Cotton Spinning

In the Syrian government, eight ministries are involved in textile industries.  These are the State Planning Commission (SPC), Ministry of Economy and Foreign Trade, Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Industry, Ministry of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Ministry of Higher Education.

Cotton spinning and weaving in Syria are operated only by state-owned mills, while the private sector plays a limited role in the production of cotton textile downstream.

The General Organization of Textile Industries (GOTI) is the largest body in the general organizations working under the Ministry of Industry.  Its role is to supervise and to coordinate the public textile mills. 

State-owned cotton mills are located mainly in Damascus and in Aleppo.  New mills were implemented in other regions like the coast, to reach a total spinning capacity of 100 kilo ton of yarn, and weaving capacity of 100 million metres of grey fabric.  The average age of public cotton mills in Syria is 30 years. 

     Yarn sizes produced in Syria's mills

  a- Carded yarns:

  b- Combed yarns:

 Geographical location and capacities of cotton mills