كليدواژه :
تجارت درون صنعت , شاخص گروبل و لويد , شاخص انواع تجارت , گروه محصولات كشاورزي ايران , هزينه هاي تعديل
چكيده لاتين :
Intra Industry Trade (IIT) -simultaneous export and import of same product groups- has entered in international trade literature since about three decades before. This phenomenon cannot be essentially described by traditional theories, may be explained and predicted by IIT models. Thus, considerable IIT may have also significant policy implications. The purpose of this paper is to estimate and study intra industry trade (IIT) types of Iranʹs agricultural products. For this, important indices of Grubel & Lioyd and Fontagnʹe & Freudenbergʹs trade types in 6-digit level of HS international classification are used for estimating agricultural IIT during time period 1997-2003. Results indicate low but increasing IIT types for agricultural products of Iran. Specifically, two way trade of Iranʹs agricultural products is estimated about 2.73-5.98 percent during the time period. Furthermore, an important part of this IIT is devoted to Vertical Intra Industry Trade (VIIT). Then, it seems that foreign trade in agricultural products of Iran is based on comparative advantage currently. With respect to this result, trade liberalization probably has considerable adjustment costs in Iranʹs agriculture sector which can be reduced by increasing IIT in this sector. Furthermore, regarding the importance of IIT in non oil exports, it is proposed to put an emphasis on agricultural IIT determinants, as well as taking care of existing comparative advantages. JEL Classification: F12, F17, Q17.
