Iran’s Saffron Exports Up 52% in 5 Months
Spokesman of the International Relations and Trade Development Committee of Iran's House of Industry, Mining and Trade Rouhollah Latifi said that the Iranian saffron farmers exported 81.521 tons of the product valued at about $88 million in the first five months of the current Iranian year which shows 66% increase compared to the same period last year.
He added that the Iranian saffron was exported to 47 world states in the same period.
China, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Spain, Qatar, and Afghanistan were the top five destinations for Iranian saffron, Latifi said.
He added that Germany, the Netherlands, Britain, Belgium, Canada, Bahrain, Hong Kong, Australia, Taiwan, Sweden, Turkey, Malaysia, Switzerland, Russia, Kazakhstan, Vietnam, Mauritius, Singapore, Thailand, Norway, Romania, Japan, Bangladesh, Austria, South Africa, Pakistan, Philippines, New Zealand, Jordan, Indonesia, Croatia, Brazil, Ireland, Denmark, South Korea, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Georgia were also among the importers of Iran’s saffron.
Iran ranks first globally in saffron production, followed by India and Afghanistan.
Saffron is called red gold, and is the most expensive spice in the world, due to the nature of its harvest and production process.
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