Some 78 Industrial Facilities Entered into Production in 2018

DAMASCUS- A report by the Ministry of Industry revealed that about 78 medium and large industrial establishments in Hessia, Sheikh Najjar and Adra industrial cities entered the production stage in 2018, 34 facilities are in Adra Industrial City and 34 in Sheikh Najjar and 10 in Hessia.

The report indicates that this figure will develop later to more than six times due to the ability of these cities to attract investments, especially with the license of 533 facilities in these cities, which will enter production later, 191 facilities in the industrial city of Adra and 276 facilities in the city of Sheikh Najjar and 66 in the city of Hessia.

Director of Cities and Industrial Zones at the Ministry of Local Administration and Environment, Eng. Ali Bilal,  said that there are 15 industrial zones set up for investment in the governorates of Damascus Countryside, Aleppo, Homs, Sweida, Lattakia, Hama, Tartous, Quneitra and Daraa, indicating that 2.5 billion SP have been allocated for the current year for contribution to establish new industrial zones to complement the support provided during the previous three years of industrial zones, which amounted to 8 billion SP pounds.

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