Getting rid of reliance on single-product exports explains the need to move pistachio shell towards recognizing new export talents with comparative export advantages.
Considering the economic importance of pistachio exports in the national economy and considering the global competition in the market of this product and the high potential of this product for export, the purpose of this article is to study the Iranian pistachio export market during the period 2006-2009 and also to study the position. And the degree of competition (comparative advantage) of this product is among the major exporting countries in the world.
In this study, RCA, RSCA and HI were used to evaluate the comparative competitive advantage and X2, MI and CTB indices were used to evaluate the specialization. The results show that Iran, USA, Germany and Hong Kong have a comparative competitive advantage in pistachio exports.