Day: October 19, 2023

The date harvest in Tunisia began this week. Unlike other crops, which are suffering from a year of drought, the date sector is doing well, with production actually up on last season. Mohamed Akermi, CEO of Tunileaf, reports on the start of the season. Akermi told FreshPlaza: “Everything went well in terms of production, we had less heat and we were able to ensure sufficient irrigation, which translated into a better yield than last year. Quality is very good, especially for premium dates. Official estimates from the Tunisian Ministry of…

Tunisia’s Central Bank (BCT) on Wednesday kept its key interest rate unchanged at 8%, the bank said. The BCT reported that the current account deficit fell significantly to 3.461 billion dinars ($1.09 billion), or 2.2% of GDP at the end of September 2023, compared with a deficit of 10.387 billion dinars, or 7.2% of GDP, a year ago. It added in a statement that the trade deficit fell to 11.6 billion dinars at the end of September 2023, compared with 17 billion dinars at the end of the same month…