São Paulo – Tunisian imports jumped by 33% to TND 75.4 million (USD 23.5 million) over the past eleven months of the year from the same period in 2021, state news agency TAP said based on a report by the National Institute of Statistics (NIS).
The rise stems primarily from the increase by 87% in imports of energy products, 35.8% in raw materials and semi-finished products, 12.5% in capital goods, and 14% in consumer goods.
Imports from the European Union, which accounts for 44.2% of the Arab country’s total imports, went up by 22.3% to TND 33,332 million (USD 10.3 million) year to date through November.
Exports from Tunisia increased, but its trade balance deficit widened to TND 23.3 million (USD 7.1 million), up 58.8% from the same period in 2021. Tunisia exports phosphates, foods, textiles, and other goods.
Translated by Guilherme Miranda
