Ma`rifat Eqtesadi

In international trade issues, the indexes are provided for measuring the performance of countries in foreign trade. This paper seeks to answer the question of what indexes in the Islamic approach can be provided for measuring the performance of foreign trade. According to the hypothesis of this paper, conventional foreign trade indexes have inconsistencies with the Islamic approach. The proposed index of this paper is based on Islamic foundations and favorable foreign trade theory in the Islamic approach. According to the proposed theory, determining the desirable status of Islamic foreign trade in the three dimensions of trading items, trading parties and trading conditions depends on the realization rate of the five general orientations. Accordingly, Islamic foreign trade should attract public commercial interest, obtain a pure trade, provide the financial independence, strengthen Islamic business convergence and meet the requirements of justice and fairness. The proposed index of this paper is composed of indicators that measure the above five orientations.