Officially the emregency aid warehouse/storage facility is managed by the Tunisian Union of Social Solidarity (UTSS - http://www.utss.org.tn/ ), however practically in certain governorates it’s managed by the Tunisia Red Crescent (CRT) according to a bilateral agreement signed between the two parties. However, there are many logistics services companies operating in Tunisia, especially at the port’s locations (Tunis, Bizerte, Zarzis, Sfax, Sousse, Gabès, etc), providing several logistics services including some professional storage facilities, inventory management and handling, and domestic distribution solution. 

For more information on storage company contact details, please see the following link: 4.6 Storage and Milling Companies Contact List.

Commercial Storage

Tunisia country has many storage facilities including bonded or free commercial near to the principal ports and some main towns. In the backcountry side part of Tunisia, there are also some storage premises, but they are relatively small, old and not designed for large scale storing and their availability is affected during the harvest season of cereals, and certain other produced in the country. 

Commercial storages in the country are:

Large and medium commercial stores

• Wholesale markets for fruit and vegetables and fish and poultry
• Wholesale food stores
• Grocers and general food
• Fruit and vegetable stores
• Cereal stores
• Butchers
• Poultry shops
• Fishmongers
• Bakeries and pastry shops
• Spice stores
• Dried fruit stores
• Household products and toilet paper stores
• Pharmacies and drugstores
• Medical equipment stores
• Stores selling sanitary products
• Spare parts stores
• Stores selling fertilizers, insecticides and agricultural equipment

Services stores

• Clinics and medical offices
• The medical analysis laboratories
• Paramedical practices
• The necessary liberal professions
• Bank branches
• Insurance agencies
• The commercial agencies of Steg and Sonede
• Telecommunications agencies
• Postal agencies
• Service stations
• Security and cleaning services
• Urban transport services and taxis
• Freight and logistics services
• Distance selling and delivery services for food, medicine and basic needs
• Rescue services, infirmaries and patient transport
• Household maintenance services (electricity, plumbing, etc.)
• Mechanics
• Agricultural equipment repair services
• Repair services for technical and industrial equipment
• Industrial maintenance services
• Services dedicated to people with special needs

Companies, factories, production and storage units

Agricultural activities and sea fishing taking into account the preservation of the workforce.

[1] Warehouse Type: Open storage, container, rub-hall, silo, concrete, other, unspecified

Storage Used by Humanitarian Organizations

Some storage locations have been identified by WFP and its partners in Remanda, Tataouine and Medinine which can be used for humanitarian purposes. In the perspective, open negotiation with government counterparts is running to strategically allow WFP and other UN agencies to have permanently their contingency stockages in the country. The Tunisian Union of Social Solidarity (UTSS) has detained humanitarian interregional depots across the country. In agreement with UNICEF and some other UN organizations, UTSS is renting storage spaces for the none food items (NFIs) in its warehouses (Tunis, Medinine, Zarzis etc.)

The Tunisian Red Crescent (CRT) has several warehouses for storing relief and disaster management equipment according to current international standards. Tunisian-Japanese cooperation has helped to strengthen the structure and its capacities.

Cold Chain

The cold storage industry in Tunisia has developed in a heterogeneous way according to the sector of activity:

The situation of Tunisia is acceptable in the following sectors:

1. the dairy industries,
2. the slaughter and processing of poultry,
3. some units for cutting and processing red meats, ice cream and ice cream factories.

An average situation in the sectors of:

1. ONGs freezing of baking products: this sector works at 2 speeds,
2. one for export and the other for the local market.
3. fruits and vegetables: (also 2 types of businesses)

The majority of the others have an ineffective tool with significant loss of products and above all high energy consumption (some operators consume 120kWh / m3 / year while average consumption in Europe is around 30 to 50 kWh / m3 / year).