چارچوبي پيشنهادي جهت تقويت مبادلات تجاري ايران با كشورهاي عضو سازمان كنفرانس اسلامي

A Suggested Framework for Strengthening Trade Between Iran and the Members of Organization of Islamic Conference

One of the important measures adopted by the members of Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) for economic integration is the conclusion of the agreement entitled the Trade Preferential System Among the OIC member states (TPS/OIC). So for fifteen members of OIC have ratified this agreement and the negotiations have started within the framework of Trade Negotiations Committee of the agreement. Although there is a rather lengthy theoretical and empirical literature on PTAs and their impacts on the member countries, there is not ample studies regarding how to embark upon tariff reduction and as a corollary to determining the offer and request lists. In this article, taking into account the recent surge in bilateral negotiations for trade liberalization between I.R. Iran and other countries and also ongoing negotiations within the Trade Negotiations Committee of TPS/OIC, attempts have been made to provide a theoretical framework for providing such lists and based on that and as a case study to propose a possible Iranʹs offer and request lists with Turkey. The results demonstrate that the potential trade flows between the two countries amounts to 1$ billion. The offer list containing the most important items at 6 Digit level of H.S. amounts to 252 and the request list comprises of 152 items respectively. The same methodology could be employed for determining the offer and request lists in respect of other members of TPSIOIC.