Smuggle saffron onion
Young satires club: Saffron is one of the strategic products of the country, whose export development can bring about good value, but the bulk exportation and smuggling of this product has caused the international brands not to be named after the Iranian brand.
Meanwhile, the smuggling of saffron bulbs in the face of neglect by officials has led to huge incomes for Afghans. It is now better for the authorities to prevent the smuggling of this strategic product in luggage and bags of traffickers with a little vigilance and control, so as to see the growth of the production of red gold Not in other countries.
Gholamreza Miri, vice chairman of Saffron National Council in a conversation with the reporter of the industry, trade and agriculture group of the young journalists’ club, pointing out the price of saffron, said: “Currently, each kilogram of saffron, depending on its quality at a rate of at least 5,200 and maximum 6 million and 500 thousand dollars sold.
Pointing out that supply and demand are a decisive factor in prices, he said: the price of saffron is not defined as a floor and ceiling, as the supply price drops.
In the harvest season, the dealers bought each kilogram of saffron at a rate of 3 million 700 to 4 million and 200 thousand tomans from farmers, and eventually with astronomical profit, which is not fair, because farmers after one year of effort Not a lot of profit.
Exports 37 tons of red gold in the first three months of the year
The vice president of the Saffron National Council, referring to the export situation, stated that for about three months, the price of saffron has a relative stability in the market, which if the trend continues, the export situation will be balanced.
Referring to the amount of exports in the first three months of the year, adding that according to the customs statistics, in the first three months of the year, 37 tons of saffron were exported to target markets, which did not differ much from last year.
It is worth mentioning that this amount of exports has been worth $ 100 million for the country.
In the following, Miri said: Providing infrastructure and export support is expected to increase by 15 to 20 percent annually.
The Export Promotion Fund of Saffron remains in the name of the name
He said about the state of the export development fund for saffron: During a non-state-funded period, the export development of saffron was formed, which is currently only one name on paper.
Referring to the impact of the fund on the export process, Miri said: This has not affected exports at all, because at the time of establishment only a few benefited from it, and now, with the moderation of other management, no money has been deposited into the account of the Fund. .
Iran’s saffron smuggling is a source of income for Afghans!
Khanoush Sheremohamadi, an agricultural expert in an interview with the reporter on industry, trade and agriculture, told a news conference on smuggling of saffron bulbs in Afghanistan, saying Afghanistan has cultivated saffron with fertile soils and water, and ages 1 to 2 years Future will be able to export this product to other countries in the region.
He said: Saffron and scallops of saffron are unlikely to be smuggled from our country to countries such as Turkey, Spain and Afghanistan, and this has caused Iranian saffron to suffer from the two main problems of packaging and smuggling of saffron onion, which is one of the main problems of this product. New packages with the same names as the countries.
Shir Mohammadi, referring to the fact that saffron is produced in South Khorasan from 30 to 40 tons of saffron, acknowledged that saffron was produced and exported in the past years, but unfortunately, due to drought, production has declined recently compared to previous years.
“Indeed, with the support of the authorities, the brand and date and place of planting and harvesting on saffron packaging can be prevented from changing their packaging, which we hope with a detailed planning and proper management, the field of growth and development,” he said. This industry will be provided.
source: fardanews /com
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