The Study of Industrial Structure Indices and the Classification of East Azarbaijan Industries

Creating new industries in EastAzarbaijanProvince started about forty years ago simultaneous with the rest of the country. Despits the fact that a long time has passed since the establishment of industrial enterprises, there have been numerous changes in the industries of Iran.
The present research aims to study the changes in the industrial structure of East Azarbaijan and to prioritize its activities.
In order to measure the economical structure changes in the subdivisions of the province industry, the importance shift model has been used, and in order to prioritize the industrial activities, production priority indices have been used.
According to the results of important shift model, the 19 industrial activities of the province have been presented in the form of economic winner sectors, economic mix-winner sectors, economic loser sectors, and economic mix-loser sectors.
The prioritizing of the industrial activities on the basis of production priority indices, value added location quotient, employment location quotient, and other related indices indicates that the production of machinery and equipment not classified elsewhere ; tannery and leather industry,….. ; food and drink industries; the production of other non-metal inorganic products; the production of metal products other than machinery ; the production of textile; and the production of other means of transportation comprise the first to eight priorities of the industrial activities of the province.