Anyone who enjoys the following conditions may join the Damascus chamber of commerce:

1. Having a commercial registration
2. Having a commercial or industrial shop in the city of Damascus and practicing a trading or industrial profession.
3. Who has not been convicted with a capital crime during the last 10 years

Note: registration at the Chamber is not compulsory.

Classifications:

Once registered member of Chamber are classified into five categories according to their financial capabilities, namely: excellent, first, second, third and fourth. These categories are made in the light of the following considerations:

1. Financial status
2. Old membership and commercial reputation
3. Honoring undertaking and commitments during pervious years
4. Capital allocated to trading, including the value which might be given to evacuate the commercial chop.

You can lose your membership in the Chamber if you:

1. Member became bankrupt.
2. Member committed a capital crime
3. Member failed to pay his annual subscription fees of over two successive year.