Tunisia: Italy major Tunisia agribusiness customer
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The agribusiness sector, which is experiencing a real dynamics, is among the first industrial activities in the country in matters of investment with a 25% growth since 2004, i.e. 23% of the total amounts invested in the manufactured sectors.

The sector's exports reached 1,849.5 million dinars in 2009, accounting for 9.5% of the country's total exports.

Italy is Tunisia's first customer in food products (42% of the volume of exports) followed by Spain (14%) and France (13%).

The agribusiness sector has 1098 industrial companies employing 10 or more persons. Among these companies, 176 are totally exporting ones

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