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Today, the level of a country's development is directly related to its<br />international trade volume. Using the export-oriented development strategy,<br />countries can achieve growth in national production and therefore increase<br />employment.The necessity to develop non-oil exports in Iran's economy to<br />achieve these goals and to solve the problems due to economy's dependence<br />on oil revenues, particularly in the current period is important. Development<br />of investment and the growth in non-oil exports are important factors in<br />realizing national production goals. Accordingly, the role of science in the<br />economy, due to creating expertise and improving the productivity of<br />production factors, has long had been the focus of attention. Therefore, the<br />present study, by using time series data and Vector Auto Correction (VAR)<br />Model, has tried to investigate the effects of the efficiency of production<br />factors, information and communication technology, and foreign direct<br />investment on non-oil export growth during 1971-2008. The results confirm<br />the impact of the mentioned factors on non-oil exports and clarifies the ways<br />to consider those factors with regard to trade policies.