# Syrian Arab Republic Import Opportunities

Explore Syrian Arab Republic's import opportunities by product, supplier concentration, demand growth, and market size.

- Latest import year: 2024
- Latest imports: $4.6B
- Import CAGR: -5.0%
- Trade openness: 0.0%

## Top Import Opportunities

| Rank | Product | Description | Market size | Demand growth | Suppliers | Concentration |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1 | HS 240220 | Cigarettes: containing tobacco | $373.5M | +10.7% | 6 | 8322 |
| 2 | HS 151219 | Vegetable oils: sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $118.7M | +7.0% | 5 | 8816 |
| 3 | HS 110100 | Wheat or meslin flour | $146.5M | +6.7% | 6 | 5857 |
| 4 | HS 230990 | Dog or cat food: (not put up for retail sale), used in animal feeding | $91.0M | +12.8% | 16 | 9127 |
| 5 | HS 390190 | Ethylene polymers: in primary forms, n.e.c. in heading no. 3901 | $64.5M | +20.7% | 6 | 9663 |
| 6 | HS 271600 | Electrical energy | $57.0M | +45.9% | 1 | 10000 |
| 7 | HS 271012 | Not reported | $73.8M | +8.6% | 4 | 9882 |
| 8 | HS 721420 | Iron or non-alloy steel: bars and rods, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, containing indentations, ribs, grooves or other deformations produced during the rolling process or twisted after rolling | $71.0M | +2.9% | 1 | 10000 |
| 9 | HS 252329 | Cement: portland, other than white, whether or not artificially coloured | $72.1M | +2.8% | 3 | 9763 |
| 10 | HS 090300 | Mate | $69.7M | +6.2% | 5 | 8236 |
| 11 | HS 080510 | Fruit, edible: oranges, fresh or dried | $41.2M | +46.6% | 3 | 7337 |
| 12 | HS 170199 | Sugars: sucrose, chemically pure, in solid form, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | $94.1M | +1.3% | 11 | 5049 |
| 13 | HS 220210 | Waters: including mineral and aerated, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured | $34.0M | +24.6% | 5 | 9790 |
| 14 | HS 100630 | Cereals: rice, semi-milled or wholly milled, whether or not polished or glazed | $133.8M | +1.8% | 14 | 2982 |
| 15 | HS 271119 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, n.e.c. in heading no. 2711 | $36.8M | +15.1% | 1 | 10000 |
| 16 | HS 081090 | Fruit, edible: fruits n.e.c. in heading no. 0801 to 0810, fresh | $26.6M | +27.1% | 4 | 9955 |
| 17 | HS 230400 | Oil-cake and other solid residues: whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil | $44.2M | +4.2% | 4 | 9158 |
| 18 | HS 090111 | Coffee: not roasted or decaffeinated | $79.8M | +2.9% | 10 | 3713 |
| 19 | HS 854449 | Insulated electric conductors: for a voltage not exceeding 80 volts, not fitted with connectors | $38.8M | +4.7% | 7 | 9777 |
| 20 | HS 391620 | Vinyl chloride polymers: monofilament, of which any cross-sectional dimension exceeds 1mm, rods, sticks and profile shapes, whether or not surface-worked but not otherwise worked | $21.4M | +23.5% | 2 | 9974 |
| 21 | HS 690722 | Ceramic tiles: flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles other than those of subheadings 6907.30 and 6907.40, of a water absorption coefficient by weight over 0.5% but not over 10% | $21.7M | +23.0% | 5 | 9700 |
| 22 | HS 010594 | Poultry: live, fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, weighing more than 185g | $20.1M | +34.8% | 1 | 10000 |
| 23 | HS 120600 | Oil seeds: sunflower seeds, whether or not broken | $19.8M | +20.7% | 2 | 9987 |
| 24 | HS 999999 | Commodities not specified according to kind | $36.0M | +1.5% | 18 | 8234 |
| 25 | HS 010511 | Poultry: live, fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, weighing not more than 185g | $26.7M | +8.5% | 2 | 9920 |
| 26 | HS 091099 | Spices: mixtures of 2 or more products of the same heading | $17.8M | +27.8% | 5 | 9245 |
| 27 | HS 730661 | Iron or steel (excluding cast iron): tubes, pipes and hollow profiles (not seamless), welded, of square or rectangular cross-section, n.e.c. in chapter 73 | $22.2M | +14.0% | 2 | 10000 |
