Slow death in the shadow of smuggling Iranian saffron

Slow death in the shadow of smuggling Iranian saffron

Smugglers and traffickers of illegal withdrawal of saffron bulbs to Afghanistan over the past 15 years, Iranian saffron slow death marked the continuation of the process But replaced Afghanistan as a result of the saffron producers to place our country will have to follow.

The most expensive and the most important global crop agricultural export product of Iran while the carrier embedded in agricultural products such as onions, potatoes and … China sent to Afghanistan and that the authorities and the relevant authorities always denied this.

Experts believe that saffron bulbs should not under any circumstances leave the country; in this regard, Ali Hosseini, a member of the National Council of saffron in conversation A reporter from industry, trade and agriculture Economic Club of young journalists, stating that the Ministry of Agriculture is opposed to the export of saffron bulbs, stated: None of saffron bulbs to farmers willing to export the result of their labors is a desert areas are not.

He continued: Due to cheap labor, trafficking expand and develop the cultivation of saffron bulbs After a few years the situation in Afghanistan, this product is out of our hands.

Gholam Reza Miri, vice president of the National Council of saffron also in conversation with the correspondent industry, trade and agriculture Economic Young Journalists’ Club, said: In the past government saffron onion exports to neighboring countries such as Afghanistan, which is now the Ministry of Agriculture has been the opposite.

Stating that saffron cultivation in Afghanistan is a threat to the country’s export markets, said Afghan saffron exports to India do not pay for the tariff,Meanwhile, Iran’s saffron exports to India have to pay the consequences, so it puts Afghans in the junk market.

Vice President of the National Council of saffron continued with the continued smuggling of saffron bulbs in the not too distant future the Afghans will take place in Iran It is therefore necessary that measures to support producers and exporters To prevent the smuggling of saffron bulbs to be used.