Sudden inflammation in the saffron market
The increase in the price of saffron by 50 percent in recent months has caused confusion among buyers, especially those who export this product.
Iran exports saffron to 47 countries, according to ILNA, and now saffron is being produced in 22 provinces of the country. According to the Ministry of Jihad-e-Agriculture Ministry in 1993, between 220 and 250 tons of saffron were produced; from this amount it was exported between 150 and 170 tons and about 50 tons of domestic consumption.
Given the country’s water limitation and drought crisis, they often expect production to drop by the current year, but producers believe the country’s water limits will not limit saffron due to low water consumption in the production process, and the expression And the spread of this thinking is that the speculators in the market are waking up in the market, which will benefit from rising and fluctuating prices for this product.
On the other hand, a 50% increase in prices has caused turmoil in the market for this product and, on the other hand, has opened the crooked line for the production of this product, which will supply fake saffron at prices far higher than saffron of high quality to consumers. They do.
The head of the Iranian Union of Medicinal Herbs and Food and Drug Exporters said he was “seeing a dramatic increase in the price of saffron,” said the price increase following the arrival of new products.
Jalil Shop does not consider the increase in the price of saffron at 50 percent in the new year due to the probability of a decrease in the production of saffron, and the expression of these issues stems from an inappropriate mental climate in the market.
On the other hand, in the past weeks, the head of the Saffron Exporters Association of Iran, warned about the activities of people in the Saffron market that “without a license or business card, in the harvest season of the farmer in need of money, he will sell this product at a cheap price in cash Either with a check and a speck, and they sell a lot of prices inside or outside the country “, and on the other hand, the member of the National Council of Saffron is quoted as saying” white stems of saffron with natural or chemical carcinogens called Saffron sells a kilo of USD 2 million worth of its sales. “
With regard to the market fluctuations, official statistics of customs indicate increased exports of saffron; on this basis, more than 9 tons of saffron were exported to target countries in April, while more than 6 tons of saffron were exported in the same period last year.
According to the report, new saffron will be marketed in the next three months; it does not seem that the introduction of new products will result in a change in the price of this product, which will double the confusion of exporters and consumers.
It is worth mentioning that to identify the saffron, the principle of fake plants, called saffron, should be boiled in a glass of boiling water to remove the saffron from its white stems in order to identify the falsity of the product, because the consumption of counterfeit products due to cancer It is harmful to human health.
source: qudsonline /ir
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