The United Arab Emirates, Spain and China, respectively,
have been among the biggest customers of Iranian saffron during the first ten
months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21, 2022-January 20, 2023),
according to the data released by the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs
Administration (IRICA).

The UAE was the biggest customer of Iranian saffron with the
purchase of over $61.739 million of the product, followed by Spain with the
purchase of more than $38 million of Iranian saffron. China was in third place
with the purchase of $32 million of saffron in the first ten months of the
current Iranian calendar year, it added.

IRICA added that Iran’s saffron export stood at $172.758
million during the first ten months’ period.

Austria, Jordan, Argentina, Spain, Australia, South Africa,
Afghanistan, Germany, United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, Britain, Italy, the
U.S., Ireland, Bahrain, Belgium, Pakistan, Portugal, Thailand, Taiwan, Turkey,
Azerbaijan, Czech Republic, China, Denmark, Zambia, Japan, Sri Lanka,
Singapore, Switzerland, Sweden, Serbia, Montenegro, Iraq, Oman, Russia, France,
Philippines, Kazakhstan, Qatar, Cambodia, Canada, Croatia, South Korea, Kenya,
Kuwait, Georgia, Lebanon, Malaysia, Hungary, Egypt, Mauritius, Norway, Nigeria,
New Zealand, Vietnam, the Netherlands, India, Hong Kong and Greece were the 59
Iranian saffron customers in the mentioned 10 months, according to the data.

Iran is one of the world’s top saffron producers and over 90
percent of its production is exported to foreign destinations.