Soltanizadeh Arjmand, Moosavi Seyed Nematollah, Najafi Bahaoddin
Islamic Azad University, Branch of Marvdasht, Marvdasht, Fars Province, 73711-13119, Iran.
Heliyon. 2024 Mar 6;10(6):e27648. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e27648. eCollection 2024 Mar 30.
In recent years, import tariff liberalization of wood and wood products has attracted the attention of developing countries; especially in countries with sharp decrease in the forest green areas. However, due to the increase in demand for wood products in developing countries and the limitation of internal resources in these countries, the import tariff is very important. On the other hand, increasing the import tariff of wood to meet the domestic demand of each country and reducing the pressure on the forests could be effective. Therefore, in this article, the effects of reducing the tariff on wood and wood products on GDP, import of economic sectors and domestic production of wood and wood products, and followed pressure on the forests of a developing country (Iran) is examined based on a computable general equilibrium model. This model is designed based on micro data matrix of 2017 in Iran which faced with reduced forest size. Our results showed that reduction in the import tariff of wood and wood products, cause increases the import in this sector, gross national product, and prosperity. It also reduces the pressure on forests in the country. Therefore, we recommend that other countries that are facing the reduction of forest green areas, reduce the wood import tariff based on a specific time schedule so that help the growth of forest green areas in susceptible and needed areas which in turn help to improve the condition of the planet.
近年来，木材及木制品进口关税自由化引起了发展中国家的关注；尤其是在森林绿地面积急剧减少的国家。然而，由于发展中国家对木制品需求的增加以及这些国家国内资源的限制，进口关税至关重要。另一方面，提高木材进口关税以满足各国国内需求并减轻森林压力可能是有效的。因此，在本文中，基于可计算一般均衡模型，研究了降低木材及木制品关税对一个发展中国家（伊朗）的国内生产总值、经济部门进口以及木材及木制品国内生产的影响，以及随之而来的对森林的压力。该模型是基于伊朗2017年面临森林面积减少的微观数据矩阵设计的。我们的结果表明，降低木材及木制品的进口关税会导致该部门进口增加、国民生产总值增加以及经济繁荣。它还会减轻该国森林的压力。因此，我们建议其他面临森林绿地面积减少的国家，根据特定时间表降低木材进口关税，以便帮助易感且需要的地区增加森林绿地面积，进而有助于改善地球状况。
