February 12
Tunisia: Trade Deficit Narrows By 49.7 Percent to Tnd 550.6 Million in January 2024 (Ins) [upd 1]
The trade deficit narrowed significantly by 49.7%, reaching TND 550.6 million in January 2024, against TND 1,095.4 million in January 2023, data published on Monday by the National… Read more »
October 09, 2023
Tunisia: Medenine - Trade Union Rallies in Medenine and Djerba in Support of Palestinian Cause and 'Al-Aqsa Flood'
The local labour union in Medenine held a rally in support of the Palestinian people on Monday and called on all its activists to join all the union's headquarters in all… Read more »
September 24, 2023
Tunisia: Pharmaceutical Imports Up 44 Percent Over Past Five Years
Pharmaceutical imports rose by 44% over the last five years, from TND1,228.6 million in 2018 to TND1,764 in 2022, according to a note published recently by the Central Bank of… Read more »
Tunisia: Cooperation Between Tunisia, Algeria Under Review to Boost Cross-Investments
A cooperation agreement between the Foreign Investment Promoption Agency (FIPA) and the Algerian Investment Promotion Agency (AAPI) is under review in a bid to foster relations… Read more »
August 31, 2023
Tunisia: Tunis Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Jordan Enterprise Development Corporation Sign MOU
During a business visit to Jordan from August 29 to 31, representatives of the Tunis Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCITUNIS) signed a memorandum of understanding with the… Read more »
July 27, 2023
Tunisia: Urgent Measures to Address Impact of Fire On Bizerte Drawbridge
A series of urgent measures were taken on Thursday in Bizerte aimed at expediting the restoration of normal working conditions at the commercial port in the aftermath of the fire… Read more »
Tunisia: FM Discusses With Russian Counterpart in Moscow Means of Importing Grain At Preferential Prices
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration, and Tunisians Abroad Nabil Ammar held talks with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Moscow on Thursday, on the sidelines of the… Read more »
July 19, 2023
Tunisia: First Shipment of Resin Exported to Cameroon Under AfCFTA
Tunisia on July 17 exported its first shipment of resin to Cameroon under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), announced the Export Promotion Centre (CEPEX). Read more »
July 18, 2023
Tunisia: Value of Tunisian Olive Oil Exports Up By 43.8 Percent (Onagri)
Tunisian olive oil exports have been evaluated at TND 2,483.1 million, up 43.8% since the beginning of the campaign (November 2022-June 2023), compared to the same period of the… Read more »
Tunisia: Value of Tunisian Date Exports Down By 2.3 Percent (Onagri)
Exports of Tunisian dates have reached a value of TND 661.1 million since the beginning of the season (October 2022-June 2023), down 2.3% compared with the same period in the… Read more »
July 12, 2023
Tunisia: Trade Deficit Narrows to Tnd - 8,686.9 Million, End-June 2023 [upd 1]
The trade deficit narrowed to TND -8,686.9 million at the end of June 2023, against TND -11,775.5 million during the first half of 2022. Read more »
July 10, 2023
Tunisia: Cepex Calls for Increasing Tunisia's Trade Representation Abroad to Support Agri-Food Exports
Streamlining import procedures for certain specific products and revising certain clauses of trade agreements in the Arab region are the main recommendations tabled to support the… Read more »
July 07, 2023
Tunisia: Libya Takes Lion's Share of Tunisia's Exported Fruits, Till July 3
The Libyan market accounted for 60.5% of Tunisian fruit exports from the beginning of the year to July 3, 2023, although the quantities exported to this market fell by 34.4% (with… Read more »
June 15, 2023
Tunisia: Tunis Hosts 2nd Meeting of Alliance Francophone Des Registres Du Commerce, June 19-21 (Rne)
The 2nd meeting of the Alliance Francophone des Registres du Commerce "AFREC" will be held June 19-21, in Tunis, at the initiative of the National Register of Companies (RNE). Read more »
May 18, 2023
Tunisia: Tunisia's Date Exports Down By 2.3% in Volume and 4.4% in Value
Exports of Tunisian dates have decreased by 2.3% in volume to 100,100 tonnes and by 4.4% in value to TND 599,400 million, from the beginning of the season until the end of April… Read more »
March 29, 2023
Tunisia: Tunisia to Host 10th OIC Halal Expo Trade Fair, May 31-June 4
Tunisia will host the 10th Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Halal Expo Trade Fair on May 31-June 4 at the Kram Exhibition Centre. Read more »
March 22, 2023
Tunisia: Foreign Trade - Textile-Clothing Industry Export Value Up 16.69 Percent Until End February 2023
Exports of the textile-clothing sector have increased by 16.69% in dinars to TND 1,698.08 million and by 13.93% in euros (Ꞓ509.9 million) during the first two months of 2023,… Read more »
March 20, 2023
Tunisia: Trade Balance in Fishery Products Posts Surplus of Tnd 464.8 Million in 2022
The trade balance in fishery products was in a surplus of TND 464.8 million in 2022, up 26.3% on 2021, preliminary data provided by the National Observatory of Agriculture (French:… Read more »
January 08, 2023
Tunisia: Tunisia Sees 32% Rise in Fruit Export Earnings in 2022
The value of Tunisia's fruit exports grew 32% in the period running from January to December 21, 2022, to TND 176.250 million against TND 133.810 million during the same period in… Read more »
December 13, 2022
Tunisia: Tunisia's Trade Balance Deficit Widens to Tnd 23,281.1 Million (Ins)
Tunisia's trade balance deficit widened to TND 23,281.1 million over the past eleven months of 2022, compared to TND 14,653.8 million over the same period in 2021 (+58.8%), the… Read more »
November 26, 2022
Libya: Tunisia, Libya Adopt Joint Working Strategy to Boost Trade Relations
A joint working strategy was adopted by the Export Promotion Centre (CEPEX) and the Libyan Export Development Centre for the 2023 year, in a bid to develop intra-trade relations… Read more »
September 24, 2022
Africa: Tunisia to Host Continental Free Trade Area Negotiating Forum On September 26-27
The meeting of the Continental Free Trade Area Negotiating Forum (CFTA-NF) will be held on September 26 -27 in Tunisia, Tunisian General Labour Union (French: UGTT) Deputy… Read more »