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The first general census of its kind for economic and social establishments.. about 800,000 establishments in 8 governorates

2021-07-09T01:47:20.875Z


Damascus, SANA- The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority has completed the general census of economic and business establishments


Damascus - Sana

The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority has completed the general census of economic and social establishments in Syria with the aim of providing modern statistical data on small, medium and micro enterprises and creating a database for the targeted governorates.

The census included 8 governorates and was implemented in two phases. The first phase started in the governorates of Damascus, Damascus Countryside, Lattakia, Tartous and As-Suwayda, while the second phase targeted the governorates of Homs, Hama and Aleppo.

And the director of the authority, Ihab Ismandar, said in a statement to the representative of SANA that this census is the first of its kind in Syria and mainly focuses on providing an updated and integrated framework for economic establishments, with the aim of identifying the unorganized sector and determining its current status and enabling the required comparisons to be made and the measurement of economic indicators.

Ismandar indicated that the database included in the census helps to calculate indicators and develop sustainable development plans in the governorates and the possibility of generalizing this to the rest of the Syrian governorates, in addition to providing modern statistical data on small, medium and micro enterprises, especially after the changes that occurred during the crisis period in Syria Classifications and recent periodic evidence of economic activities so that the existing studies in Syria in this field are compatible with international studies and the creation of an illustrated database for the targeted governorates, which would enable the establishment of a digital map for the distribution of economic and social facilities in Syria

The main results of the census showed that the number of establishments amounted to about 800,000 establishments, with Aleppo governorate containing the largest number of them by 20.2 percent, and the number of establishments reached more than 157,000 establishments, while As-Suwayda Governorate ranked last in the number of establishments, amounting to 37,410 establishments. The results indicated that the proportion of establishments in Damascus countryside 17.3 percent, Hama 11.7 percent, Damascus and Tartous 11.6 percent, Homs 11.5 percent, Latakia 11.4 percent, and As-Suwayda 4.8 percent.

In terms of employment status, according to the census, the percentage of permanently operating establishments amounted to 59.2%, and about 40.3 percent of the establishments are out of business, due to the migration of their owners and have been greatly affected by terrorism and the inability to restart them.

The census indicated that the percentage of projects according to size and based on the new definition according to Resolution No. 16 issued by the Council of Ministers in February 2021, it was found that most projects in Syria are micro and small, where the percentage of micro-enterprises reached 65 percent, small enterprises 30 percent, and medium projects 4 percent.

According to the sectoral distribution, the percentage of wholesalers and retailers amounted to 61.34 percent, and the services sector accounted for 23.6 percent, while establishments operating in industry 10.2 percent, agriculture and fishing 1 percent, transportation 1.35 percent, building and construction 1 percent and unspecified 1.4 percent.

 Manar Dib

Source: sena

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