RIYADH: Turkiye aims to increase its trade volume with Syria to $10 billion as bilateral commerce surged more than 40 percent year on year to a record $3.75 billion in 2025, an official revealed.
Speaking at a meeting titled Free Trade and Industrial Zones in Syria and the Investment Environment in Ankara, Turkish Trade Minister Omer Polat said both countries remain committed to reaching the trade target by boosting production and investment.
He added that the respective governments are also working to strengthen and modernize land border crossings and maritime transport routes to support further growth in bilateral trade, the Syrian Arab News Agency reported, citing Anadolu Agency.
Earlier this year, Turkiye eased trade restrictions with Syria by removing long-standing limits on exports, imports and transit imposed on the previous administration while aligning customs procedures with those applied to other trading partners.
The changes have already supported stronger bilateral commerce, with trade in the first four months of 2026 rising 24 percent year on year to more than $1.35 billion, according to Turkiye’s Presidential Directorate of Communications. In June, the two countries also agreed to resume direct commercial road transport under a 2004 bilateral agreement, further improving cross-border trade and logistics.
