Latest economic and financial news about Syria, currency markets, and regional economy updates.
The economy ministry made mandatory product weight and size specifications advisory, releasing goods held solely for weight breaches and giving retailers a six-month grace period to comply.
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The Ports and Customs Authority adopted a new settlement guide for resolving customs violations under Decree No. 109 of 2026, replacing rates in force since January 2024 and taking effect on publication.
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The finance minister launched an electronic link on 19 August 2026 tying Popular Credit Bank to a private transfer network, adding about 220 outlets where customers, especially retirees, can withdraw and deposit cash.
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A presidential decision has adopted a national framework for electronic payments, tasking the central bank with licensing payment service providers, electronic money issuers, and payment system operators while cash transactions remain in place.
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A state grain center in eastern Idlib has returned to service after 14 years, taking in about 22,000 tons of wheat this season and easing transport costs for local farmers, with a mill and new silo planned to expand capacity.
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Farmers in Raqqa are still awaiting payment for wheat delivered to state centers this season. About 31% of some 3,600 invoice lists had been cleared as the governorate took in 300,000 tons, with a 25% advance available through a digital wallet.
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Syria's accounting and audit council has ordered insurance companies behind on their financial statements to file them under two reporting standards, and certified a chartered-accountant exam sat by 869 candidates.
Read More →DP World has delivered three mobile cranes to Tartus, completing the first stage of an $800 million program to modernize Syria's second-largest port under a 30-year concession and lift cargo-handling capacity by 40 percent.
Read More →Forty-two canning facilities in Daraa have resumed production for the tomato harvest, aided by a cut in industrial fuel oil prices from $475 to $400 per ton and customs exemptions on machinery.
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The Al-Tanf border crossing with Iraq has handled 65,000 fuel tankers and 10,000 trucks moving some 329,000 tons of goods since it reopened in early April 2026.
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