Syria’s top five imports are cars, raw sugar, corn, soybean meal, and rice. Syria’s top five exports are calcium phosphates, crude petroleum, apples and pears, spice seeds, and aluminum plating. Syria’s imports and exports values are extremely high. Imports value of cars is $271M, raw sugar is $270M, corn is $182M, soybean meal is $162M, and rice is $156M. The exports value of calcium phosphates is $167M, crude petroleum is $121M, apples and pears is $73.7M, spice seeds is $57.1M, and aluminum plating is $43.1M. A few of Syria’s import partners are China, Ukraine, and India. A few of Syria’s export partners are Lebanon, Jordan, and Egypt. Syria’s labor forced is mostly based on agriculture, but also consists of manufacturing, construction, trade, and other services with major sources of employment. Syria’s average income is now at $300 a month. The GNP of Syria is $26.35 billion. The GDP of Syria is $22.1 …show more content…
A mixed economy combines the elements of a command economy and a market economy. Syria is one of the poorest countries in the world. Syria leans more towards a mixed economy because most of their resources are owned and controlled by the government, but the people of the country also have some say so and own so of the country's resources. Traditional practices of Syria are that family, culture and betterment of the self is very important things in their lives. Traditional practices in Syria also includes of wheat being one of the main crops that is grown by the people there. Lamb is also a very popular meat that is eaten and is a traditional practice during a meal. Drinking tea is also a traditional practice of Syrians. Celebrations, such as the Ramadan is a traditional practice in Syria. Land use in Syria is mostly used for planting crops and is arable land. Arable land is land that can be plowed and is used to plant crops in. Lots of the land in Syria is used for large pastures for livestock. Land use in Syria is also used for forests. Most of the land in Syria is used for agriculture purposes, such as farming and