One of the major catalyst sectors of economy is industry , and an important field in the industry sector are industrial zones
The Syrian government has given top priority to supporting the national industry through adopting a number of relevant measures and decisions to reactivate and enhance the industrial sector which has a key and vital role in supporting the national economy.
Lattakia’s Industry Directorate is working hard on the ground to back the various forms of national industry.
There are six industrial zones in Lattakia governorate, with an area of 4,350 dunums. The most important and largest of them is the industrial one in Lattakia city.
The industrial zones have 4,595 departments, which include all kinds of industries and crafts mainly metal, wood, food, textile, chemical, building materials and car repairing .
The Director of Industrial Zones in Lattakia Eng. Muhammad Ali said in a statement to SANA that the industrial zone in Lattakia city covers an area of 3500 dunums comprising 3100 various craft and industrial facilities most of them specialized in medicines, fodder, clothing, paper making, cables, glass and food industries.
Eng Ali referred to the implementation of a contract signed with the Military construction Establishment with the value of SYP 100 million to rehabilitate the parallel road to Naher al-Kabir al-Shamali ( the northern great river ) in Lattakia.
Concerning the accomplished works , Eng. Ali said that a maintenance contract for fixing cars has been implemented with a value of SYP 25 million . An electric transformer with a value of SYP 400 million and an electricity tank to provide electricity for the metal and wood industries area with a value of SYP 300 million have been installed and put under investment..
A contract has been signed between Lattakia’s city council and the General Company for Construction to build 200 offices to sell cars at a value of SYP 1.6 billion .
Rawaa Ghanam