Ministry of Industry and Trade: 67 tons of Afghanistan's saffron exports were all domestically produced
The Ministry of Industry and Trade says that Afghanistan does not need to use other people's saffron to compete in the global saffron markets. Because Afghan saffron has excellent quality and ranks first in the world.
According to the spokesman of this ministry, Afghanistan exported 67 tons of saffron to different countries in the last solar year. Meanwhile, Iranian media reported yesterday that Afghanistan exports about 70 tons of saffron annually, of which less than 20 tons are domestic products and the rest are Iranian saffron.
Iranian media reported on Tuesday, quoting Ali Hosseini, a member of the National Saffron Council of that country, that Afghanistan produces less than 20 tons of saffron, but exports about 70 tons. This means that our saffron (Iran) goes there (Afghanistan) and then it is packed and exported from there.
Abdul Salam Javad, the spokesman of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Islamic Emirate, said on Wednesday, 29th of Pisces, in response to the statements of a member of Iran's saffron council, speaking to Khame Press: "Afghanistan exported 67 tons of saffron worth about 49 million dollars to different countries in 1402. has issued All the saffron was from Afghanistan itself.
Javad added that Afghan saffron has excellent quality and ranks first in the world. Therefore, according to him, Afghanistan does not need to mix saffron from other countries in order to get the commercial market in the world.
The spokesperson of the Ministry of Industry and Trade added that all 67 tons of Afghanistan's saffron exported were domestic products, which were not mixed with any other country's saffron.
It should be mentioned that the Iranian media expressed concern about the loss of global markets yesterday, citing a member of the saffron council of that country. This member of the Iran Saffron Council said: "The export markets that we had painstakingly prepared years ago were handed over to Afghanistan and some other countries due to the lack of management in production, harvesting and export."
