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Manufacturing industries in Tunisia have around 5,800 companies employing 10 or more people. The “Textiles and Clothing” sector represents 36% of units employing 10 or more people. It is followed by the Agro-food industries (18%). There are 2,740 completely exporting companies, or 48% of the industrial fabric. Manufacturing Industries employs 485,895 people. The Textiles and Clothing sector is the main generator of labor with 41% of the workforce in manufacturing industries.

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Sectors

Not fully exporting

Totally exporting

Total

Textils and clothes

343

1 752

2 095

Agro-food

869

164

1 033

Diverse Industries

577

165

742

Mécanics et Métallurgy

411

163

574

Materials of Construction, Ceramics et Glass

399

28

427

Electrics, Electronics et Home appliances

128

219

347

Leather and Shoes

84

213

297

Chemistry

205

36

241

Manufacturing industries

3 016

2 740

5 75

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Electricity and Power

Tunisia is a small producer of oil and natural gas. Oil production began in 1966, peaked at 118,000 barrels / day in 1980 and stood at 63,000 in 2015. The country is a net importer from the year 2000. The country's main deposit is also the first to be discovered: El Borma, in 1964, at the Tunisian-Algerian border.

The Gulf of Gabès offers offshore production centered on the Ashtart field, put into production in 1974 by, at the time, Elf Aquitaine3. Gas production increased in the 2000s thanks to two offshore fields, Miskar (producing from 2006) and Hasdrubal (2009). These two deposits are now experiencing a natural decline in production.

Refining: The country's only refinery, managed by the Tunisian Society of Refining Industries, is located in Bizerte. Its capacity is 34,000 barrels / day, i.e. a production much lower than the consumption of the country, which therefore imports refined products, diesel in the lead. Refined petroleum is also mainly imported.

Natural gas transit: The Trans-Mediterranean Pipeline, one of the gas pipelines that allow the export of Algerian gas to Italy, crosses Tunisian territory. It has been in operation since 1983. In return for crossing its territory, Tunisia is entitled to 5.625% of the gas, in kind or in cash, in accordance with a treaty of 1977. The capacity of the Trans-Mediterranean Pipeline is gradually increased, also increasing the Tunisian quota which, added to national production and gas purchased directly from Algeria, ensures the country's consumption.

Consumption: According to the Energy Information Administration, Tunisia's consumption in 2015 stood at 98,000 barrels / day. Natural gas consumption is around 6.5 km3, more than half of which is imported via the Trans-Mediterranean Pipeline. 70% of the gas is used for the production of electricity.

Electricity sector and renewable energies: The International Energy Agency reports an electricity production of 19-25 TWh for 2014-2019, compared to 10.5 TWh in 2000. The Tunisian Electricity and Gas Company (STEG), a public company, provides three quarters of production. The network operates at 50 Hertz and the voltage at the domestic level is 230 Volts. Almost all of Tunisian electricity (18 TWh) is produced by thermal power stations burning natural gas, the largest being located in Sousse. Wind power is the country's second largest source of electricity; a capacity of 305 MW was installed in a few years. The British company TuNur Ltd defends a major project in solar energy, which would consist in building in stages 4,500 MW of thermodynamic solar power plants in southern Tunisia, and exporting electricity to Malta first, then the 'Italy and finally France.

CONSUMPTION OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS: The national demand for petroleum products, recorded between January 2016 and January 2017 an increase of 8% to stand at 387 ktep. This increase is mainly due to the increase in demand for LPG by 22% and diesel by 11%.

However, the structure of the consumption of petroleum products did not change significantly between January 2016 and January 2017. The consumption of road fuels in January 2017 increased by 10% compared to January 2016 when demand fell abnormally by 8%. It represents 58% of the total consumption of petroleum products. Consumption of regular diesel increased by 9%, unleaded petrol by 5% and diesel 50 by 23%. The following graph illustrates the overall monthly consumption of road fuels from January 2014 which continues to follow an irregular trend. Regular diesel covers 66% of the total demand for road fuels and accounts for 38% of the total demand for petroleum products and 18% of the total primary energy demand in January 2017.

