Dec 12 Economy

التجارة الخارجية السورية تعود إلى معدلاتها الطبيعية في الربع الثالث لعام 2011
Syria's foreign trade back to their normal level in the third quarter of 2011
http://www.sana.sy/ara/4/2011/12/12/387796.htm
December 12, .2011
Damascus, (SANA) -

Syria's foreign trade grew overall during the first quarter of 2011 increased by 22 percent compared with 2010, while the indices declined about 30 percent during the second quarter to improve in the third quarter and return to normal levels, down almost 4 percent.

And showed the development of exports in the study have addressed the trade exchanges between Syria and its trading partners in 2010 that most of the Syrian exports to Arab countries are items of non-oil and account for 40 percent of the total Syrian exports $ 228 billion lire, while imports Syria from the Arab countries the equivalent of 15 percent of the total Syrian imports that any balance of trade with Arab countries, winning about 106 billion pounds.

Accounts for Iraq for trading partners to Syria by about 26 percent of the total Syrian exports worth 149 billion pounds which is equivalent to 70 percent of Syrian exports to Arab countries and 48 percent of Syrian exports without oil, the most important Syrian exports to Iraq, according to the value of eggs, meat, vegetables and fruits, sugar, clothing, equipment and machinery.

With regard to trade with Turkey, exporting 5 percent of its exports to Turkey worth $ 28 billion Syrian pounds, while imports from Turkey, Syria, 10 percent of imports valued at 81 billion pounds.

The study pointed to the high volume of Syria's imports from China during the first quarter of this year by 22 percent, while in the second quarter fell by 25 percent either in the third quarter fell by 40 percent.

With terms of trade with Iran, Syria issued to less than six billion pounds by 1 percent of Syrian exports while its imports from Iran $ 16 billion lira at a rate of 2 percent of total imports.

Syria exports to EU countries $ 210 billion lira by 37 percent of its exports, taking into account that most oil exports and accounted for 90 percent, while Syria imports from the EU worth 211 billion pounds by 26 percent of its imports.

He believed the study authors that the current situation an extraordinary privilege and requires exceptional solutions requires a team work of the crisis management of the representatives of the Ministries of Economy, Finance and Industry and Agriculture, Customs and Chambers of Industry and Commerce and Agriculture to work on the application of a number of recommendations identified by the study raise the numbers of trade with Iran, the introduction of a free trade agreement signed between the two countries into effect while avoiding the mistakes that have already been signed with the application of the free trade agreement with Turkey and enhance the special relationship with Iraq and Lebanon should pay both the Syrian businessman Iraqi and Syrian-Lebanese utmost importance and work toward access to economic union or common market Syrian-Iraqi Lebanese.

The study recommended the need for the conclusion of the Central Bank and the Syrian banks, memoranda of understanding with the banks counterparts in friendly countries allow the exchange of goods in local currencies and avoid using the dollar or the euro and the consequent sanctions and pursue a policy of bringing imports and manufacturing needs of the Syrian in Syria for the advancement of national industry and go to the alternatives to Asian and Latin American For many of the raw materials and the gradual relaxation of all imported goods that are included under the list of luxuries.

It also recommended the lifting of the pace of dealing with the countries developed national economy under a Western embargo unfairly, such as Cuba, Venezuela, and activation of business partnerships with the trends of alternative and promising, such as Ukraine, Argentina, Venezuela, and monitor opportunities for activities and investments abroad and embrace the national industry to go the real towards self-sufficiency in the local market on a schedule that thoughtful of goods required and not to leave any gaps between basic needs and the available of goods, particularly food and pharmaceutical.

With regard to exports of oil recommended study loop east to export oil, and use of technologies of Russian exploration, and experience of Iran to overcome the ban, and increased reliance on the results of refining Iraqi oil from diesel, gasoline and gradual easing of dealing with the West to export oil or exploration for and development of a strategic plan to modernize the refineries oil and increase its productivity.

The study pointed to the difficulties faced by the Syrian Foreign Trade of the difficulty of the transfer of funds and the high cost of freight and insurance on the goods because of the prevailing conditions and the fear of lack of access and the desire of many of the merchants in the ease Almkhazen in their warehouses and to postpone decision-making commercial venture.

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بعد التورط بتوقيع العقد مع محطة الحاويات في مرفأ اللاذقية وخسارة الملايين.. اكتشاف مهم "بطرنبة" البنود للموقعين
Involvement after the signing of the contract with container terminal in the port of Latakia and the loss of millions .. An important finding, "Boutrnbh" items of the two sites
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Cyriandez - special - Ibrahim Guibor
Monday, 12/12/2011
18:28:44

When you sign the contract with the container terminal in the port of Latakia and that was with three companies are: (CMACGM-seen inclined - Syria Holding) and its signature was written by a limited liability company of these three companies without the corporate and here wants to port out with someone who is a contractor to be able to collect rights with the knowledge that the worst of the decade, there are no guarantees sufficient to attain the rights of the station and therefore cannot port to take advance of when they do not implement the station with their obligations, which currently amount to / 243 / million SL, even if the subject was with the three companies for the better.

I have received station of the port mechanisms unlawfully and without pay Ojrnha and therefore must estimate the wages either on a daily or monthly, if not followed, you must return these mechanisms to the harbor has been a warning to stop this and put these mechanisms b / 15,983,327 / SL by stated in the minutes of the meeting of the management committee of the port company and No. 13 that the station did not receive the rest of the spare parts belonging to the mechanisms received.

The station did not complete the operation of the station / 418 / agent did not exceed the number of workers assigned to work with / 161 / agent also declined to run for qualified technical staff approval by the Department of the harbor, also did not complete the rehabilitation of infrastructure committed by nodal.
As well as they did not provide nodal mechanisms committed to the contract within the specified period has elapsed duration, these mechanisms (2 mobile crane - 1 / / empty container cranes - 4 / trucks / 11 / Trailer - 12 -36 incubator forklift as well as it did not maintain some mechanisms have a Muslim, did not develop a plan acceptable settlement of the administration is committed to the station, nor did they seek to attract new shipping lines.

In addition, it has not achieved the number of containers are committed during the first and second years of operation has undertaken in the first year 700,000 TEUs carried out of / 588 919 / container, a decrease of $ / 111 081 / container in the second year pledged b / 840 000 / TEU carried them / 542 266 / TEU any shortage / 297 734 / container.

The station did not comply with correspondence and meetings of the work of successive and warnings by the notary, this is The President of the Management Committee that drafted the contract drawn up against the interests of the port but for the benefit of the station and it should be described as working and determined workers technicians, sailors, bikers and finance and this issue did not happen, allowing the station to circumvent, and between the head of the union at the port or if there is emigration from the station to the company and it is necessary to deduct from the wages of mechanisms to ensure the plant.

In the face of the above student union workers Latakia Please work with the Alusaúbh to terminate the contract with the station for not fulfilling their obligations, stressing that the organization of trade union representatives in the Management Committee had expressed reservations on the ratification of the contract between the coalition of companies mentioned and the company port this was directly the station to work on 1 / 10/2009 We also note that it refused to deal with the trade union organization, has recently and as a result of exposure to the financial crisis began to cut workers' wages have increased by 2.5% for those 30 000 were paid SL and a higher rate for the rest of the staff.

And to inform the science that the Administrative Committee at the port has prepared a detailed memorandum to be submitted to the Ministry of Transport about the possibility of the port in the event of the dissolution of the contract management of the container terminal directly confirmed Organize the port was running the container by the elements before that comes the station and Psoah better to give all increase in the wages of workers Ataiwnag.