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Tunisia Trade Summary

2008

Tunisia exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR TUNISIA 2008

Overall Exports and Imports for Tunisia 2008

Exports and imports of Tunisia in 2008 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 19,320 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 24,638 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,754 products were exported to 159 countries and 4,169 products were imported from 172 countries.

Tunisia top 5 Export and Import partners 2008

Top five countries to which Tunisia exported in 2008 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Tunisia exports to France worth US$ 5,508 million, with a partner share of 28.51 percent.
  2. Tunisia exports to Italy worth US$ 3,992 million, with a partner share of 20.66 percent.
  3. Tunisia exports to Germany worth US$ 1,338 million, with a partner share of 6.93 percent.
  4. Tunisia exports to Spain worth US$ 946 million, with a partner share of 4.90 percent.
  5. Tunisia exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 899 million, with a partner share of 4.65 percent.

Top five countries from which Tunisia imported goods in 2008 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Tunisia imports from France worth US$ 4,546 million, with a partner share of 18.45 percent.
  2. Tunisia imports from Italy worth US$ 4,245 million, with a partner share of 17.23 percent.
  3. Tunisia imports from Russian Federation worth US$ 1,856 million, with a partner share of 7.53 percent.
  4. Tunisia imports from Germany worth US$ 1,717 million, with a partner share of 6.97 percent.
  5. Tunisia imports from Libya worth US$ 1,074 million, with a partner share of 4.36 percent.

Tunisia Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2008

The top five exported HS 6 digit level products to world by Tunisia along with trade value are:

  1. Tunisia exported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 2,630,842.26 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Tunisia exported Diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium p , worth 878,088.71 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Tunisia exported Phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acids , worth 725,131.54 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Tunisia exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 707,808.77 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Tunisia exported Men's or boys' trousers, breeches, etc, of cott , worth 678,395.04 (US$ Thousands).

The top five imported HS 6 digit level products from world by Tunisia along with trade value are

  1. Tunisia imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 2,237,538.61 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Tunisia imported Crude or unrefined sulphur , worth 936,543.28 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Tunisia imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 935,509.54 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Tunisia imported Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons , worth 548,348.35 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Tunisia imported Spelt, common wheat and meslin , worth 423,840.04 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2008

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2008 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2008

Tariffs imposed by Tunisia in 2008 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 60 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 21.79 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 15.93 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 5,642,041.93 and duty free tariff line items share was 21.04 percent.

Development Indicators 2008

Key Development Indicators of Tunisia in 2008 are below

  • Tunisia GDP in current US dollar was 44,859 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 3,770.00 .
  • Tunisia Trade balance: as % of GDP was -3.04.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -1,363.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 114.34 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 20.25 .

Trade Indicators 2008

Trade Indicators for Tunisia in 2008 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.14.
  • Index of export market penetration was 5.12.
  • World Growth in percentage was -59.29 and Tunisia Country Growth was 10.97 .