Rules Turned Advisory
Syria's Ministry of Economy and Industry issued a decision making product weight and size specifications advisory rather than mandatory. The decision, signed by the minister of economy and industry, lets manufacturers depart from previously fixed measurements.
Instead of enforcing set weights for each product, the ministry now treats those figures as guidance, shifting the emphasis from the size of the package to the accuracy of what is declared on it.
Labeling Still Required
Producers must still print a clear net weight or volume on packaging that matches the amount actually contained and meets consumer-protection standards. The change removes the requirement that identical products share a uniform package weight, not the duty to state contents accurately.
Buyers are therefore meant to keep relying on the declared net figure, even as the physical size of comparable packages is allowed to vary between producers.
Held Goods Released
The measure orders the release of products that had been detained solely for weight violations and halts the administrative procedures tied to those cases. It specifically overrides an earlier decision, No. 34 of 2026, that had imposed the uniform-weight rule.
Freeing that stock returns goods that had been held over packaging size to the supply chain rather than leaving them blocked at the point of enforcement.
Grace Period for Retail
Retail establishments receive a six-month grace period to bring their stock into line with the new approach. The window gives shops time to sell through or relabel existing inventory before the revised rules are applied to them.
Easing the specification rules is intended to reduce compliance burdens on manufacturers and to keep goods moving to market rather than sitting in storage over technical breaches.