Syria signs deal to rehabilitate six grain mills with 3,000-ton daily capacity
The agreement covers rehabilitating existing and damaged facilities, modernizing production lines and equipment, upgrading operating and control systems, and improving energy efficiency.
SYRIA – The Syrian Grain Establishment has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Al-Jaraki Investment Company to rehabilitate, modernize and operate six state-owned flour mills with a combined production capacity of 3,000 tonnes per day.
The agreement supports efforts to restore the country’s grain-processing infrastructure, improve flour production efficiency, and strengthen national food security.
The agreement follows a build-operate-transfer (BOT) model, under which the investment company will rehabilitate and upgrade the facilities before operating and maintaining them.
The arrangement aims to improve production reliability while supporting the long-term recovery of Syria’s food-processing industry after years of conflict, damage, and neglect.
The agreement covers six mills: Nasiriyah and Ghazlaniyah in Damascus Countryside; Salamiyah in Hama province; and Jableh, Latakia, and Sahel in Latakia province.
Together, the facilities have a stated production capacity of 3,000 tonnes daily, although the Grain Establishment has not specified how much of this capacity is currently operational or the expected increase following rehabilitation.
The planned works include repairing existing and damaged infrastructure, modernizing production lines and technical equipment, upgrading operating and control systems, and improving energy efficiency.
The agreement also covers mill management, maintenance, quality-control procedures, and technical training to strengthen operational performance and maintain consistent flour quality.
Maher Khalil al-Hassan, Syria’s deputy minister of economy and industry for internal trade and consumer protection, described the agreement as an important step towards rehabilitating the food-processing sector.
He emphasized the strategic importance of grain production and processing to national food security, adding that the General Directorate of Internal Trade would provide support and administrative facilitation for the project.
Mohammad Tareq al-Sayyadi, director general of the Syrian Grain Establishment, said the initiative aimed to improve production infrastructure, enhance product quality and ensure the mills could operate sustainably.
The project is expected to help rebuild processing capacity and strengthen the reliability of domestic flour supplies.
The agreement follows another memorandum the Grain Establishment signed with Faz Investment Company in May 2026 to develop and operate several mills in other provinces.
The project is expected to raise bread production capacity from 265 tons to 473 tons per day.
However, the latest announcement did not disclose the investment value, implementation schedule or duration of the operating arrangement.
These details will be important in assessing how quickly the mills can return to full production and contribute to Syria’s wider grain-sector recovery.
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