Saffron was removed from the basket of essential goods

Saffron was removed from the basket of essential goods

Ali Shariati Moghaddam, director of the Saffron Export Promotion Fund in Mashhad, said that the increase in the exchange rate also has an effect on the price of saffron, and the other reason is that part of the wandering capital has entered the saffron sector, which is also attributed to the increase in the price of saffron skirts Has struck
“We see that in every part there are a number of foreign investors who have entered the form of mediation for the purchase and sale of goods, and the same people, unfortunately, entered the saffron field and raised the price of this product,” he said.
The director of the Saffron Export Development Fund emphasized that the entry of these categories has led to an increase in non-consumable demand, if demand in the domestic market has not increased or even decreased for domestic consumption.
Shariati Moghaddam continued: The main reason for the decline in demand for people in the market for saffron is that the purchasing power of people has decreased, in other words, when people do not have a proper financial situation, saffron is removed from the basket of basic goods and becomes a luxury commodity.
“Of course, we can not say how much we’ve lost our market since it’s been a long time since rising prices, and maybe it’s balanced with the new product and the market is recovering,” he said.
The director of the Saffron Export Development Fund said that exporters can now sell their products at a higher price to foreign customers, because producers who have sold their products at even lower prices than they did in the past few years can sell. Get more benefits.
Shariati Moghaddam emphasized: but high prices reduce consumption and re-produce harmful, and what the organizations should seek is to balance the equilibrium price between the people and the producer in a way that both the producer and the consumer He can put saffron in his basket of consumer goods.