Iran ranks first in the world in saffron production with 88%
Hossein Shirzad added:
Iran’s share of saffron exports has been 96% of the global saffron markets in the world last year.
He added:
Iranian super Negin saffron, in which there is no yellow or white part and is composed only of stigmas,
with safranal content below one percent, is still the best type of export saffron in the world.
The CEO of the Central Organization for Rural Cooperation,
Therefore, the pricing of this strategic product should be such as to maintain markets Consider
foreigners and provide economic income for farmers and domestic producers.
According to him, Iranian saffron is an export-oriented commodity and needs a modern market and a standard product,
so if the price of saffron is lower than normal and fair, domestic producers will suffer and leave the production of this product,and if the price is high.
Foreign traders and consumers buy saffron from other countries and this will lead to the development of cultivation of this product
in other countries and in the future countries such as Afghanistan and India will compete with Iran in saffron production,
so saffron pricing is a very sensitive process that It requires the experience,
planning and participation of all links in the production chain, including manufacturers, packaging industries and exporters.
Shirzad pointed out:
The Central Organization of Rural Cooperatives in the 1397 crop year has tried to help red gold exports by modernizing the saffron market
(physical market, commodity deposit certificate and futures exchange market) and standardizing the product,
according to the speculations of the Commercial Office. Cooperative Organization,
more than 250 tons of saffron with an estimated value of more than 352 million dollars
He added:
In 2017, the price of saffron dropped sharply and reached less than 3 million tomans per kilogram,
so much so that the Central Organization for Rural Cooperation, on behalf of the Ministry of Jihad Agriculture,
was forced to buy saffron to support producers and about 67 tons of saffron.
In the grades of Negin, Shabe Negin, he bought high quality straw and ordinary straw.
The official explained:
This year, monitoring the world market prices and intrinsic value of saffron in comparison with other products
board for domestic use and export, and in the final stages. Supply of saffron,
In other words, a correct basis should be provided for the floor price of saffron produced in different regions of the country for the coming year.
The observation of prices in the market indicates that the price of this product has been a continuation
of the prices of saffron in the previous year due to the storage capacity,
the gentle pace of supply of new saffron by farmers and the continuation of market thirst.
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