SYRIA INCREASINGLY OPEN FOR BUSINESS FOR INTERNATIONAL FOOD SECTOR
February 1st, 2007
BY PAUL COCHRANE, in DamascusOVER the past six years Syria, once a byword for proto-Soviet state control and autarky, has opened up its economy and implemented investment laws that allow foreign companies to set up shop. But few multinational food companies have wised up to the opportunities within an emerging market of 18 million consumers. As a result, who has dared, has won, to mangle the British military motto, allowing some foreign companies, such as France's Bel Groupe, to command large slices of the Syrian market.From 1982 until 2000 Syria adopted a ...
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