In this study, comparative advantage and trading map of Iranian date exports were surveyed. For these purposes, Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) and Revealed Symmetric Comparative Advantage (RSCA), Hillman and Trading Map (TM) indexes were used. Results show that Iran has had advantages in dates exports from 1995 to 2005, and average of RCA and RSCA indexes for studied period were 7.32 and 0.74 respectively. In ranking of the countries that have most comparative advantage in date exports in the world, Iran stands in second position after Tunisia. Also, in this study, Trading Map of main agricultural products was surveyed for the first time. Results show that despite of decreasing trade in international import market of dates between 2000-2005, Iranian dates exports have more shares of markets.
Mehrabi, H., Pakravan, M. R., & Shakibaie, A. (2010). Study of Comparative Advantage and Trading Map of Date Exports in Iran. Agricultural Economics, 4(2), 63-81.
MLA
Hossein Mehrabi; Mohammad Reza Pakravan; Alireza Shakibaie. "Study of Comparative Advantage and Trading Map of Date Exports in Iran". Agricultural Economics, 4, 2, 2010, 63-81.
HARVARD
Mehrabi, H., Pakravan, M. R., Shakibaie, A. (2010). 'Study of Comparative Advantage and Trading Map of Date Exports in Iran', Agricultural Economics, 4(2), pp. 63-81.
VANCOUVER
Mehrabi, H., Pakravan, M. R., Shakibaie, A. Study of Comparative Advantage and Trading Map of Date Exports in Iran. Agricultural Economics, 2010; 4(2): 63-81.
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