Manufacturing
19-02-2002
Syria's industrial public sector faced mixed results in its export strategy according to figures released by the Ministry of industry.
19-02-2002
According to the ministry of industry, the revamping of the industrial sector will require USD6 billion.
16-02-2002
Barada, Syria's state-owned manufacturer of home appliances has entered into agreement with several Egyptian companies for the purchase of electric parts and other inputs.
28-01-2002
The General Company for Iron and Steel Products exported USD3 million worth of goods in 2001.
28-01-2002
Syria's state-owned cable company exported for USD7.5 million in 2001.
24-01-2002
Syronics, the state-owned electronic equipment manufacturer, exported USD25.5 million worth of products in 2001, Walid Aqbiq, CEO, said.
21-01-2002
Industrialists have forwarded a request to the Ministry of Industry, to drop interest rates charged on credits allocated to them.
07-01-2002
Syria's new industry minister, Issam al Zaim, said that his country will keep its state industries although their accumulated losses reached USD1.6 billion in 2001.
31-12-2001
Starting January 1, Electricite du Liban (EDL), the Lebanese electric authority, will reduce its supply of electricity to 16 hours a day in the whole country, excluding the Greater Beirut area.
31-12-2001
The European Union is accusing Syria of dumping its cotton yarns export prices and of selling them at below market prices.
24-12-2001
According to the director of the Syrian European Business Centre (SEBC), Syrian manufacturers have to better understand EU's market needs if they want to be competitive.
03-12-2001
According to Teshreen, exports from public sector enterprises reached US$3.6 billion in the first 9 months of the year. Oil represented the bulk of that figure with US$2.1 billion.
03-12-2001
The Syrian government is planning to merge the different agencies that are in charge of managing the public sector foreign trade, reported Al Sharq al Awsat.
19-11-2001
Issam al-Zaim, the Minister of Planning, said that Syria had no intention of privatising and had made the strategic choice of holding on to state assets in order to face a potential threat from Israel, reported Al Hayat.
19-11-2001
The Saudi government is in talks with six Arab and Muslim states to sell off its stake in seven joint-venture companies, including the Saudi-Syria company for industrial and agricultural investment, said Al Mustaqbal.
05-11-2001
Jacques Sarraf, the president of the Lebanese Industrialists Association is heading a delegation to Damascus to congratulate the newly elected Board of Directors of the Damascus Chamber of Industry, said L'Orient-Le Jour.
22-10-2001
The Syrian government gave finally its go ahead to Vimpex, an Austrian company, to revamp and run the state-owned Deir el Zor paper factory, reported Al Hayat.
