banning the import of Iranian saffron, China is not true.”

Tuesday , according to IRNA quoted public relations Agricultural Jahad Khorasan Razavi , , he said, countries like China and India, import tariffs on agricultural products and a number of countries, including saffron Iranians have increased to their country .
The official said, pointing out that the import tariffs on agricultural products to China for some countries is close to zero , said China’s decision to import of agricultural crops from Iran and raise the tariff caused some manipulators to smuggle saffron interface and then countries through which the country was close to zero tariffs of the product exported to China .
 stressed, one of the solutions to ease export saffron in these countries using preferential tariffs that , for the purpose of consultations as required by the authorities in the ministerial level , which hopes to be effective in the process of exportation .
He said that about 95 percent of the world are produced in Iran saffron , stated, in order to prevent smuggling saffron bulbs and also abroad to pursue the necessary .
75 thousand hectares of Khorasan Razavi under Growing saffron harvest this current average yield per hectare four kilograms thus 280 thousand tons last year’s record crop production .
117 thousand families in Khorasan province to Growing saffron Rizvi , are