TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s trade deficit rose 8.8 percent year-on-year in the first six months this year to 8.16 billion Tunisian dinars ($3.13 billion), the state statistics office said on Monday.
Containers are seen at a port terminal in Bizerte, Tunisia, March 27, 2018. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi
Exports from January until June 30 this year reached about 20.3 billion dinars, with imports of 28.5 billion dinars.
The trade deficit in the same period last year was about 7.5 billion dinars.
($1 = 2.6075 Tunisian dinars)
Reporting By Tarek Amara; Editing by Toby Chopra
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