Damascus-SANA
The participants in the annual meeting of the General Authority of the Damascus and Rural Chamber of Industry demanded to provide more facilities for their industrial facilities in order to continue production, secure the needs of the local market, dispense with imports, provide foreign exchange, and export the surplus to foreign markets.
In the meeting held today at Al-Sham Hotel, the industrialists called for supporting the competitiveness of Syrian products, the shipping sector and maritime transport, developing the field of training for workers in establishments, standardizing electricity prices for industrial zones, and increasing the allocations of factories from industrial diesel.
A number of industrialists also drew attention to the importance of supporting the film and television industry, providing facilities for importing its own equipment, and permitting obtaining licenses to import raw materials for the food industries to ensure that production does not stop and the development of specifications for Syrian products.
Minister of Industry Ziad Sabbagh stressed in his speech that the ministry is doing everything it can to meet these demands in cooperation with the various ministries concerned, and that the government pays great attention to this sector and is working to support it and secure the requirements for the work of its facilities within the available capabilities with regard to fuel and foreign exchange, noting the steadfastness of the industrialists and the continuation of the work of their facilities despite The challenges imposed by the terrorist war on Syria and the economic blockade.
In turn, the head of the Damascus and its countryside Chamber of Industry, Samer al-Dibs, indicated that the Chamber is following up on industrialists’ issues with the government team to find appropriate solutions, pointing out that the decrees, laws and decisions recently issued support industrial work and open the door to increasing investments in addition to providing banking facilities and marketing and promoting national industrial products locally and abroad. .
For his part, the chamber's treasurer, Ayman Mawlawi, presented the final budget for 2021, the estimated budget for 2022, the account inspector's report, and the authorization of the board of directors to determine membership and renewal fees and service allowances.
Ahmed Souliman
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