According to the Syrian Teshreen newspaper, a recently publicised study about the domestic cement industry estimates the per ton production cost of cement at the private sector at US$27, in addition to US$10 investment expenditures. Thus, the per ton of cement total production cost stands at US$37 (SP1924). The cement is currently sold for SP3300 per ton along with SP300 extra shipment cost.  The study also estimated the per ton price of cement (ex factory) at SP 3840 in the UAE, SP 4004 in Jordan and SP3640 in Kuwait.