Scania boom in Syria 100 trucks delivered since January

SCANIA PRESS INFO  / Bo Östlund
23 August 2002



Scania boom in Syria
100 trucks delivered since January

Scania is on its way to recording its best-ever year 
in Syria, with 100 vehicles delivered so far in the 
first eight months of this year. Behind the truck boom 
lies not only increased cargo transport to Saudi 
Arabia and the Gulf states, but also UN transport 
operations from the Syrian ports in Latakia and 
Tartous to and from Iraq.

It is the country’s private sector that is expanding – 
all 100 Scania trucks sold so far this year have gone 
to private customers.

The truck type that has accounted for the large 
increase in sales this year is tractors for long-haul 
duties. Scania’s market share amounted to 25 per cent 
at the close of the second quarter this year.

Scania’s distributor in Syria – Saad – will inaugurate 
a new Scania centre in the country within the next 
year. The new facility, which will house 
administration and sales as well as workshops and a 
parts warehouse, will be located beside the motorway 
that stretches between Damascus and Aleppo. The first 
unit to be com-pleted will be the workshop.

The first Scania trucks destined for Syria were 
shipped there as far back as 1952, and Scania has 
delivered 3,600 trucks to the country since then. 1982 
was the best-ever year for Scania’s exports to Syria, 
with just over 100 trucks sold. There is every 
indication that 2002 will set a new record for Scania in Syria.



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