other misguided efforts in the past was the purchase of saffron in a central rural cooperative organization. We talked with the Agriculture Minister that evening and warned him that it was a blow The private sector and the export of red gold, but unfortunately, these talks did not go anywhere and they were not convinced.

Pointing to the fact that the rural cooperatives bought saffron and transferred to their warehouses, Miri added: At that time, the government stood in front of us, saying that since production is with us, we have to export ourselves, monopolize the product and have issues Next came.

Recommendations for organizing the market conditions of saffron

“When the government wants to make a decisive decision on any agricultural product, the experts in the relevant class must also be present at the decision-making session,” he said, in order to organize the current situation, the government should take into account and pay attention to the status of exporters and the private sector. And they will say, not behind closed doors, that they will be able to resolve the sector.

According to Miri, in order to realize agricultural resistance policies in the agricultural sector, expert opinions should be taken into consideration, while the work done in this field should be valued. The attraction of a customer to the cost of exporters is high and at least 200 to 300 million USD is needed to attract each customer.

The vice president of the Saffron National Council, referring to the fact that 170 tons of saffron was not exported, said: “If we are to reach a point where we are not dependent on oil, we must support the producer and the exporters.”

He added: “Support is not always material, but the adoption of laws and guidelines is considered, because saffron is a national, strategic and exclusive Iranian production.

You described saffron as a product of great importance and said: Does this product, with all its potentials, does not value that we think about it and do something for it to be organized?

Referring to the need to increase the quality of our product every day, he continued: Iran’s rivals entering the market will definitely produce very high quality saffron, and we would be put aside if they were not like them.

Miri added: “So when we make problems, officials should be welcomed, not the issue of administrative bureaucracy, and then it will not be known for years to come, then where did the work end?

According to the October report, Abbas Nakhami, Director General for Combating Trafficking in Goods of the Central Headquarters for the fight against smuggling of goods and currency, has recently announced the discovery of smuggled onion saffron at 23,310 kilograms this autumn, scheduled for Khorasan Razavi to Afghanistan. have given.

source: mehrnews.com