A. KARBASSI^1* AND M. PIRI²

  1- Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economic Department , University of Zabol, Iran

  2- Former MSC. Student of Agricultural Economic, University of Zabol , Iran

  Received: 17 Feb. 2007 Accepted: 22 Jul. 2008

  ABSTRACT

  Support of domestic product and export could have a powerful presence in the international trade. In this study the comparative advantage of apricot product in East Azerbaijan province was investigated by using DRC index and policy analysis matrix (PAM). Also revealed comparative advantage ( RCA) and revealed symmetric comparative advantage (RSCA) as export comparative advantage of apricot in Iran were analyzed. Data were collected from Jahade-Keshavarzi organization and yearly foreign trade database. Results show for a few years there is comparative advantage and regarding to DRC =0.6, there is comparative advantage for production. According to the findings during 1994-2000 periods Iran has comparative advantage in export although in recent years it did not observe.