Doing Business in Tunisia

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

1. To analyze the Tunisian Economy and Global Trade;
2. To know the business opportunities in the Republic of Tunisia;
3. To explore the Tunisian trade relations with the country of the student;
4. To know the Tunisian Trade Agreements;
5. To examine the profile of Tunisian Companies;
6. To develop a business plan for the Tunisian Market.

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

Doctorate: Islamic Business, African Business, World Trade.

Course: Business in the Maghreb.

Masters: International Business, Foreign Trade.

Languages: or Tunisie Túnez Tunisia.

1. Credits of the subject “Foreign Trade and Business in Tunisia”: 2 ;
2. Duration: two weeks.

1. Tunisian Ports;
2. Trans-African Corridors:
   1. Cairo-Dakar Corridor;
   2. Algiers-Lagos Corridor.

Tunisian Preferential Access and Free Trade Agreements:

1. Tunisia and the Maghrebian Economic Area;
2. Arab Maghreb Union (AMU);
3. CEN-SAD;
4. COMESA;
5. COMESA-EAC-SADC Agreement;
6. Arab Mediterranean Free Trade Agreement
   1. Egypt-Jordan-Morocco-Tunisia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) / Agadir Agreement.
7. African Continental Free-Trade Area;
8. Islamic Trade Preferential System;
9. Tunisia-EU
   1. Euro-Mediterranean Partnership;
   2. European Union-Tunisia Association Agreement;
   3. Africa-EU Strategic Partnership;
   4. European Neighborhood Policy - Union for the Mediterranean.
10. Turkey-Tunisia Free Trade Agreement;
11. Tunisia has Trade Agreements with Egypt, Morocco, European Free Trade Association (EFTA), Jordan, and Libya;
12. Greater Arab Free-Trade Area (GAFTA);
13. Global System of Trade Preferences (GSTP);
14. Trade Negotiations Among Developing Countries;
15. Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (observer country).

1. WTO
   1. Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures;
   2. WTO General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS);
   3. Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade;
   4. Agreement on Preshipment Inspection;
   5. Agreement on Safeguards;
   6. Trade Facilitation Agreement.
2. WCO
   1. Revised Kyoto Convention.
3. COTIF Convention (Rail);
4. International Bureau of Containers and Intermodal Transport (BIC);
5. Chicago Convention (ICAO);
6. IMO
7. Hamburg Rules;
8. Customs Convention on Containers;
9. CIM & CIT Rules (Rail);
10. International Road Transport Union (IRU)
    1. TIR Convention;
    2. Guidelines on Safe Load Securing for Road Transport.

Islamic Organizations:

1. ESCWA;
2. Arab League;
3. Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
4. Asia - Middle East Dialogue (AMED);
5. Summit of South America-Arab Countries (ASPA);
6. Afro-Arab Cooperation;
7. BADEA.

African Trade and Economic Organizations:

1. Economic Commission for Africa (ECA);
2. African Union 
   1. AU Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption (not signed);
   2. AUDA-NEPAD.
3. African Development Bank;
4. Africa-Asia Partnership;
5. Africa-Korea Partnership;
6. Africa-Japan Cooperation;
7. Africa-South America Summit;
8. China-Africa Cooperation;
9. Africa-India Cooperation;
10. Africa-BRICS;
11. Africa-Turkey Partnership.

Global Economic Organizations:

1. WB;
2. UN
   1. UNCTAD;
   2. ITC;
   3. WIPO.
3. WTO;
4. IMF.

The Republic of Tunisia

Tunisia is strategically located at the crossroads of the MENA region (North Africa and the Middle East) and the EU.

1. Tunisian Capital: Tunis;
2. The largest Tunisian cities are Tunis, Sfax, Sousse, Kairouan, Bizerte and Gabes;
3. Area of Tunisia: 163,610 km²;
4. Tunisian Population: 11 million people;
5. Frontiers of Tunisia: Algeria and Libya;
6. Main languages: Arabic, French, and Berber;
7. Type of Government of Tunisia: Unitary Unicameral Parliamentary Republic;
8. Tunisian Currency: Tunisian Dinar (TND);
9. Tunisian independence: March 1956 (from France);
10. Abolition of Slavery in Tunisia: 1836.

More information about Tunisia (EENI African Business Portal).

Religion in Tunisia:

1. 98% of the Tunisian population follows Islam Sunni;
2. Fiqh (Islamic Jurisprudence): Maliki school;
3. Islam is the official state religion in Tunisia.

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

Tunisian Economy

1. GDP of Tunisia: 47.13 billion dollars;
   1. Agriculture: 11%;
   2. Industry: 35.3%;
   3. Services: 53.7%.
2. GDP per capita: 4.329 dollars;
3. Tunisian GDP growth: 2.81%;
4. Public debt: 44.32% of the GDP;
5. Tunisian Inflation: 6.04%.

Tunis is the first economic and industrial centre of Tunisia (1/3 of the Tunisian companies and 1/3 of the Tunisian GDP).

1. Top Tunisian export partners: The European Union (France, Italy, Germany), Libya, and the U.S.;
2. Top Tunisian import partners: The European Union (France, Italy, Germany, Spain), China, and Algeria.

The Republic of Tunisia is the:

1. First tourist destination in the Southern Mediterranean;
2. First world dates exporter;
3. Second-largest phosphoric acid and super-phosphate exporter;
4. Second-largest olive oil exporter after the European Union;
5. Fifth clothing products supplier to the countries of the EU;
6. Fifth phosphate producer in the World;
7. Tenth EU wiring harnesses supplier.

Foreign Trade Tunisia-European Union.

1. Exports of the Republic of Tunisia to the EU's market have grown significantly;
2. 80% of the Tunisian exports to the EU are industrial products;
3. The Republic of Tunisia is the fourth clothing exporter to the EU;
4. Tunisia is an advantaged trading partner of the EU;
5. In 1996, the Republic of Tunisia was the first nation on the south of the Mediterranean Sea to have a free trade zone with the EU markets.

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