PLANNED NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

Station/Project Name 

Type

Capacity

Expected Construction Start Year 

Expected Commercial Year

To be defined

-

700-1000

2016

2023

To be defined

-

700-1000

2024

2030

ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION AND CAPACITY


Average annual growth rate (%)


1970

1980

1990

2000

2005

2007

2000 to 2007

Capacity of electrical plants (MW)








- Thermal


832 

1265 

2313 

3170 

3232 

+4.9 

- Hydro


28 

64 

61.2 

62 

62 

+0.2 

- Nuclear


0

0

0

0


- Wind


0

0

10.6 

19 

19 

+8.7 

- Geothermal



- other renewable


0

0


- Total


861 

1329 

2385

3251 

3313 

+4.8 

Electricity production (GW.h)








- Thermal


2406 

4854 

10008 

12857 

13054 

+3.9 

- Hydro


23.5 

43.6 

64.4 

145.2 

49 

-3.8 

- Nuclear


0

0

0


- Wind


23.1 

42.4 

43 

+9.3 

- Geothermal



- other renewable



- Total (1)


2430

4898 

10095

13044

13146 

+3.8 

Total Electricity consumption (GW.h)


2250

4400

8979

11244

12071 

+4.3

Electricity Production in Tunisia reached 1,763 GWh in Jun 2020, compared with 1,491 GWh in the previous month. Electricity Production data of Tunisia is updated monthly averaging at 1,349 GWh from Sep 2006 to Jun 2020. The data reached an all-time high of 2,360 GWh in Jul 2019 and a record low of 940 GWh in Feb 2007. The National Statistics Institute provides monthly Electricity Generation.

Financial Services

The Tunisian financial system includes the Central Bank of Tunisia, 2 3 resident banks, 7 offshore banks, 13 financial establishments: including 2 investment banks, 8 leasing establishments, 2 factoring companies. The financial landscape also includes the National Post Office, the Financial Market Council, the Tunis Stock Exchange, Tunisia Clearing, investment companies and collective investment undertakings in transferable securities. The banking system has managed to set up a large network of representations and agencies. There are currently more than 1905 agencies, or approximately one agency for 5,775 inhabitants.

Central Bank of Tunisia: Created on September 19, 1958, the Central Bank of Tunisia is a public establishment endowed with civil personality and financial autonomy. Law No. 2016-35 of April 25, 2016 establishing the status of the Central Bank assigned the main objective of the bank to ensure price stability.

The BCT contributes to financial stability so as to support the achievement of the State's economic policy objectives, including in the areas of development and employment as well. It also ensures optimal coordination between monetary policy and the economic policy of the State.

The BCT is responsible in particular:

  • to conduct and implement monetary policy;
  • the application of laws and regulations relating to foreign exchange;
  • to hold and manage foreign exchange reserves and gold;
  • work to ensure the stability, efficiency and security of payment systems, while taking into account the particularities of Islamic finance;
  • supervision of banks and financial institutions and regulation of banking activity;
  • to issue and maintain fiat currency and facilitate its circulation in Tunisia;
  • to act as cashier and state financial agent;
  • to act as financial advisor to the Government and to give an opinion on economic and financial matters when requested to do so;
  • to collect and manage all data related to the exercise of its missions;
  • to contribute to the conduct and implementation of macro-prudential policy with a view to preventing and mitigating systemic risk;
  • to work to protect users of banking services.

The banks carry out, as usual, the collection of deposits whatever the duration and the form and the provision, at the disposal of the customers, of the means of payment, in order to carry out the other banking operations: the operations of 'granting of credits in all their forms; leasing operations; Islamic factoring and banking operations. Banks may, without prejudice to the special financial legislation in force and within the limits of the exceptions provided for by law, carry out operations related to banking services, in particular advice, assistance in financial management and financial engineering; services intended to facilitate the creation, development and restructuring of companies, the acquisition of a stake in the capital of companies and the management of wealth and assets. Each approved bank is an approved intermediary to carry out foreign exchange transactions within the meaning of foreign exchange regulations.

