São Paulo – Tunisia’s food trade surplus reached TND 1.06 billion (USD 344.1 million) from January to July, up 22.2% from the same period in 2025, according to data released Wednesday (19) by the National Observatory of Agriculture (Onagri).
The agency attributed the positive result to growth in olive oil exports, which totaled TND 3.59 billion (USD 1.2 billion), up 43.4% from the same period in 2025.
Olive oil was Tunisia’s leading food export, accounting for 63.3% of total food exports. According to Onagri, the increase in sales was driven by a 47.9% rise in export volume, which also boosted revenue. The product’s price, however, fell 3% to TND 12.47 (USD 4.27) per kilogram. The other leading exports were dates (9.1%) and seafood (5.8%).
This performance by Tunisia’s agribusiness sector helped but was not enough to offset the country’s overall trade deficit in the first seven months of the year. The deficit widened 25.7% to TND 14.9 billion (USD 5.1 billion).
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Translated by Guilherme Miranda