| 28 | HS 961900 | Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins and napkin liners for babies and similar articles, of any material | $21.8M | +15.9% | 7 | 9035 |
| 29 | HS 190230 | Food preparations: pasta (excluding stuffed), cooked or otherwise prepared | $16.3M | +24.6% | 3 | 9990 |
| 30 | HS 151190 | Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $28.9M | +13.3% | 7 | 5665 |
| 31 | HS 120740 | Oil seeds: sesamum seeds, whether or not broken | $27.8M | +10.0% | 7 | 6966 |
| 32 | HS 690740 | Finishing ceramics | $17.8M | +20.3% | 3 | 9797 |
| 33 | HS 070200 | Vegetables: tomatoes, fresh or chilled | $20.7M | +30.5% | 3 | 6194 |
| 34 | HS 040711 | Birds' eggs, in shell: fresh, fertilised eggs for incubation, of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus (domestic hens) | $16.0M | +34.2% | 3 | 8202 |
| 35 | HS 570242 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings: woven, (not tufted or flocked), of man-made textile materials, of pile construction, made up, n.e.c. in item no. 5702.10 or 5702.20 | $13.7M | +24.9% | 2 | 9999 |
| 36 | HS 390120 | Ethylene polymers: in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of 0.94 or more | $31.9M | +3.6% | 8 | 5945 |
| 37 | HS 240311 | Tobacco: smoking, water pipe tobacco as specified in Subheading Note 1 to this Chapter, whether or not containing tobacco substitutes in any proportion | $15.1M | +26.8% | 5 | 7399 |
| 38 | HS 081010 | Fruit, edible: strawberries, fresh | $12.8M | +58.3% | 2 | 9911 |
| 39 | HS 100590 | Cereals: maize (corn), other than seed | $29.6M | -1.6% | 4 | 7637 |
| 40 | HS 151790 | Edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this chapter, other than edible fats or oils of heading no. 1516 | $24.6M | +1.3% | 5 | 8773 |
| 41 | HS 090240 | Tea, black: (fermented) and partly fermented tea, in immediate packings of a content exceeding 3kg | $23.9M | -0.1% | 5 | 9575 |
| 42 | HS 090230 | Tea, black: (fermented) and partly fermented tea, in immediate packings of a content not exceeding 3kg | $21.8M | +2.4% | 6 | 9461 |
| 43 | HS 170114 | Sugars: cane sugar, raw, in solid form, other than as specified in Subheading Note 2 to this chapter, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | $21.9M | +1.0% | 2 | 9899 |
| 44 | HS 080521 | Fruit, edible: mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas), fresh or dried | $15.6M | +51.3% | 2 | 6129 |
| 45 | HS 080231 | Nuts, edible: walnuts, fresh or dried, in shell | $10.9M | +25.6% | 1 | 10000 |
| 46 | HS 190430 | Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products (egg corn flakes): cereals, not maize (corn), in grain form or in the form of flakes or other worked grains, from bulgur wheat | $10.9M | +33.5% | 3 | 9895 |
| 47 | HS 070190 | Vegetables: potatoes (other than seed), fresh or chilled | $17.1M | +27.0% | 3 | 5249 |
| 48 | HS 190590 | Food preparations: bakers' wares n.e.c. in heading no. 1605, whether or not containing cocoa: communion wafers, empty cachets suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice papers and similar products | $13.1M | +16.4% | 4 | 9281 |
| 49 | HS 441114 | Medium density fibreboard (MDF), of a thickness exceeding 9 mm | $23.9M | +4.8% | 8 | 5297 |
| 50 | HS 150790 | Vegetable oils: soya-bean oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $17.4M | +4.9% | 3 | 9031 |

## Supply Gaps

Products with higher supplier concentration may deserve closer continuity and sourcing review. This is a screening signal, not a recommendation by itself.

## Method

Reported trade observations and calculated indicators are shown separately. Validate suppliers, tariffs, standards, logistics, pricing, and continuity before acting.

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-30). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

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