Investigating the Factors Affecting Iran's Saffron Trade with an Emphasis on the Role of Trade Sanctions

Kohansal, Mohammad Reza; Hendizadeh, Hengame; Sahabi, Hossein

doi:10.22077/jsr.2021.3837.1145

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Professor ,Department of Agricultural Economics, Agriculture Faculty, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

² PhD student in Agricultural Economics, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

³ Associate Professor and member of the faculty of Torbat Heydarieh University of Technology

https://doi.org/10.22077/jsr.2021.3837.1145

Abstract

Foreign trade of agricultural products due to high and stable exchange rate plays an important role in expanding exports and imports against various games. Among agricultural products, saffron is one of the most important agricultural exports that in recent years has been able to maintain and strengthen its position in global markets. It can be an important step to maintain the Iranian authorities - as the largest producer and exporter of saffron - in global markets and further development of the export of this product by using more information about it. Therefore, the present study seeks to investigate the factors affecting the e-commerce of Iranian saffron by being affected by the role of trade sanctions during the period 2007-2018 using a two-way panel model. Appropriate results, variables of export and import volume, economy size, importer income, world trade level index and population have a growing and significant effect and the EU trade embargo variable has a negative and significant effect on trade value. Considering the positive and significant effect of the income variable in Iran's saffron trade and in order to maintain Iran's position in the world market and prevent re-export by other theories of the UAE and Spain, despite the above conditions, a policy is proposed. Saffron can be exported to final markets.

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