5 November 2009
Tunis — According to the executive staff of the Tunisian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (TCCI), Tunisian exports to the Arab and African countries posted an increase of 19.5% worth 803 billion dinars during the first 9 months of 2009, against 672 billion dinars in 2008.
Libya ranks first with 45% of the overall trading, followed by Algeria (31%), the Gulf and Middle East (5.85%) and Morocco (5.12%).
Trade volume in the Maghreb countries (Libya, Algeria, and Morocco) represents 81.27% of the overall transactions.
Food industries hold the lion's share of the trade volume with 30%, followed by engineering industries (25%) and building materials and glass industries (12%), chemical industries (11.79%) and electrical and electronic industries (EEI) (8.4%).
These sectors represent a trade volume of 87% of the overall transactions accounting 700.5 billion dinars.
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