BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 5
By Elnur Baghishov – Trend:
Iran is planned to produce 1,750 tons of raw silk cocoon in the spring of the current Iranian year (from March 21 through June 21, 2021), said Adeel Sarvi Zargar, Head of the National Sericulture Development Center of Iran, Trend reports citing the Ministry of Agriculture Jihad.
According to Sarvi Zargar, 275 tons of silk thread will be produced from this volume of the raw silk cocoon.
The official added that the self-sufficiency ratio on the production of carpets and silk products domestically will increase to 55 percent as a result of the silk thread production in Iran in the autumn.
“Iran needs 540-550 tons of silk thread annually. For this, 3,300 tons of raw silk cocoon must be produced,” he said.
Sarvi Zargar emphasized that about 1,680 tons of raw silk cocoon were produced in Iran over the last Iranian year (March 20, 2020 - March 20, 2021). Thus, the self-sufficiency ratio on the production of carpets and silk products domestically has increased from 28 percent to 48 percent.
The head noted that Iran's silk thread imports also fell by 73 percent during the last Iranian year.
“More than 31,000 silkworm eggs have been supplied to farmers who are engaged in silkworm breeding in Iran from March 26 to May 5, 2021. A total of 49,000 silkworm eggs are planned to be supplied to farmers in the current Iranian year (from March 21, 2021, through March 20, 2022). In the autumn, 300 more silkworm eggs will be supplied to farmers,” he added.
According to him, each silkworm egg is supplied to the farmer for 150,000 rials (about $3.57).