For our market size post today we turn to the newest edition of an important yearly statistical compilation put out by the United Nations. The work is cited fully in the source note below. Data for most countries are provided through last year in the 2010 International Trade Statistics Yearbook, but the data for Syria only extend through 2009 and due to the serious political upheaval going on there now it is unlikely that reliable statistics will be available from Syria in the near future.

Today’s market size is the size of the Syrian market for imports. Over the last decade (2000-2009), Syria saw the value of its imports rise by 180%. The value of its exports also rose but by a smaller percentage (126%) leading to a negative balance of payments in 2009.

Geographic reference: Syria
Year: 2009
Market size: $15.44 Billion
Source: “Total Imports and Exports by Regions and Countries or Areas (Table A)”, 2010 International Trade Statistics Yearbook, Vol. 1—Trade by Country, June 16, 2011, available online here.
Posted on December 13, 2011