According to Total News, quoting from the government’s information base, Habib Jahansaz, during the meeting of the governor of Gilan with the members of the Tea Organization of the country, the board of directors of the union of tea factories and tea growers, stated that most of the factories have paid the demands of the tea growers of Gilan and Mazandaran on time, in addition to purchasing in cash. Kurd: This action has created a good satisfaction.
He stated that less than 2% of the claims from the share of the factories are left to the tea growers, and added that the necessary measures are being taken to collect the claims.
The Head of the country’s Tea Organization stated that the necessary arrangements are being made for the guaranteed purchase of green tea leaves this year and the supervisors have also been organized, stating that annual tea should be determined once and for all.
He demanded to provide liquidity to the factories in order to pay the price of green tea leaves to the tea growers on time this year and added: It is expected that the price of green tea leaves will be 23 thousand billion rials this year.
According to Jahansaz, last year 970 billion Rials of facilities were paid to tea growers and factories through the country’s tea development support fund.
Referring to the import of 42,000 tons of tea to the country last year, the Head of the Tea Organization said, Also, more than 15,000 tons of tea were exported to Turkey and neighboring countries including Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan last year.