European countries requesting Iranian tea
While many European countries believe in the health and purity of Iranian tea and consume the tea produced in our country, unfortunately more in the country than in the country, said a member of the Northern Tea Association. Imported teas are used, which are mainly smuggled and unhealthy.
Parviz Shabani, stating that imported teas use illegal and unhealthy chemicals, added: Many countries, such as Dubai, which have no tea production in their country, have bought low-quality tea from some producing countries and re-added these essential oils. Tea, which is also very harmful, is exported to other countries, which also generates huge incomes.
Emphasizing that Iranian tea is unique in the world and without additives, he added: Unfortunately, despite the fact that imported teas are of very poor quality, they continue to enter Iran legally and illegally only because of the huge income that importers receive. Imported teas solve the country’s tea problems.
Emphasizing that importers should be forced to mix imported teas with Iranian tea, Shabani added: Currently, factories are facing a crisis for their surplus dry tea and there is no purchase for these surplus teas.
A member of the Northern Tea Growers’ Union pointed out: In 2008, we decided to pay the difference in the price of tea delivered by the factories to the rural cooperative, while the Ministry of Commerce also bought some tea from the factories, which had to be paid for. One billion tomans of credit has been provided, but this amount is now in the rural cooperative and due to the lack of payment line, it has not been provided to the producers yet.
Emphasizing that this credit should be given to factories and tea growers as soon as possible, he added: If this amount is not given to farmers and factory owners by the end of March, its payment will not cure the pain, because producers and factory owners will produce next year. They must prepare before the new year and carry out agricultural operations in the gardens and reconstruction of the factories.
A member of the Northern Tea Workers’ Union called the approval of the General Directorate of Northern Tea a fundamental and useful step and said: Given that the rural cooperative had no experience in the field of tea, establishing the General Directorate of Northern Tea It can be fruitful in relation to tea.
Pointing out that 80% of the income of the people of Gilan is provided through agriculture, Shabani added: Each of his farmers is an expert, so when they see that producing tea is not affordable for them and does not provide for their living expenses and their tea. They cannot be bought at a reasonable price. In order to earn a living, they inevitably turn their tea fields into other products or sell them for construction.
He said: In this regard, most farmers have written letters to MPs that if their tea problem is not solved, they should at least release a user to sell their land and turn to another job.