Iranian saffron prices in world markets.

Ali Hosseini in conversation with ISNA , while announcing the production of saffron 210 tonnes last year , said : “ According to the Ministry of Agricultural Jahad more than 80 thousand hectares of land in southern Khurasan and Khorasan Razavi reserved for saffron went to a bumper crop this rate in the past year, more than 210 tons , compared to last year, about 30 percent .

He added: ” This shows that the average rate of production function saffron 2.6 kg per hectare . while if we can get a little effort with the performance of the product level four kilograms of the unit to increase production amounted to 320 tonnes of saffron .

Member of the National Council for saffron continued despite the fact that at the beginning of last year, with the problems in the field of export restrictions in terms of packing , the exports in the second half of last year was growing , and by the end of this year.

Hussaini said that if the dealers and re – export market entry of saffron find and disrupted the disorder and not to the market can be next year , said although the production of saffron , compared to past years, but the downward trend in the same level of more than average production capacity of the product exported as other than a year that 200 tonnes of saffron issued, the average annual exports of saffron per year to 130 150 tons of production and exports also need the world as a whole .

Iranian saffron domestic and global prices in the past year

Member of the National Council for saffron also regarding the prices of the crop in the past year , he said, still high cost of saffron , and nobody does not have the ability to compete with Iran . the domestic price of saffron in the past year, between four to five million and 800 thousand Tuman , depending on the quality and the situation on the market is different .

He pointed out that the current prices on the domestic market four million and 500 thousand thuman to five million and 500 thousand Tuman , is currently in global markets per kilogram fetches on average 1800 to 2000 dollars ( an average of about six million and 500 thousand thuman ) .

The members of the National Council for saffron confirmed, the biggest on the strength of the past year, was that the 5 highest – quality products in the world production in Iran and world markets , but the biggest weakness of saffron industry overnight destructive competition businessmen with each other , which was the hardest hit the real price stability , and the added value for more Iranian saffron .