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Macro and markets observatory

External Trade

Annual exports and imports in current value, with a downloadable approximate balance.

Trade by partner · 2024

Who does Syria trade with?

Computed from partner-reported (mirror) statistics because Syria reports irregularly, so totals may understate actual trade.

Exports
$3.0B
Imports
$11.2B
Trade balance
$-8.2B

Top export destinations

  • Türkiye $1.8B · 59%
  • Saudi Arabia $182.6M · 6%
  • Spain $169.0M · 6%
  • Lebanon $133.7M · 5%
  • Jordan $85.7M · 3%
  • Germany $65.7M · 2%
  • Egypt $50.5M · 2%
  • Italy $15.8M · 1%
  • China $2.8M · 0%
  • Ukraine $2.0M · 0%

Top import sources

  • Türkiye $8.7B · 78%
  • China $386.4M · 3%
  • Egypt $327.4M · 3%
  • Germany $177.3M · 2%
  • Spain $166.0M · 1%
  • Saudi Arabia $148.8M · 1%
  • Jordan $107.6M · 1%
  • Lebanon $101.4M · 1%
  • Italy $51.7M · 0%
  • Ukraine $8.2M · 0%

Source: UN Comtrade (mirror statistics).

National totals, not trade by commodity or partner

World Bank indicators cover exports and imports of goods and services through 2022. Detailed Comtrade data by commodity and partner are not yet available, so this page does not invent that breakdown.

Exports of goods and services current US$

2022

1.6 billion

current US$

Change from previous period -617.9 million current US$ (-27.7%) vs 2021

Aging · Updates annually
World Bank Open indicator

Imports of goods and services current US$

2022

6.8 billion

current US$

Change from previous period +242.7 million current US$ (+3.7%) vs 2021

Aging · Updates annually
World Bank Open indicator

Flows and an approximate balance

The displayed balance is exports minus imports from two current-value series. Filter the period and download the annual rows as CSV or Excel.

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Comparison limits

Nominal US-dollar values are affected by prices, exchange rates, and revisions; alone they do not measure physical trade volume, welfare, or unrecorded activity.

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