Changes in Virtual Water Trade Balance in Iran: A Structural Decomposition Analysis
Subject Areas : Labor and Demographic Economics
Nooraddin Sharify
1
,
Hossein Esmaeili
2
1 - Department of Economics,, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran
2 - Department of Economics,, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran
Keywords: Structural Decomposition Analysis, Trade Balance for Virtual Water, Water Sources Management,
Abstract :
This paper investigates the situation of foreign trade to compensate for water shortage problems in Iran. Using input-output tables of 2011 and 2016 tables, the changes in virtual water trade balance in this period were investigated. Results indicate that in spite of the positive trade balance in these years, international trade caused virtual water to enter the country. However, both the value of the trade balance of products and the trade balance of virtual water in 2016 decreased compared to 2011. Overall, despite the increase in the import of virtual water due to the decrease in the total backward linkage of final products and the change in the share of exports and imports in the foreign trade balance; changes in the trade balance, the intensity of direct water consumption, the structure of production, and the structure of traded goods, respectively, contributed the most to the reduction of virtual water imports.
https://www.amar.org.ir/english/Iran-Statistical-Yearbook/Statistical-Yearbook-2011-2012
https://www.amar.org.ir/english/Iran-Statistical-Yearbook/Statistical-Yearbook-2016-2017
https://www.sid.ir/Fa/Seminar/ViewPaper.aspx?ID=56412
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