20 Percent Increase in Saffron Export in 2016

20 Percent Increase in Saffron Export in 2016

Referring to Iran’s rank as number one in production and export of saffron, head of Iran’s National Saffron Council said, “There has been up to 20 percent increase in the export of this product, this year.”

Iran’s 2015 Barberry Export Statistics

Iran’s 2015 Barberry Export Statistics

In 2015, one million, 985 thousand, 555 dollars worth of fresh barberries were exported from Iran to countries such as Germany, United Arab Emirates, Canada, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar and Australia, respectively.

Iran’s 2015 Production Statistics for Saffron

Iran’s 2015 Production Statistics for Saffron

The deputy minister of the Department of Greenhouse and Medicinal Plants Affairs of Ministry of Agriculture Jihad, announced that in 2015, 350 tonnes of saffron has been produced, and the cultivation area of this product increased upto seven thousand hectares, last year.”