Evaluation of challenges of wood imports to Iran using Fuzzy Delphi Analytical Hierarchy Process

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 PhD graduate, Department of wood and paper science and technology, Faculty of natural resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran

2 Professor, Department of wood and paper science and technology, Faculty of natural resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran

3 Professor and director Louisiana forest oroducts development center, LSU

4 Associate Professor and director of the oregon wood innovation center, OSU

Abstract

Abstract:
Considering the increasing consumption of wood and wood products in Iran and limited domestic sources of wood and shortage of wood raw material in Iran, wood raw material imports is a solution for Iranian developing wood industries' wood procurement.
But, wood imports to Iran, always faced with a lot of challenges. The aim of this research is to determine and evaluate the challenges in the way of wood imports to Iran. The research method used in this study is a descriptive-analytic method. The analytic method used in the study to evaluate the challenges is the Fuzzy Delphi Analytical Hierarchy Process (FDAHP). First the findings of previous researches in the field and the literature were studied and doing interviews with industry experts, the challenges in the way of wood imports to Iran were extracted and classified in 5 groups and 35 factors and were evaluated.
The results shows that in the first level (groups) the regulation, economic, politic, infrastructure and management groups have the most importance respectively. In second level (challenges), plant protection regulations have the most importance. After that, exchange rate tolerance, oil income, banking support and GDP have most importance respectively.

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Iranian Journal of Wood and Paper Industries
Volume 8, Issue 2
September 2017
Pages 159-169

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