Examining the Problems of Production, Consumption, and Exportation of Hand Woven Carpets in Kerman Province (AHP, Approach)

Abstract

Iran's Carpet export started to decline in 1994 and that trend has continued to day. Because of particularity of Kerman carpet the downward trend has been more severe in Kerman. This paper has thus tried to examine the economic problems of the carpet in Kerman. Research methodology of the paper is descriptive and it is based on cause and effect method. The study was done in 2007 in a sectional form, and questioners were used to gather the needed information. In order to do a comparison between the problems of the three sectors of production, consumption and exportation; with the help of experts, a questioner was designed. 114 of the questioners which were distributed among producers, exporters, and other people related to Kerman’s hand woven carpets. Using Analytic Hierarchy Processs (AHP) relevant problems have been classified. According to the attained results of the study first degree problems regarding production, consumption and exportation of Kerman’s hand woven carpet are related to the government, second degree problems are related to the market, third and fourth degree problems are related to the competitors and to the private sector respectively.

Keywords

• carpet industry
• analytic hierarchy processs (ahp)
• carpet export
• kerman province