The purpose of this study was to understand the pattern of export of dates in Iran and the other main exporter countries. Revealed comparative advantage (RCA) was used to examine comparative advantage of the main exporters of dates. Export-share revealed the comparative advantage index and Spearman's correlation coefficients were analyzed to identify the dynamic changes in comparative advantage for dates. In the last 4 decades, comparative advantage for dates changed for many countries. A trend developed toward reduction in the comparative advantage of Iran, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia in favor of United Arab Emirates (UAE), Tunisia, and Pakistan from 1989 to 2005. Spearman's correlation coefficients showed that the RCA of Iran and UAE were negatively related to the RCA of Iraq and Saudi Arabia. A regression export model indicated that comparative advantage and export promotion policy had a major role in the export of Iranian dates.
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