Iran hands its saffron market to Afghanistan due to export restrictions
By Trend
The deputy Chairman of Iran's Saffron National Council criticized the fact that some Iranian businessmen have to sell the country's saffron packaged as under the name of Afghanistan.
"Usually, due to the decline in supply of saffron in last days of every Iranian year (ends on March 21), from mid-April, we experience an increase of approximately 5-10 percent in the price of saffron," Gholamreza Miri said about the reason for increasing of the saffron price in Iran, Trend reports citing ILNA.
"The cultivation and supply of saffron in the country is growing every year, and according to the latest statistics, there are approximately 124,000 hectares are under saffron cultivation in all parts of the country," he said.