Investment banks: are financial institutions that carry out all of the following operations, as a specialized activity:

  • the granting of financing to companies, with a view to strengthening their own funds,
  • the granting, for the benefit of companies, of bridging loans, the repayment period of which does not exceed one year, in connection with financial engineering operations,
  • the acquisition of a stake in the context of restructuring operations, including the retrocession commitment within a period not exceeding five years.

There are currently 2 investment banks:

  • CAPITAL AFRICAN PARTNERS "CAP BANK",
  • International Maghreb Merchant Bank (IMBank).

Banks and non-resident financial institutions: The conditions for carrying out banking operations and the methods of supervision of banks and non-resident financial institutions within the meaning of foreign exchange legislation are defined by Law No. 2016-48 on banks and financial institutions. The provisions of the code for the provision of financial services to non-residents promulgated by Law No. 2009-64 of 12 August 2009 apply to banks and non-resident financial institutions as long as they are not derogated from them by the provisions of Law No. 2016-48.

Non-resident banks are allowed to:

  • Collect deposits from non-residents regardless of duration and form;
  • Grant loans to non-residents in all their forms;
  • Ensure foreign exchange transactions with non-residents and within the limits authorized by the laws and regulations in force with residents;
  • Receive deposits from residents in dinars within certain legal limits;
  • Participate through its own foreign currency resources in the capital of resident companies;
  • Using its own resources, grant resident companies medium and long-term financing,
  • Using its foreign currency resources, finance import and export operations carried out by residents;
  • Grant financing through its resources in dinars for the benefit of residents with the exception of financing of consumption and housing;

There are currently 7 non-resident banks, namely:

  • Citibank (citibank) - Tunis,
  • Tunisian Foreign Bank (TFBank) -Tunis,
  • Tunis International Bank (TIB),
  • North Africa International Bank (NAIB),
  • ALUBAF International Bank (ALUBAF) -Tunis,
  • Arab Banking Corporation (ABC) - Tunis,
  • LINC (Bank approved but not currently in operation). 

Tunisian Post

The Tunisian Post (Arabic: البريد التونسي), trade name of the Tunisian National Post Office, is the Tunisian public postal service company. Since January 1, 1999, following the withdrawal of telephony activities, the Tunisian Post has been an industrial and commercial establishment focused on two main activities: the collection, transport and distribution of mail, as well as the operation and the provision of financial services as well as various services: traditional such as the production and sale of stamps and new such as a set of computer services.

It continued its quantitative and qualitative development which enabled it to obtain, in 2002, the ISO 9002 quality assurance certificate for its rapid mail delivery subsidiary, Rapid-Poste. It is also improving the country's postal coverage thanks to its 1,054 post offices. Its mail activities totaled around 95 million ordinary mail delivered in 2019. Its financial activities make it the leading financial institution, attracting 3,950,000 savers and 2,023,000 current postal account holders.

Company Overview

Company Name

La Poste Tunisienne

Address

Rue Hedi Nouira, 1023 Tunis.

Téléphone : 71 839 000. Fax : 71 831 174

e-mail : ONP@poste.tn

 

Available?

Comments

(max/min transfer or exchange amounts, etc)

Has IBAN, BIC, or SWIFT number?

(Yes / No)

YES

LPTNTNTT

To successfully send and receive a transfer from abroad, we recommend that you provide the following contact details:

The Tunisian Post SWIFT code: LPTNTNTT

La Poste Tunisienne is a member of the SWIFT networks.

For each transfer operation, the Tunisian Post will send you a copy of the SWIFT message

Provides currency exchange?

(Yes / No)

YES

For all needs in terms of buying and selling cash currencies, it possible can contact the Tunisian Post exchange room.

