Iran’s Q1-3 saffron exports earn $200m
Financial Tribune – A total of 186 tons of saffron worth $200 million were exported from Iran during the first nine months…
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Iran launching global saffron exporting bloc to increase trade share
Press TV – Iranian saffron exporters are mulling an international bloc of countries involved in the trade of the red gold as…
Iran’s saffron in vital need of a brand name: official
MNA – The Chief Executive of Iran Agriculture Cooperatives Trading Company Amin Shalchian said that Iranian saffron is in a vital need…
Iran saffron exports reach $78m in five months
Financial Tribune – Iran exported 74 tons of saffron worth $78 million during the first five months of the current Iranian year…
Iran’s Q1 saffron exports reach 40 tons
Financial Tribune – Iran exported 40 tons of saffron during the first three months of the current Iranian year (March 21-June 21)…
Saffron exports drop 15% in Q1: official
MNA – Gholamreza Miri, deputy head of the national council of saffron told Mehr news agency that during the first three months…
Saffron options contracts to be launched by March 20
Tehran Times – Given the widespread welcoming by market participants for launching futures and certificates of deposit for saffron trade at Iran…
Iran´s saffron seeks global recognition
The News – Torbat-e Heydariyeh, Iran: The labourers edge their way across a field of bright purple flowers gathering up the world´s…
Is Iranian saffron sanction-proof?
Al Jazeera – The reimposition of US sanctions on Iranian oil exports is threatening various parts of Iranian society. But the saffron-exporting…
Photos: Harvesting saffron in Torbat-e Heydarieh
ISNA | Alireza Masoumi: South Khorasan province is considered as the largest saffron producing region in Iran. Saffron is mainly cultivated in…
Iran exports 105 tons of saffron to 47 countries in 6 months
Tasnim – Iran has exported 105 tons of saffron to 47 countries in the first six months of the current Iranian calendar…
Iran to kick off coop. with FAO
MNA – Deputy Minister of Agriculture Hossein Shirzad lashed out at Iran’s meager share in saffron production in the international level and…
Iran’s saffron exports grow 25% to $98m in 4 months
Financial Tribune – More than 70.8 tons of saffron worth nearly $98.35 million were exported from Iran to 49 countries during the…
Iran’s saffron exports hit record high for 2017
MNA – Iran’s saffron exports hit a ten-year record high last year, reaching about 236 tons, said an official at Tehran Chamber…
Iran’s share in global Saffron trade stands at 96%: VP
IFP – Iran’s Vice-President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari has hailed the country’s huge share in saffron business across the world. …
Saffron exports rise 35%
Financial Tribune- A bout 147.2 kilograms of saffron were exported from Iran in the first nine months of the current fiscal year…
For Iranian farmers, ‘red gold’ is barely worth a copper
Press TV- Iran’s position as the lead supplier of the world’s most expensive spice is being undercut by fraudulent business under which…
Iran exports $75mn of saffron in 4 months
MNA – An official said Iran exported saffron worth 75 million dollars in the first four month of the current Iranian year…
Saffron exports exceed $78m
Financial Tribune- More than 58.2 tons of saffron worth $78.58 million were exported to 50 countries during the first four months of…
Iran exports $90 saffron, carpet to US
IRNA – Deputy of Trade Promotion Organization Mohammad-Reza Modudi said on Tuesday that the US is again one of Iran’s export destinations…
Iran exporting Saffron to 47 countries
IFP – More than 172 tons of saffron worth $246.7 million were exported to 47 countries, including the US, in the last…
Saffron exports reach 78 tons in 8 months
Financial Tribune- Iran exported close to 78 tons of saffron during the eight months to November 20, the deputy head of the…
IME to debut Saffron, Pistachio trade
Financial Tribune- Iran Mercantile Exchange plans to start listing saffron and pistachio for trading by mid-February, chief executive of IME, Hamed Soltani-Nejad,…
Iran establishes saffron bank
Press TV- Iran has launched a high-security bank to store major amounts of the crown jewel of its non-oil exports – saffron. …
Iran’s saffron exports up by 42%
MNA– An official said the volume of Iran’s saffron exports has risen by 42 per cent in the current Iranian calendar year…
Iran’s Saffron fuelling growth of German food business
Once cultivated by Persian kings and believed to have healing powers, saffron is now fuelling the growth of a small German business…
Saffron output estimated at 400 tons from 90,000 hectares
About 400 tons of saffron are estimated to be produced in the current Iranian year (March 2016-17) from 90,000 hectares of land…
$25m of saffron exported from Khorasan Razavi province
Mashhad, July 3, IRNA – An official at Khorasan Razavi Customs Department said 19,309 kg, worth $25.887 million, of saffron has been…
Iran exports $110mn saffron in 10 months
TEHRAN, Feb. 02 (MNA) – An official said Iran has exported more than 76 tons of saffron worth 110 million dollars in…
Saffron export hits $75mn in 6 months
TEHRAN, Oct. 16 (MNA) – An Iranian official recounted the weight and value of Iran’s saffron export over the first half of…
Iran ‘red gold’ output to hit 300 metric tons
Iran’s production of the world’s most expensive spice known as “red gold” is expected to hit 300 metric tons this year thanks…
Lucrative investment opportunity in “Red Gold”
Iran accounts for 130-160 tons of the 200 tons of saffron produced worldwide every year and ranks first and far ahead of…
Iran’s homegrown treasure: the spice that costs more than gold
(CNN)It is the most expensive and sought after spice in the world, commonly known as red gold. At $65 per gram for…
Iran accounts for 94% of world saffron production
Ninety-four percent of the world saffron production comes from Iran, according to deputy agriculture minister, Mitra Majdzadeh, as reported by Mehr news…
Iran exports $94 million of saffron in retail packages
TEHRAN (ISNA)- Iran exported nearly $95 million of saffron in retail packages over the first nine months of Iranian calendar year (started…
Iran’s coverage: Iran’s missile capabilities not negotiable at all, Velayati says
Daily look at Iran’s late-breaking news and upcoming events: Iran’s missile capability not negotiable: Velayati Iran’s missile capability is not for bargain,…
Iran saffron exports surpass $115 million
TEHRAN (ISNA)- Iran has exported $116 million of saffron in the first eight months of Iranian calendar year, started on March 21,…
Saffron needs scientific outlook to gain sustainable market
Mashhad, Khorasan Razavi Prov., Dec 11, IRNA – Head of the Board of Directors of Iran Saffron Scientific Association said today in…
36% rise in saffron export
TEHRAN, Dec. 10 (MNA) – Deputy of Iran Saffron National Council has announced a 36 per cent rise in ‘red gold’ export.…
Saffron Farms in Iran
GHAENAT, Nov. 25 (MNA) – Iran has long been a significant source of high-quality saffron production and export which accounts for up…