The Ministry of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection is a department of the Council of Ministers of the Syrian Arab Republic.

[2] It was established in 2012 after a series of amendments to the name and tasks.

Interest in internal trade in Syria began in 1960, when the Ministry of Supply was established by Law No.

122 of 1960.

The new ministry was entrusted with supply affairs in general and in particular: By providing food, clothing, health supplies and all other supply needs under the best conditions and at the most appropriate prices, In ensuring the transfer of these materials from the producer or importer to the consumer at the lowest costs, By providing important local services at reasonable costs and By implementing laws and regulations related to supplies, suppressing fraud, monopoly and seizure, regulating the possession and trade of food supplies, and other matters related to the Ministry’s work.