Exports - commodities:
crude oil, petroleum products, fruits and vegetables, cotton fiber,
clothing, meat and live animals, wheat
Exports - partners:
Italy 22.7%, France 18%, Turkey 12.9%, Iraq 9%, Saudi Arabia 6.2%
(2004)
Imports:
$5.042 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and transport equipment, electric power machinery, food
and livestock, metal and metal products, chemicals and chemical
products, plastics, yarn, paper
Imports - partners:
Turkey 9.4%, Ukraine 8.7%, China 7.8%, Russia 5.4%, Saudi Arabia
5.2%, US 4.7%, South Korea 4.6%, Italy 4.3% (2004)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$5 billion (2004 est.)
Debt - external:
$4 billion (excludes military debt and debt to Russia) (2004 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$180 million (2002 est.)
Currency (code):
Syrian pound (SYP)
Currency code:
SYP