Tunisia Agriculture, tourism, communications and automotive components

Tunisia 2020:

In 2016, Tunisia launched a five-year plan “Tunisia 2020” that aims at achieving an annual growth rate of more than 4% starting 2020. This plan stresses on promoting local and international investments and mobilizing around $US 60 billion worth of investments in the five next years, 40% of which being public sector projects. The plan includes pioneering projects in logistics so as to build ports, networks of roads, railways and infrastructure for commuting within and between cities, in addition to logistics zones for the digital economy. It also aims at carrying on the development of e-government, digital education, health, culture and business incubators for start-ups. The plan focuses on sectors related to cars and airplanes components manufacturing, textile and clothing, pharmaceuticals, food industries, in addition to tourism and green economy sectors that encompass renewable energy, organic agriculture as well as wastewater and waste recycling.

 

Investment areas:

The central areas for investment include sectors of agriculture and agro-industries, mechanical, electrical and electronic industries, airplanes parts manufacturing, plastics, textile and clothing, leathers and footwear, ITC and tourism.

 

FDIs for 2012-2016, by the 10 top sectors

 

Source: Fdi markets

 

Major countries investing in Tunisia, 2012-2016

Ibid.

Tunisia’s ranking in the World Bank indicators for ease of doing business for 2017 among 190 countries

 

Source: World Bank Doing Business 2017