Will initiate / receive wire transfers?

(Yes / No)

YES

The partners are internationally renowned financial establishments such as Société Générale, CitiBank, Banque Postal and Deutsch Bank.

Provides Loan / Credit services?

(Yes / No)

YES

No information provided.

Other Comments or Key Information

The IBAN of your postal checking account: TN59 + RIP (the 20 digits)

The costs can be broken down as follows:

BEN Cost: all third-party costs are charged to the beneficiary.

OUR Cost: all costs are charged to the issuer. The beneficiary receives all of the funds.

 

Other Locations

Region(s)

Service Location(s)

All Regions in Tunisia

All 24 Governorates in Tunisia

Clearing and Forwarding Agents

In Tunisia, the clearing agent acts on behalf of the shipper (importer or exporter depending on the INCO Terms) and arranges for the customs clearances of the imported goods. The role entails: collecting payment from the shipper for duties and taxes / VAT and making payment to Customs / SARS authorities.

Here the link of their list updated: https://www.freightforwarderservices.com/tunisia/

Handling Equipment

 Link of the Tunisian companies/corporation on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_companies_of_Tunisia

https://tn.kompass.com/c/societe-tunisienne-d-equipements-de-manutention-et-de-securite/tn670831/

Waste Management and Disposal Services

In Tunisia, priority in the national strategy for solid waste management the last few years has been the strengthening of the two main links in the chain of management of household and similar waste, namely:

  • Building logistics, human and organizational capacities for municipalities in charge of waste collection and transportation;
  • The design and implementation of a regional process of waste transfer and disposal based on the principle of one landfill per governorate (or island) and one transfer station per city (commune or town) and the establishment of accompanying measures for the treatment of generated leachate and methane flaring.
  • Despite great efforts to improve the household and similar waste management process, there is still much to review and do as well on the strategy level as on the operational level. To manage this challenging post- revolutionary period involves several actions and initiatives:
  • Developaclearnationalstrategytothepublicinthemanagementofhouseholdandassimilatedwaste and mobilize the legal, institutional and financial resources for its implementation;
  • Strengthen financial, logistics, human and organizational capacities and planning and training for the communities and rural councils, to remove regularly and efficiently the generated household waste;
  • Finally solve the social problems of agents working in the sector (casual staff in public and private companies);
  • Implementation of a communication and awareness plan for crisis suited for this post-revolutionary period;
  • Enable the construction of regional landfills and transfer centres related and planned in the governorates of the country.

Link of the waste management companies in Tunisia: https://www.environmental-expert.com/waste-recycling/companies/location-tunisia

Waste Disposal – Non-Hazardous

According to the given standards during the planning phase, the treatment centre consists of three major treatment and disposal facilities:

  • Laboratory for Waste analysis and quality control
  • Stabilization/solidification (STASO)
  • Chemical Physical Treatment (CPT)
  • Landfill
  • Intermediate storage for non-treatable waste

Waste which, due to its chemical and physical parameters, cannot be treated in the plant facilities is stored temporarily in a storage hall. The general process scheme is given below:

Waste Disposal – Hazardous

Theoretically, industrial waste collection poses fewer problems in the sense that regulations require the waste producer to inform the ANGed about it and to ensure its transportation to the landfill indicated by the agency. To implement this, a control, monitoring and traceability procedure was set up by the ANGed. A hazardous waste treatment unit, established in JRADOU, has gone into operation with a treatment capacity of 90,000 tons per year. This unit was opened in 2009, but it currently treats 1,000 tons per month and Liquid waste undergoes physical treatment in order to separate the solid and liquid components, then a chemical treatment to decompose and modify the chemical properties of hazardous components so as to reduce the chemical effects, which are considered as the source of the hazard. The liquids which cannot be treated at the unit, such as PCBs are shipped abroad for incineration .
The solid waste may be either directly buried if they carry no risk or treated beforehand through stabilization then solidification, or physical-chemical treatment. The final product is then buried.


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