Study of the Effects of Globalization on Iranian Caviar Export

Globalization is integration of national economies in globaleconomy and infers on increasing the flow of goods andservices. In this study the consequences of globalization werestudied through the analysis of Level of International Tradeindex (LIT) in the caviar export equation. The required datawere gathered from Statistical Yearbook of Foreign Trade,Statistical Yearbook of fisheries, Statistical Yearbook of the International Monetary Fund, United Nations Food and AgricultureOrganization and different issues of Central Bank of Iran over1974-2007. The results showed that domestic production ofcaviar have significant and positive effects on its export. Inaddition, sign of level of international trade variable in theestimated model is positive and indicates trade restrictionsremove lead to increase in caviar export.