The latest results announced confirm the good performance of the various sectors of the Tunisian economy based on the foundations advocated by the President of the Republic, Kaïs Saïed, with a view to consolidating the indicators, already clearly visible, at the start of his promising second mandate. and announcing a new Tunisia where life will be good for all Tunisians, without distinction.
It must be said that these results are in no way the result of chance or simple propaganda slogans, insofar as they are factual and palpable data regarding the current state of the socio-economic situation, far from any self-satisfaction. Let us judge!…
A simple list of precise and official data is there to bear witness to this. We mention, first of all, a reduction of around 30% in the budget balance, i.e. a reduction in the deficit which drops to 994 million dinars (MD) after the 1.424 billion dinars recorded at the end of September 2023, according to the official note made public by the Ministry of Finance.
It is useful to note here that the improvement in budgetary resources comes mainly from the 9.5% increase in tax revenue and non-tax revenue, going from 2.1 billion to 2.128 billion dinars.
Then, it is necessary to highlight the surplus recorded by the food trade balance and which is of the order of 1,347 million dinars during the first eleven months of the current year 2024, while during the same period of the past year, on the contrary, we deplored a deficit of 719.2 as indicated by an official figure from the National Agricultural Observatory (Onagri) in its monthly bulletin.
In clearer value terms, food exports recorded an increase of 25.6%, to stand at 7685.6 MD, while imports fell by 7.3%, to reach 6338.6 MD.
But it must be recognized that said surplus is mainly due to the increase in exports of olive oil (+45.2%) and dates (+27.5%), on the one hand, and to the drop in imports of sugar (-27.5%) and cereals (-16.5%), on the other hand.
If olive oil constitutes, in this regard, a sort of “national treasure”, the increase in export prices also affected citrus fruits (23.7%), fishing products (7.4 %), and dates (2.8%), compared to the same period last year.
In summary, we had to meet the challenge of reducing imports while consolidating products for export and promoting local products.
In this context, we must not forget the contribution of Tunisian date exports which reached, during the first two months of the 2024/2025 campaign and at the end of November 2024, 214.3 million dinars (MD), i.e. increase of 32.3% compared to the same period of the 2023/2024 campaign, still according to official figures made public, just yesterday, by the magazine Onagri Vigilance 2024.
Other green figures: they concern the contribution of Tunisians residing abroad (TRE) and which comes in the form of joint private investments between the Tunisian diaspora and entrepreneurs in order to finance projects with high potential and profitability thanks to projects marked by innovation and digitalization while having an orientation in favor of job creation.
As noted, the figures are stubborn and everything suggests that the outlook presents itself under the best auspices in the various areas and reveals positive warning signs regarding the consolidation of factors with a view to a recovery, albeit gradual, but reassuring for the establishment of economic, social and financial dynamics within the framework of global and sustainable development.
All this only confirms the assertions of the Head of State regarding the determination to carry out projects of various calibers with a view to realizing the aspirations and ambitious expectations of the Tunisian people.
