Economic sanctions by Arab countries are likely to be announced this week after the Arab League said that Syria had refused to abide by its latest plan to end the crisis gripping the country, although the extent and potential impact of these sanctions are still difficult to assess.

Syria’s wheat crop is estimated to have reached some 3.8 million tons after initial forecasts had raised fears it would be at a much lower level.

Syria’s annual inflation rate, based on the consumer price index, rose by 3.38 percent at the end of September, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics.

The Syrian Railways Organisation is expecting to finish next year works on a rail track between the cities of Deir-ez-Zor and Al-Bou Kamal that will link the Iraqi and Syrian networks.

Syria’s inflation rate remained largely under control in the last few months, according to data from the Central Bureau of Statistics, although figures are not yet available for the period that followed the temporary import ban.

Last week, the United States imposed new economic sanctions on Syria and a ban on all US imports of Syrian crude oil, measures that are gradually increasing the heat on the country’s economy.

Syria’s inflation rate measured on annual basis stood at 2.80 percent in April, from 2.74 percent in March and 4.22 percent in February, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics and the Central Bank of Syria.

Syria had 15 million sheep last year, according to a census of the country’s livestock carried out by the Syrian government.

Syria’s inflation rate fell to 4.22 percent on a year-on-year basis at the end of February 2011, according to the Central Bank of Syria.

A recent survey by the Central Bureau of Statistics shows that the vast majority of people leaving in illegal housing areas in Syria benefit from the same services as those living in regulated zones.

Syrian households spent an average of SYP 30,826, or USD 655, a month in 2009, according to a recent survey by the Government.

Ams Ferrari, an Italian manufacturer of bottling and packaging equipment, will supply a new production line for non-alcoholic beer to Al-Chark, one of Syria’s two state-owned beer bottling plants.

Syrian exports declined by a third last year as Iraq continued to take an increasing share of the country’s total international sales, according to official trade statistics.

Syria’s wheat crop crossed the 3 million ton mark this year according to statistics published recently by the Central Bureau of Statistics.

Taxes and fees are expected to represent an increased share of government revenues next year, while salaries of civil servants will remain unchanged, according to newly available details on next year’s budget.

The average salary in Syria has risen 3.6 percent last year to SYP 11,133, according to a recent survey by the Central Bureau of Statistics.

KOTRA, Korea’s export trade agency has opened a business centre in Damascus, one of the few capitals in the Middle East region in which it was not yet represented.

Iraq was Syria's main trading partner last year according to data from the Central Bureau of Statistics.

Syria and Saudi Arabia signed an agreement to prevent double taxation, during the two-day visit to Damascus by Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz.

Syria’s inflation rate stood at 15.15 percent, and not 5.4 percent, last year the Central Bureau of Statistics said.

The drought affecting Syria’s north-eastern region is leading to dramatic economic, human and social consequences, according to a joint FAO/WFP assessment mission conducted in May.

The Syrian president has issued a new law authorizing the registration of property that lies within illegal housing areas.

The Syrian president has issued a new decree that aims to curb the development of illegal housing.

The English transcript of the interview of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad with Monday Morning on September 30, 2008.

Syria has begun participating in the IMF’s General Data Dissemination System (GDDS), according to the Washington-based institution.

China’s Haifei Automobiles expects its total exports to Syria in 2007 to reach 20,000 cars. At the end of November it had sold 18,000 cars.

Four Syrian drug manufacturers have received a statement of international Good Manufacturing Practices.

Naji Al Otri, Syria’s Prime Minister, laid the foundation stone and inaugurated a series of social and health projects during a visit to the two central governorates of Homs and Hama.

Abdallah Dardari, Deputy Prime Minister in charge of Economic Affairs, painted a rosy picture of the state of the Syrian economy during a press conference in Damascus on May 21

The number of tourists visiting Syria posted an annual growth of 19.2 percent in 2006, according to the latest figures of the Central Bureau of Statistics.

The value of crude oil exports represented only a third of total exports in the first nine months of 2006, according to preliminary data published by the Central Bureau of Statistics.

Syria's population will grow by around a half by 2015, should the growth rate remain at its current level, according to the findings of a workshop held by the Syrian Commission for Family Affairs, the State Planning Commission and the Central Bureau of...