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Syria moved 25.27 million tonnes of freight in nine months

Ministry figures cover January through September 2026.

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Syria moved 25.27 million tonnes of goods from January through September 2026, according to the Transport Ministry’s Directorate for Freight Transport Regulation. The total included 22.77 million tonnes transported domestically and 2.51 million tonnes across borders.

The directorate also recorded 1,263,611 loaded vehicles during the period: 1,180,109 operating within Syria and 83,502 carrying goods across borders. Tonnage, vehicle counts and oversight infrastructure are separate measures; the figures describe transport activity reported by the source agency.

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Nine-month freight activity

January–September 2026 transport figures reported by the ministry.

  1. · Occurred

    Across Syria

    January–September freight reporting period ended.

Methodology

Identifies the reference period stated by the source; it does not duplicate the measured tonnage.

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Freight volumes by period

Road freight volumes and separately identified monthly domestic peaks.

Total, January–September 202625.27
Domestic, January–September 202622.77
Cross-border, January–September 20262.51
Domestic, July 20263.55
Domestic, April 20263.13
Methodology

Values are transcribed from the Transport Ministry figures reported by SANA. The rounded domestic and cross-border values sum to 25.28 million, while the source states a 25.27 million total; the discrepancy is retained. July and April are monthly domestic subsets and are not added to the nine-month total.

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Table

Loaded vehicles, January–September 2026

The directorate’s reported loaded-vehicle counts for the nine-month period.

Loaded vehicles: total1263611
Loaded vehicles: domestic1180109
Loaded vehicles: cross-border83502
Methodology

These are the source’s recorded loaded-vehicle counts, not a vehicle-fleet stock or unique-owner count.

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