... metric tons. Syrian artisans continue to be noted, as in centuries past, for the fine quality of their silk brocades and rugs and for their artistic metalwork in brass, copper, silver, iron, and steel. Annual cement production was about 3.2 million tons in the early 1990s. The soap, glass, flour, tobacco, tanning, vegetable oil, and food-processing industries were growing in the ... ...

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