Effect of Subsidy Reform on the Workshops and Store of Wood Products

Document Type : Research Paper

Author

Associate Professor, Paper and Wood Technology and Sciences Department, Natural Resources Faculty, University of Zabol, Zabol, I.R. Iran

Abstract

Subsidy reform was an important step for the country economic flourishing. Effect of subsidy reform was not found on the lumber and wood products in Iran. Therefore, their effect manner on the commodities is an important question. The research methodologies are descriptive analytic and survey and also, inflation rate formula, price growth formula, questionnaire statistical and Mann-Whitney U test was used. The results show that the effect of subsidy reform on the economic situation of these workshops and store are weak, but this effect on coast and price of their products more than others such as their competition. Their products orders are increase without change of their income or benefit and also, this effect are case more increase and change in price and consume of some products such as medium density fiber board than others products. Mann-Whitney U test show that the answer producers or marketer in before subsidy reform are similar to after subsidy reform. But consume of interior products and inexpensive such as interior MDF and particle board and also price change of furniture and wooden cupboard are more than before subsidy reform and the difference was significant at the 95% confidence level. Inflation rate of wood and paper products due to subsidy reform have been more growth than before subsidy reform.

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