A study on export structure of manufacturing industries Using Shift-Share Analysis technique

Subject Areas : Applied Economics

صالح قویدل ¹ , سیامک علمی ² , حسین رزاقی ³

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Received: 2009-08-16 Accepted : 2010-05-04 Published : 2010-06-22

Keywords: Export, Shift-Share Analysis, comparative advantage, manufacturing industries,

Abstract :

This paper aims to evaluate the comparative advantage of manufacturing industries at 2 digit- level of International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), using Shift-Share Analysis model. Towards this end, relevant data on Iran and world export was compiled for the period 1381 - 1385[1]. The specificity of this model is that it delineates and breaks down the changes in the structure of export into three parts viz. world share, structural shift, and competitive shift.  As such, one can classify the manufacturing industries into four groups namely:  1- Economic winners that include isic- 24, isic- 23, isic- 27, isic- 29 and isic-32. . 2- Mixed winners that include isic- 15, isic-16, isic-19, isic-20, isic-21, isic-22, isic-25, isic -26, isic -30, isic 34, isic-35, isic 35, and isic 36. 3- Mixed losers that include isic- 28, isic-31, and isic-33. 4- Economic losers that include isic-17 and isic-18