Speaking to the AA, Pekcan said that "following the Arab League's sanctions on Syria, Syria's export figures are expected to go down sharply".
"Public and private sectors in Syria have difficulty in financing operations following the economic sanctions," Pekcan noted.
Turkey's trade volume with Syria was around 2.5 billion USD in 2010. The economic sanctions on Syria would negatively affect Turkey's exports to this country, mainly the exports of cement, electric energy, construction materials, and machinery as well as petroleum products, Pekcan said.
All Turkish companies, with the exception of maybe one or two, operating in Syria have stopped production activities in that country, Pekcan said.
The economic sanctions imposed on Syria will badly affect Turkey's trade with Syria and the Middle East region in general, Pekcan also said.
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