Tunisia - Tunisia's food trade deficit fell to TND 487.4 million in late May against TND 838.1 million during the same period last year, data released by the National Observatory of Agriculture (French: ONAGRI) show. The value of food imports edged down 3.4% to reach TND 3,374.6 million, that is 9.9% of all imports. Grain imports account for 54.7% of all food imports until the end of May 2023, against 63.2% during the same period last year. The trade balance deficit over the first five months of 2023 narrowed to TND 8,102.2 million against TND 9,929.5 million last year. Trade amounted to TND 25,903.7 million for exports and TND 34,005.9 million for imports.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 22, 2023 21:21 UTC