Tunesië 

Tunesië landenbeleid

Beleid vastgesteld op 29 maart 2011

• Case-by-case beleid
• Er is een landenplafond van 1500 mln euro van kracht
• Het signaleringsplafond is 1150 mln euro
• - waarvan per 2011-12-31 0 mln euro benut is

Landenklasse: 3

Gegeven de veiligheidssituatie in Tunesië zullen nieuwe verzekeringsaanvragen op Tunesië met de nodige terughoudendheid in behandeling worden genomen waarbij vooral een zorgvuldige afweging van het fabricatierisico bepalend zal zijn voor de voortgang van de zaak.

Tunesië landenrapport

Atradius Dutch State Business Economic Research 
Country Report last updated :  4 November 2010 
Country :  TUNISIA

Political Situation
 
Stable

Head of state
President Zine al-Abedine Ben Ali (since November 1987)

Form of government
Technocrat RCD-government, led by PM Mohammed Ghannouchi (since November 1999)

Member of
IMF, IBRD, WTO, AU, Arab Maghreb Union and Arab League.

Internal Economic Situation
Economic Recovery

General situation
This year economic growth is expected to reach 3.4% as exports recovered somewhat from the drop in 2009. Two-third of export is going to Europe. Therefore export outlook remains weak and that is main reason that economic growth is expected to decelerate to 2.5% next year. Higher prices for food and fuel will result in increasing inflation of 4.5% this year, but will decline to 3.3% in 2011. Rather weak banking sector, with non-performing loans at 13.2% of total loans at end 2009. The still large state intervention in the economy and poor access to finance discourages private sector investment.

 
External Economic Situation
Satisfactory

Main sources of foreign exchange
Textiles (35%), petroleum & derivatives (14%). Tourism and remittances.

Main foreign markets
EU (83%): France (31%), Italy (21%), Germany (9%) and Spain (6%).

Main expenses of foreign exchange
Food, machinery, petroleum (12%). 

 
Balance of payments
Large trade deficits are partly compensated by tourism revenues and remittances. Capital flows (especially FDI) exceed CA deficits. The dinar is is pegged to a basket of currencies, of which 2/3 is composed by the euro. Rather stable exchange rate.