15 May 2015 FridayThe number of newly established companies, cooperatives and sole proprietorships decreased by 1,02%, 8,65% and 2,69% respectively, according to the previous month. The number of closed companies and sole proprietorships decreased by 1,22% and 9,07% respectively, while cooperatives increased by 3,16% according to the previous month. -The number of closed companies increased by 6,43% with respect to the same month of the previous year The number of newly established companies increased by 21,95% while cooperatives and sole proprietorships decreased by 4,04% and 10,14% according to the same month of the previous year. The number of closed companies, cooperatives and sole proprietorships increased by 6,43%, 1,03% and 2,48% respectively, according to the same month of the previous year. -In April 2015, 416 companies with foreign partners were established In April 2015, 416 companies with foreign partners were established. 136 of these companies had Syrian partners, 30 had German partners and 23 had Iraqi partners. During the first four month period of 2015, 1.557 companies with foreign partners were established. 491 of these companies had Syrian partners, 113 had German partners and 97 had Iranian partners.