Trade Profiles
2021 Trade in commercial services
Transport
Travel Other commercial services
Industrial property
Merchandise trade Agricultural products Nonagricultural products
Tunisia
Tunisia
GDP (million current US$, 2020) GDP per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Current account balance (% GDP, 2020) Trade per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Trade (% GDP, 2018-2020)
39 553 3 363 -6.8 1 719 51.1
Rank in world trade, 2020 Merchandise excluding intra-EU trade Commercial services excluding intra-EU trade
Exports
78 55 93 67
Imports
73 50 103 77
MERCHANDISE TRADE Value
Million US$ Merchandise exports, f.o.b. Merchandise imports, c.i.f.
Annual percentage change
2020 13 813 18 351 2020 0.08
Share in world total exports (%)
2010-2020 -2 -2
2019 -4 -5
2020 -8 -15 2020 0.10
Share in world total imports (%)
Breakdown in economy's total exports
Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main commodity group, % (2019)
By main commodity group, % (2019)
Agricultural products: 11
Fuels and mining products: 7.3
Agricultural products: 12.1
Fuels and mining products: 20.3
Manufactures: 81.7
Other: 0
Manufactures: 67.5
Other: 0.1
By main destination, % (2019)
By main origin, % (2019)
European Union: 71.8 Algeria: 2.7 United States of America: 1.8
Libya: 3.6 United Kingdom: 2.2 Other: 18
European Union: 50.4 Algeria: 6.6 United States of America: 3.2
China: 9.5 Turkey: 4.5 Other: 25.7
Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS1509 HS0804 HS2402 HS1902 HS1701
2019 . 466 266 49 48 47
Olive oil and its fractions Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos Pasta Cane or beet sugar
Value
Top imported products (Million US$) HS1001 HS1201 HS1005 HS1701 HS2402
2019
Wheat and meslin Soya beans, whether or not broken Maize (corn) Cane or beet sugar Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos
459 261 193 161 133
Share in economy's trade in agricultural products Exports 0%
20%
Imports 40%
0%
HS1509
HS1001
HS0804
HS1201
HS2402
HS1005
HS1902
HS1701
HS1701
HS2402
10%
20%
30%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2019 1 444 2 262
Annual percentage change
2010-2019 2 1
2018 35 3
2019 -23 -5
Non-Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS8544 HS2709 HS6211 HS6203 HS8803
2019
Insulated electric conductors Petroleum oils, crude Track suits, ski suits and swimwear Men's or boys' suits Parts of goods 8801, 8802
1 980 615 559 517 430
Value
Top imported products (Million US$) HS2710 HS2711 HS8703 HS8536 HS8544
2019
Petroleum oils, other than crude Petroleum gases Motor cars for transport of persons Electrical circuits protector Insulated electric conductors
1 958 1 490 611 508 418
Share in economy's trade in non-agricultural products Exports 0%
366
10%
Imports 20%
0%
HS8544
HS2710
HS2709
HS2711
HS6211
HS8703
HS6203
HS8536
HS8803
HS8544
5%
10%
15%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2019 13 500 19 312
Annual percentage change
2010-2019 -1 0
2018 7 11
2019 -1 -5
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Tunisia TRADE IN COMMERCIAL SERVICES Value
Million US$ Commercial services exports Commercial services imports
Annual percentage change
2020
2010-2020
2 147 2 171 2020 0.04
Share in world total exports (%) Breakdown in economy's total exports
2019
2020
9 -5
-47 -24
-9 -3
2020 0.05
Share in world total imports (%) Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main services item, % (2020)
By main services item, % (2020)
Transport: 30.3 Other commercial services: 30.6
Travel: 39.1 Goods-related services: 0
Transport: 59.5 Other commercial services: 24.6
By main destination
Travel: 15.9 Goods-related services: 0
By main origin
Value
FATS sales Inward (million US$) Outward (million US$)
Annual percentage change
2020 na na
2010-2020 na na
2019 na na
2020 na na
Transport Tunisia
200
World
100 0
2010
2013
2016
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
2020
Transport exports (Index 2010=100)
2020 651 1 292
Exports By sea (2019) By air (2019) By other (2019)
Value 147 740 243
2010-2020 -8 -2
Share (%)
Annual percentage change 2019 -1 -4
Imports By sea (2019) By air (2019) By other (2019)
12.9 65.2 21.4
2020 -43 -9
Value
Share (%)
1 103 223 93
77.6 15.7 6.5
Travel Tunisia
200
World
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
100 0
2010
2013
2016
2020 839 346
2010-2020 -11 -4
Annual percentage change 2019 22 -8
2020 -60 -57
2020
Travel exports (Index 2010=100)
Other Commercial Services and Goods-related Services Million US$
Exports of OCS by main item (2019)
Other commercial services Exports Imports
ICTs 22.2 10.7 33.1
34.1
Value
Construction Other business services Other
2020
2010-2020
657 533
-5 -5
2020
Goods-related services Exports Imports
Annual percentage change
2010-2020
na na
na na
2019
2020
-3 -3
-16 -16
2019
2020
na na
na na
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY Patent applications, 2018 Residents
180
Non-residents
271
Trademark applications, 2017 Total
451
World Trade Organization – Trade Profiles 2021
Residents
2 800
Non-residents
3 247
Industrial design applications, 2018 Total
6 047
Residents
164
Non-residents
321
Total
485
367