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Nitric Fertilizer Factory

Other Names: n/a
Location: Deyr ez-Zor
Subordinate To: n/a
Size: n/a
Primary Function: Nitric fertilizer production
Description: In 2001 during a meeting of the Standing Russian-Syrian Commission for Trade and Economic, Research and Technical Cooperation, Russian and Syrian officials discussed construction of a plant to produce nitric fertilizers in Deyr ez-Zor, as well as a triple superphosphate factory (Palmyra) and a phosphate fertilizers plant (Homs).[1]

Sources:
[1] "Russian, Syrian Officials to Discuss Economic Cooperation," Pravda.ru, 15 May 2001, <http://english.pravda.ru/world/2001/05/15/5237.html>.


	Updated August 2003

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