Trade & imports

What the sources say

Amended Article 20 exempts machinery and production-line imports for investment establishments, registered in the name of a licensed investment project, from customs and financial duties and non-customs additions. [1]

Scope & conditions: The project licence and registration in its name are essential; machinery imported for resale is not automatically exempt.

The decree also exempts medical devices for equipping hospitals and health centres from the specified charges, provided they are new and unused. [1]

Scope & conditions: Confirm the project status, medical use and eligibility with the authority and customs before shipping.

The ports authority announcement of 22 January 2025 described a machinery and production-line exemption requiring a valid industrial register and an Industry Ministry letter confirming factory need, for two years from the decision issuance date. [2]

Scope & conditions: This reports a separate decision; an exact expiry is not inferred from the news date, and continued applicability requires checking later changes.

What you can prepare

Practical preparation suggestions, not a mandatory document list or a substitute for the authority’s requirements.

  • Preparation: identify productive or resale use for each machine.
  • Prepare specifications and a verified HS code if available.
  • Check the importer name against the project licence.
  • Collect the industrial register and need letter for that route.
  • Obtain exemption confirmation before shipping.
  • Separate freight and clearance costs from exempt duties.

Questions before you decide

Questions to verify your circumstances with the relevant authority, not assumptions of approval or exemption.

  1. Is every industrial machine exempt?
  2. Does exemption cover freight and clearance costs?

Check the original sources

Every fact below is linked to a source. A news publication date alone does not establish when a legal rule takes effect.

  1. Legal text

    [1] المرسوم 114 لعام 2025 — صورة الصفحة 9 المنشورة رسمياً

    رئاسة الجمهورية العربية السورية / صور النص لدى سانا

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  2. Official announcement

    [2] إعفاء خطوط الإنتاج والآلات من الرسوم الجمركية بشروط

    الهيئة العامة للمنافذ البرية والبحرية / سانا

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