Identifying export opportunities for Iranian industrial products in the framework of the decision support model

Today, exports and diversification are among the most important factors of economic growth. This is doubly important for Iran, which has seen international sanctions in the last decade and the loss of much of its oil revenues. Therefore, identifying export opportunities and products in order to develop exports and diversify it is of particular importance. In this study, using the decision support model, export opportunities for industrial products with a pronounced comparative advantage of Iran are identified. Export opportunity refers to the combination of export product-export target market. The results of the survey show that out of 158 potential export target markets and 38 products with obvious comparative advantage, 107 export opportunities are considered as strong opportunities for Iran's export development, which are the most important potential export opportunities for Iran in There are Germany, Italy, Spain, Turkey, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Bulgaria, France, Indonesia, Belgium, China, Romania, Kenya, Kuwait and Georgia. Most of the products with strong export potential are related to petroleum products, petrochemicals, minerals and metals.