Syrian Textile Industries Achieve a Prominent Position Internationally

Damascus (ST) – Syria is characterized by an integrated production chain in the textile industries sector, starting with raw cotton material to the final production of clothes.To support this sector there is a need to  amend legislation and secure production requirements, according to industrialists.

Industrialist Nidal Haj Hassan from Aleppo explained the importance of facilitating, accelerating and simplifying the processes of paying and transferring money and providing facilities to industrialists by updating legislation, granting them tax exemptions and reducing fees, especially for industrialists who continued their work during the war years.

For his part, industrialist Muhammad Tayfour indicated that the Syrian textile industries of all kinds have historically occupied a prominent position in the international arena in terms of price and quality. He called for facilitating the arrival of the production process requirements and working to develop the textile production process locally, in order to provide the needs of the sector and import costs.

Industrialist Samer Agyorli pointed out that the discrepancy in clothing prices is caused by the difference in the quality of the raw material and the craftsmanship of its manufacture, in addition to the high costs of shipping and energy carriers and the high costs of importing raw materials.  

On the difficulties that the textile industries sector suffers from, Muhammad Abu Al-Huda Al-Lahham, head of the Federation of Syrian Chambers of Commerce, stressed the need to study the needs of merchants and customers and gain their trust.

Abu Al-Huda added: “Syrian products enjoy a good reputation in foreign markets due to their quality and competitive prices, despite the difficulties that increase the cost of the product.” He indicated that currently freight cars are transported directly to Iraq , which saves time, effort and money and supports the competitiveness of Syrian products.

Muhammad Darwish -manager of a cargo shipping company- explained that his company is working on shipping to Iraq and that the high transportation costs are reflected in an increase in the prices of these products.

The Vice-President of the Economic Sciences Association, Muhammad Zuhair Al-Taghlibi, called for the formation of a national committee authorized to promote the textile industries, which includes the concerned government agencies and representatives of the production chain links in these industries.

Its noteworthy that during the specialized export exhibition of “Made in Syria” for clothes, textiles, and production requirements, Spring Summer (2023), which kicked off last Thursday with the participation of 250 industrialists, export contracts for clothing, agreements and understandings were signed with businessmen from a number of Arab countries, especially Iraq.

Najla Khoury