During about 10-15 days that have passed since the saffron harvest, the price of saffron has decreased by about 20% in the Iranian market. This price drop is due to the prediction of this year's saffron harvest, which will be a very large amount of saffron harvested compared to last year.
In this regard, I would like to draw your attention to the report prepared by Saffron Mahuk reporter:
In a situation where 70-80% of the produced saffron is exported, the development of exports and creation of competition in the target markets is conditional on removing obstacles and investing in the development of transformation industries.Ali Hosseini, a member of the National Saffron Council, said: According to the officials of the Ministry of Agricultural Jihad, the production of saffron this year will reach 350 to 400 tons, which is equal to the consumption of the whole world.
Hosseini announced the continuation of saffron harvesting until the middle of December and said: Currently, the supply of saffron in the market is not in mass form; Because the farmers are waiting for the prices to be fixed so that they can sell their saffron in the market. According to him, based on the observations from the farms, the amount of saffron production will be more than the previous years, and according to the officials of the Ministry of Agricultural Jihad, we will produce 350 to 400 tons of saffron this year, which is equivalent to the total world consumption.
Saying that Iran will become the world's largest producer by supplying 85 to 90% of saffron, Hosseini adds: Considering that we are not the only producer of saffron in the world, because this requires the development of conversion industries in order to maintain our position in the production markets.He stated that the potential of saffron production is twice the current figure with the same amount of cultivated area to the target markets, and added: With the development of performance per unit area and increase in production, the amount of export and foreign exchange will also increase.