Tunis — Tunisia's trade deficit decreased 8.9% in the first half of 2015, i.e. 596 million Tunisian dinars (MTD) while it had widened by 1,174 MTD (21.1%) in the same period in 2014.
Special Adviser to the Ministry of Trade Lotfi Khedhir told TAP this decline in the deficit is the most significant in value in the period between 1993 and 2015, reaching 6,131 MTD against 6,727 MTD in the first half of 2014.