Business in Algeria

The objectives of the subject “International Trade and Business in Algeria” are the following:

1. To analyze the Algerian Economy and Global Trade
2. To know the business opportunities in Algeria
3. To explore the Algerian trade relations with the country of the student
4. To know the Algerian Trade Agreements
5. To examine the profile of the Algerian businesspeople and companies
6. To develop a business plan for the Algerian Market

The Subject “Foreign Trade and Business in Algeria” belongs to the following Online Programs taught by EENI Global Business School:

Course: Business in the Maghreb.

Masters: International Business, Foreign Trade.

Doctorate: Islamic Business, African Business, World Trade.

Languages: or Algérie Argelia Argelia.

1. Credits of the subject “Doing Business in Algeria”: 1
2. Duration: one week

1. Port of Algiers and Port of Oran
2. Trans-African Corridors related to Algeria:
   1. Cairo-Algeria-Dakar Corridor
   2. Algiers-Lagos Corridor

Algerian Preferential Access and Agreements.

1. Algeria and the Maghrebian Economic Area
2. Arab Maghreb Union
3. Greater Arab Free-Trade Area (GAFTA)
4. African Continental Free-Trade Area
5. Islamic Trade Preferential System
6. Arab Bank for Africa (BADEA)
7. Global System of Trade Preferences
8. Arab Development Funds
9. OPEC Fund for International Development
10. EU-Algeria
    1. European Neighborhood Policy
    2. Euro-Mediterranean Partnership
    3. EU-Algeria Agreement

1. Algeria is not a member of the WTO (in process of accession)
2. BIC (Containers)
3. Chicago Convention (ICAO)
4. IMO
   1. Convention for Safe Containers
   2. Istanbul Convention
5. Customs Convention on Containers
6. TIR Convention (Road Transport, IRU)
7. COTIF Convention (Rail)
8. CIM & CIT Rules (Rail)
9. Algeria is not a member of the
   1. WCO
      1. Kyoto Convention

1. ESCWA
2. Arab League
3. OIC
4. Asia - Middle East Dialogue
5. Summit of South America-Arab Countries
6. Afro-Arab Cooperation
7. Arab Development Funds
8. OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID)

1. Economic Commission for Africa
2. African Union
   1. AU Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption
   2. AUDA-NEPAD
3. African Development Bank
4. China-Africa Cooperation
5. Africa-India Cooperation
6. Africa-BRICS
7. Africa-Japan Cooperation
8. Africa-South America Summit

1. WB
2. IMF
3. UN

The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria.

Located on the south corner of the Mediterranean Sea, Algeria (Africa), part of the Great Arab Maghreb, is the:

1. Tenth biggest nation in the World
2. Second in Africa
3. First in the Mediterranean region

More information about Algeria (EENI African Business Portal).

1. Capital of Algeria: Algiers
2. The largest cities in Algeria are Oran, Constantine, Annaba, Ghardaia, Tlemcen, Ouargla, Setif
3. Area of Algeria: 2,381,741 km²
4. Population of Algeria: 42 million people
5. Algeria shares borders with Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Mali, Tunisia, and the Western Sahara
6. Currency of Algeria: Algerian dinar (DZD)
7. Independence of Algeria: 1962 (France)
8. The official languages of Algeria are Arabic and Berber.
   1. French is widely used in business

Main religion in Algeria:

1. 99% of the Algerian population is Sunni Islam
2. Fiqh (Islamic Jurisprudence): Maliki school
3. In the secondary educational system; it is necessary to study the Sharia

Algeria belongs to the Maghrebian Economic Area (Islamic Civilization and the African Civilization).

Algerian Economy.

Algeria is an African frontier market.

1. Algiers is the first commercial and economic centre in Algeria and the only financial hub of the country
2. Algeria is not a member of the WTO
3. Algeria is one of the richest African Countries
4. Algeria has a huge natural resources, including the hydrocarbons
5. Algeria occupies the fifteenth place in petroleum reserve (45 billion tones petrol equivalent in proven reserves in petrol), eighteenth in production and thirteenth in exports
6. The refining capacity of Algeria can reach 22 million tones/year
7. Algeria is the third largest petrol manufacturer in Africa behind Nigeria and Libya; is the leading gas manufacturer (near 50% of the petroleum production in Africa)
8. Algeria has the first African company in the energy sector. The company Sonatrach handles electricity and gas international distribution
   1. Algeria accounts for 98% of exports by volume and 70% of tax revenues
9. The agricultural and services sectors recorded growth of 10% and 5.3% respectively
10. Ali Haddad is a Muslim Businessman of Algeria; he is the Director ETRHB Haddad (construction)
11. SAIDAL is an Algerian corporation whose main mission is to develop, produce and market pharmaceutical products

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