Feasibility Assessment of Brokerage Establishment for Quality Control of Handmade Carpets with an Emphasis on Domestic Workrooms

In order to study the “feasibility assessment of brokerage establishment for quality control of handmade carpets with an emphasis on domestic workrooms”، indicators and quality control criteria of these carpet have been compiled. These indicators have been prioritized according to the views of producers، exporters، professionals and experts of handmade carpets، and then، the pilot quality control of these carpets has been executed for handmade carpets of Kashan. Finally technical، social and economic feasibility of the brokerage establishment on the quality control have been examined based on the result of the pilot implementation and empirical experiments. It is noted that without the help and support of the government and due to lack of incentive of weavers to pay a fee to use the brokerage services، this is not economically feasible.