Iran Press/ Iran news: The head of Khorasan Razavi Agriculture Jihad Organization said on Wednesday that this amount of export of Saffron from Khorasan Razavi province shows a 1% growth compared to the same period last year.
Mohammad Reza Orani added that in the first half of last year, 115 tons of saffron produced in the province were exported to other countries, Iran Press reported.
The highly-prized saffron was exported to more than 50 countries, including Spain, Vietnam, Qatar, and the UAE, who were the biggest purchasers and importers of Iranian saffron last year (2018).
Saffron is cultivated in 22 Iranian provinces, but Khorasan Razavi, North Khorasan, and South Khorasan provinces in Eastern Iran account for almost 90 percent of the country's total saffron production.
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