Differentiation between Oil and Non-oil Exports

Exports have more benefits for the economy. However, due to different effects of exporting various commodities, they should be classified. The most of them is divided into oil and non-oil exports sections that its importance is reinforced to analyze growing trend of non-oil exports. The differentiation is so important: first, oil and non–oil exports has different effects on the economy that it is so important and second, dividing them into two oil and non-oil sections because of some differences such as tax exemptions and export incentives. First, the article discuss problems of oil and non-oil products definitions,the article explains industrial and scientific definitions and concepts of oil and non-oil products as well as then it studies main chapters regarding harmonized commodity description and coding system.Results of studies show that definitions which are used as the basis of Iranian foreign trade statistics of oil products exports are not much accurate. Therefore, it is proposed to define oil products which not limited to primary gas and oil products that particularly classified in chapter 27 of the HS nomenclature by using university professor's views and experts, and references such as discussed in this article.