Business / Trade in Tunisia
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BOTSWANA, 2016/05/13
The collapse of virtual borders is one of the majority remarkable things to have happened in our lifetimes. In the world of cyberspace, time and distance have become almost peripheral considerations at the same time as it comes to doing business. Services from software development to accounting can be delivered across the world in the blink of an eye. Next business leaders will struggle to imagine an era at the same time as communication was neither immediate nor virtually free.
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TUNISIA, 2015/10/10
The 18th session of the Algerian-Tunisian Monitoring Committee shows the will of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and his Tunisian counterpart, Beji Caid Essebsi, to raise bilateral relations to the highest level, Minister of Maghreb Affairs, African Union and Arab League Abdelkader Messahel said Thursday in Tunis.
The session comes as part of preparations for the high joint commission conference in Algiers on October 25-26, under the co-chairmanship of Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal and the chief of Tunisian government, Habib Essid, Messahel said.
The minister said he was pleased with the mobilization of joint resources to face security challenges relating to the escalation of terrorism, organized crime, arms dealing and illegal immigration.
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ITALY, 2015/09/13
Mistrust has emerged part the East African Community partner states over Tanzania's commitment to the Economic Partnership Agreement that would give the region's goods business-free access to European markets.
Tanzania is likely to delay the signing and ratification of the EPA document on the grounds that it was rushed through. Dar es Salaam has threatened not to sign the transaction before its concerns on contentious issues are addressed. The region has until December 31 to sign the transaction with the European Union or go back to the negotiating table.
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TUNISIA, 2015/07/01
Official figures showed that Tunisia’s trade deficit rose by 2.7 % to 7.6 billion Dinars (4.59 billion Dollars) in the initial eight months of the year compared to the corresponding period of last year.
The National Statistics Institute said that the deficit rose to 7.6 billion Dinars in the period from the beginning of the year to the end of August compared to a deficit of 7.4 billion dinars (4.47 billion Dollars) in the same period last year Imports grew by 5.1 % to 26 billion Dinars, while exports rose by 5.8 % to 18.4 billion Dinars.
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EUROPEAN UNION, 2014/11/10
Tunisia and the European Union have signed a commercial agreement regulating market access, quality and consumers' rights, the director-general of the Tunisian institute for consumers' rights, Lasad Abidi, told radio Express FM on Friday.
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TUNISIA, 2014/09/06
The economic forum ''Coopération tuniso-africaine: batissons l'avenir'' will be held in Hammamet on September 23-25. The event, organized by Media Press in cooperation with Tunisian business association Utica, is aimed at promoting Tunisia's image across Africa to develop new business opportunities across sectors inclunding healthcare, professional training, tourism and finance.
Considering the strong increase registered in a number of African nations in the completed few years, Tunisia is eyeing new business opportunities and has planned to open six new embassies in the African continent in the coming months.
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TUNISIA, 2014/06/02
Cooperation agreements - Tunisia and Morocco have signed 23 cooperation agreements on the occasion of the three-day official visit to Tunisia by King Mohamed VI of Morocco, which began on Friday.
The agreements concern several sectors, inclunding security, health, economy, tourism, industry, scientific research, technology and maritime training.
The cooperation between the railway companies of the two nations, the cooperation between the Tunisian company of oil activities and the Moroccan office of oil products and mines are part the number of agreements signed.
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SERBIA, 2014/03/08
Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic on Wednesday arrived in Tunis for a two-day working visit which is aimed at further strengthening the friendship between the two nations.
Upon President Nikolic's arrival, the two nations signed two bilateral agreements inclunding trade and transit of goods and people.
The two parties as well endorsed a programme on cooperation in education, science, culture and sports.
Speaking next the signing of the agreements, the Serbian President asserted the readiness of his country to strengthen its bilateral cooperation with Tunisia and pave the way for Tunisian investors to establish partnership with their Serbian counterparts as they worked together to explore new markets.
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LIBYA, 2014/02/27
Citing security problems, the Libyan authorities on Tuesday closed the Ras Jadir border crossing between Libya and Tunisia, according to Chief security officer, Col. Mohamed Jarafa.
'The decision to close the border crossing was taken following an attack by an armed group which wanted to organize the escape to Tunisia of a wanted Libyan,' Col. Jarafa told the Libyan news agency.
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LIBYA, 2013/08/20
The Libyan authorities have decided to open a new border crossing point with Tunisia, taking to three the number of border posts between the two nations, according to a Libyan government source on Monday.
The decision is to relieve pressure on the existing crossing points because of the high number of people moving between the two nations.
