The study of production, employment and trade in wood industry of Iran

Background and objectives: Wood industry creates the direct and indirect jobs, and has an added value, also requirements of Iran can be eliminated and then the trade balance is positive. The wood industry performed added value to other materials such as plastic, glasses and building materials, and also, wood products have revenues to Rial and foreign currency even without reliance on forest resources. The import, production and employment, exports and trade balance reflects the status of wood industry.
Materials and methods: The methodology of the research was analytical and descriptive, and the number of employments and productions values and also, tariffs and trade of various wood products were investigated by using the published data. Basic information is gained through library research, databases and interviews with entrepreneurs based on cluster sampling, and then quantity values of products, employment and trade calculated for each manufacturing section, province and Iran.
Results: The results of the research is showe that employments quantity of wood industry is 100513 man in 4204 firm, and furniture section has a 59026 man in 2197 firm that more than half of total employment in this industry, and the employments quantity of other sections are 41487 man in 2007 firm. In there, sections of composites doors and veneered panels have 16385 man in 685 firm and 6358 man in 250 firm, respectively. Provinces of Gilan, Tehran, Mazandaran, West Azarbaijan and Khorasan Razavi have the most employment and firm in this industry. The most of employment rate is performed at province of Gilan with 18030 man in 835 firm. Often, furniture sections of wood industry have a negative trade balance. But, some of furniture subsections are related to local technology such as inlay and woodcarving have a revenues and positive trade balance. The section of furniture with 27 man in each firm is relatively small. Production of wooden flooring has a employment rate in wood industry, only but 0.7 percent of the internal demand is produced in within country and other demend values imported.
Conclusion: The government performed the proper import duty, a ban on exports of raw materials, the products exports with persuasive duties. In this way, wood industry has supported to creation of added value and employment, but the trade balance is negative in the most parts of the wood industry. The endemic productions and adding countries with Preferential Tariff will develop the efficient markets for Iran. The government performed the proper import duty, a ban on exports of raw materials, the products exports with persuasive duties. In this way, wood industry has supported to creation of added value and employment, but the trade balance is negative in the most parts of the wood industry. The endemic productions and adding countries with Preferential Tariff will develop the efficient markets for Iran.