Investigating the Existing industries’ status in Zanjan province in terms of four indices of productivity, production, productivity of labor, and raw materials, in ISIC two-digit code over 8 years

Since Iran is on the verge of joining the World Trade Organization (WTO), the responsibility of industry managers of country, especially in Zanjan province for acts of initiatives to improve industry is twofold. The importance of this research is to know that the industry competitive environment, is not only at the provincial or country level, and in the near future with the entry of foreign competitors with high quality and cheap products, the area of the industrial units which are already in a good situation will become tighter. For proper understanding of the current state of industry, there is no way other than investigating the current situation through economic indicators and market based on official statistics and this problem makes obvious the need for a comprehensive plan in this regard. The present study aims to assess the economic feasibility and market industries in Zanjan that have been made in the province. The research method is descriptive and causal-comparative survey. The study is an applied research and questionnaires were used as the tool and information also are gathered from agent banks, the tax affairs office, and companies and workshops of Zanjan province. The data used in this study were used by reviewing documents and official documents. The population of this plan include all industrial sites in urban and rural areas of Zanjan province that their employees during the years 1997 to 2004 were 10 or more people. The survey was conducted by the Statistics Center of Iran and information items were used to study and analyze the industry in Zanjan province in terms of economic plausibility and market participants (over the 2,3 and 4-digit codes of ISIC). In this study, numerous questions were taken into account such as Zanjan industrial base comparedto other economic activities, evaluation of the future status of Zanjan province in terms of economic and market justification and the market based on official statistics from the Statistical Center of Iran. In general, we can say the Zanjan province is in a relatively good state but problems and multiple risks threaten it. Detailed results will be discussed in related chapters.

کلیدواژه ها:

industries ، productivity ، Zanjan ، index ، economic feasibility and market ISIC Codes