Syrian stone and quarry products: partner-reported trade by HS heading, 2005-2024
Updated 9 November 2026
This dataset extends the Syrian natural stone export series with eight more stone and quarry-product headings, net weights and unit values. Syria has not reported its own trade since 2011, so the figures are what importing countries recorded.1
At a glance
- Partner-reported imports from Syria across the eleven headings totalled US$ 188.24 million in 2005-2010, US$ 214.42 million in 2011-2018 and US$ 99.63 million in 2019-2023.1
- Worked building stone (6802) recorded US$ 83.59 million in 2019-2023. Importers reported a net weight of about 568,593 tonnes over the same years, an average of roughly US$ 147 per tonne across the records that carry a weight (an indicator, not a price).1
- Main importing countries of worked stone in 2019-2023: Saudi Arabia (41.8%), United Arab Emirates (17.4%), Lebanon (14.8%).1
- The figures describe Syria's trade as a whole, not any single company.
By product group and year (US$ million)
| Year |
Building stone, crude or cut (2514-2516) |
Worked stone and stone articles (6801-6803) |
Aggregates, gypsum and industrial stone (2517-2530) |
Total |
Reporting countries |
| 2005 |
1.53 |
19.66 |
7.90 |
29.09 |
39 |
| 2006 |
1.19 |
22.60 |
3.23 |
27.02 |
44 |
| 2007 |
3.01 |
27.02 |
1.58 |
31.60 |
54 |
| 2008 |
3.02 |
28.86 |
2.34 |
34.21 |
57 |
| 2009 |
3.29 |
24.20 |
1.57 |
29.07 |
56 |
| 2010 |
7.01 |
28.86 |
1.38 |
37.25 |
54 |
| 2011 |
7.08 |
32.89 |
1.18 |
41.15 |
57 |
| 2012 |
2.85 |
25.97 |
0.48 |
29.30 |
44 |
| 2013 |
3.00 |
23.06 |
0.09 |
26.15 |
37 |
| 2014 |
1.71 |
26.08 |
0.08 |
27.87 |
32 |
| 2015 |
1.67 |
23.87 |
0.02 |
25.56 |
27 |
| 2016 |
1.15 |
23.66 |
0.01 |
24.82 |
32 |
| 2017 |
2.40 |
20.65 |
0.03 |
23.08 |
27 |
| 2018 |
3.26 |
13.21 |
0.01 |
16.48 |
28 |
| 2019 |
4.01 |
16.78 |
0.06 |
20.85 |
30 |
| 2020 |
1.97 |
14.99 |
0.01 |
16.98 |
23 |
| 2021 |
2.60 |
18.01 |
0.27 |
20.88 |
25 |
| 2022 |
1.95 |
20.34 |
0.51 |
22.81 |
26 |
| 2023 |
1.25 |
16.43 |
0.43 |
18.12 |
28 |
| 2024 (provisional) |
0.93 |
9.12 |
0.23 |
10.28 |
25 |
The last column counts the countries that reported any of the eleven headings that year.
By heading and period (US$ million)
| HS heading |
2005–2010 |
2011–2018 |
2019–2023 |
Net weight 2019–2023 (t) |
| Slate, crude or cut (2514) |
0.10 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Marble, travertine, calcareous stone (2515) |
14.91 |
18.66 |
7.69 |
83,376 |
| Granite, basalt and other stone (2516) |
4.06 |
4.47 |
4.10 |
30,969 |
| Gravel, crushed stone, stone chips and powder (2517) |
6.65 |
0.10 |
0.83 |
19,577 |
| Dolomite (2518) |
0.03 |
0.24 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Gypsum, anhydrite, plasters (2520) |
8.14 |
1.28 |
0.29 |
6,876 |
| Limestone for lime or cement (2521) |
0.07 |
0.13 |
0.16 |
2,459 |
| Other mineral substances (2530) |
3.12 |
0.15 |
0.00 |
4 |
| Setts, curbstones, flagstones (6801) |
3.18 |
53.61 |
2.63 |
47,128 |
| Worked building stone (6802) |
146.90 |
135.17 |
83.59 |
568,593 |
| Worked slate (6803) |
1.10 |
0.61 |
0.35 |
782 |
Main importing countries, 2019-2023
Building stone, crude or cut (2514-2516)
| Importing country |
Value (US$ million) |
Share |
| United Arab Emirates |
4.12 |
34.9% |
| Lebanon |
1.96 |
16.6% |
| Egypt |
1.76 |
14.9% |
| Kuwait |
1.50 |
12.7% |
| Qatar |
1.35 |
11.5% |
Worked stone and stone articles (6801-6803)
| Importing country |
Value (US$ million) |
Share |
| Saudi Arabia |
36.20 |
41.8% |
| United Arab Emirates |
15.04 |
17.4% |
| Lebanon |
12.81 |
14.8% |
| USA |
7.58 |
8.8% |
| Kuwait |
5.76 |
6.7% |
Aggregates, gypsum and industrial stone (2517-2530)
| Importing country |
Value (US$ million) |
Share |
| Lebanon |
1.03 |
80.4% |
| United Arab Emirates |
0.15 |
11.8% |
| Kuwait |
0.08 |
6.1% |
| United Kingdom |
0.01 |
0.8% |
| Bahrain |
0.01 |
0.6% |
Method and limits
- Figures are the imports from Syria that each partner country reported to UN Comtrade, added up by HS heading and year. Each country's overall total is used once, so nothing is counted twice.1
- Values are what importing countries recorded, mostly including freight and insurance (CIF), in current US dollars. Net weight is as reported by importers; where UN Comtrade estimated it, the share of value concerned is shown in its own column.
- Unit value (US$ per tonne) is value divided by net weight, over the records that carry a weight; it mixes products within a heading and is an indicator, not a price.
- Countries that do not report, or report late, are missing, and the latest year is provisional. Syria's own reports exist only for 2005-2010 and are kept in separate columns.
- The page shows the totals we calculated, not UN Comtrade's original records, as its re-use policy asks.2
How to cite
Phoenician Stone Group (2026). Syrian stone and quarry products: partner-reported trade by HS heading, 2005-2024 (version 1.0.0) [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.24108330
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