ساختار بازار جهاني فرش دستباف و بازارهاي هدف صادراتي ايران

The Structure of World Market for Hand - Woven Carpet and the Target Markets for Iranʹs The Structure of World Market for Hand - Woven Carpet and the Target Markets for Iranʹs

This research is an endeavour to delineate the structure of world market for hand-woven carpet, the structure of Iranʹs carpet export to his trade partners, ,and target markets for l rapʹs carpet export. Thus, its major parts are as follows: Introduction, Theoretical and Methodological (for both market structure and target markets). World Trade Structure of Hand-woven Carpet (export and import), the Structure of Iranʹs Hand-Woven Carpet export to his Trade Partner, Commodity and Income Terms of Trade for Iranʹs Export Carpet, the target Markets for Iranʹs Export Carpet, and Conclusion and Suggestion. According to the research finding, the world trade structure of hand-woven carpet has been an oligopolistic one along with fluctuations during 1975-2000. Further. a supply - side examination of world trade reflects a modification and mitigation in the nature of export Vis-a- Vis the existence of an oligopolistic structure in import. A comparative study of world trade structure of hand-woven carpet indicates that import is more oligopolistic than export. As to the structure of Iranʹs carpet export to his trade partners, importers of Iranʹs carpet have not been of the same position: during 1979-88, Iranʹs bargaining power vis--i -vis other carpet importers was continuously diminishing during 1989-2001 and particularly during the First Development Plan, the monopolistic power of those partners/importers declined due to increasing number of carpet importing countries. It is worth noting that the major Iranʹs hand-woven carpet importing countries often re-export Iranʹs carpet to final consumer markets and while the major region producing hand-woven carpet is the Near East, the major trade centres of hand-woven carpet are found in the Europe (Germany), East Asia (Hong Kong), and Persian Gulf (U.A.E). During 1979-2001, Iranʹs commodity terms of trade for hand-woven carpet export experienced downward fluctuations, but his income terms of trade were improved through his rising carpet export. In this research 33 countries have been recognized as target markets for Iranʹs hand-woven carpet export and the research is concluded with some final remarks and policy suggestions.