SYRIAN CONFLICT AND REFUGEES IMPACT COSMETICS SECTOR
July 4th, 2014
THE CONFLICT in Syria, which has entered its fourth year, has had a major impact on the cosmetic market and industry, both in the troubled country itself and the neighbouring region. Exports to Syria, and distribution of cosmetics, has been severely hampered by the civil war, while the conflict’s spillover is impacting other countries, compounded by the 2.9 million Syrian refugees currently registered in Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey and Iraq.“Syria was a good market before the crisis and Jordanian manufacturers depended on exports to Syria and Iraq. But due to the ...
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