Iranian saffron exports increased 21 percent in the first quarter of 2014
OFFICE Saffron Khorasan Razavi Exporters Association said, according to overcome barriers to exports in the first quarter of this year compared to the same period last year there has been a growth of 21 percent export saffron.
Gholamreza Miri in an interview with Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA), Khorasan region, stated: He added confidence, attract clients and gain target markets definitely will take time because the past few years due to the large losses suffered saffron export barriers.
Miri said: We have certain obstacles to exporting saffron does not exist, but there are still barriers to the growth of exports. Iranian saffron exports increased 21 percent in the first quarter of 2014 Saffron Saffron Khorasan Razavi Exporters Association Chairman of fluctuating prices in the country as one of the obstacles to the development of saffron and said: Note that when target countries do not have saffron crocus fluctuations in the price of 500 dollars a month to increase the distance they would be justified.
He continued: Saffron is the high cost of shipping the obstacles in the way of exports, according to the saffron crop is fully Air Shipping the product between 100 and 500 thousand dollars to a million dollars on costs This high cost makes it a country like Spain, where we can compete exporting Iranian saffron.
Miri pointed out that the third generation is fluent in Spanish saffron market, Stated: In contrast, Spain has become a developing country is And we certainly can not compete with them, but due to the good work that has been done in this situation gradually improved.
He also positive measures in the private sector for packaging saffron happened and said: We have a packaging capacity of 450 tonnes of saffron are produced by the private sector And we’re ready for packaging of saffron But in order to create the necessary infrastructure.
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