Алнессер Салам

The article analyzes the situation in the Syrian economy, on the basis of which key problems are identified: GDP fall, inflation, decline in household incomes, imbalance in foreign economic activity with a predominance of imports. It is justified that in order to increase the efficiency of the national economy in Syria, it is necessary not only to carry out economic reforms but ensure the preservation of the existing foreign economic relations.

The subject of this article is foreign economic activity, which plays an important role in the economic development of each country. The analysis of practical aspects of the functioning of the Syrian economy over the past few years has shown that the main development factor is the resource potential. It is shown that it is necessary to solve all existing problems (import growth and export reduction) in a complex way in the direction of balancing foreign trade and optimizing its structure.