تعيين پتانسيل ها و زمينه هاي ارتقاء همكاري هاي تجاري بين ايران و كره جنوبي

Trade potentials between Iran and South Korea: Ways and means to expand cooperation between the two countries

The expansion of nonoil export on the bask of export leap strategy has been one of the most important objectives of the third Economic, Social and cultural Development plan of Iran. In this respect the Identification of trade Potentials between Iran and its trade partners with good prospects for enhancing export to them is an imperative. South Korea is one of these trade partners. The longstanding relations between the two countries and the existence of several bilateral economic and trade agreements between the two nations, require the careful and in depth study of the economic and trade position of Korea and also the performance ofʹ bilateral trade. In this paper first by utilizing the performance indexes a comparison has been made between the trade performance of the two countries and secondly, by employing the complement criterion the degree of complementarities between sectors are determined and then, based on the results obtained, the tradable products (trade potentials iii goods) are identified.