Tunisia Business
• Main exports: Clothing, textiles, mechanical goods, chemicals, and agricultural products.
• Main imports: Textiles, machinery, equipment, chemicals and food.
• Main trade partners: France, Germany, Italy and Spain.
Economy
The government exerts strong control over the economy, and policy during the last decade has followed the path of deregulation, including abolition of trade controls, privatisation and making the Tunisian Dinar fully convertible. Tunisia's most important trade links are with the EU whose members (principally France and Germany) account for three-quarters of all the country's trade.
Despite strong growth, Tunisia has a problem of unemployment (13.9% in 2007), especially among the young. Inflation was 2.9% in 2007.
Business Etiquette
Office hours: Mon-Fri 0830-1300 and 1500-1745 (winter); Mon-Sat 0830-1300 (summer). Government office opening hours may vary by half an hour.
Conferences & Conventions
Business Contacts
63 rue de Syrie, 1002 Tunis, Tunisia
Tel: (71) 792 144.
Website: www.tunisieindustrie.nat.tn
Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie de Tunis
31 Avenue de Paris, 1000 Tunis, Tunisia
Tel: (71) 350 300.
Website: www.ccitunis.org.tn
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