71229 v2 Tunisia: Trade At-A-Glance Dec-08 2007 GDP 2007 GDP 2007 Share 2007 Trade Membership No. of RTAs/ EIAs (millions) per capita in World Trade per capita GATT WTO Goods Services $33,333 $3,248 0.12% $3,866 1990 1995 6 0 Tunisia TRADE PERFORMANCE ‡ MNA Ranking Decile TP Lower mid inc TRADE POLICY (TP) (out of 125) 123 10 EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT (EE) (out of 126) 108 9 TO EE INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT (IE) (out of 181) 73 5 TRADE FACILITATION (TF) (out of 151) 60 4 TRADE OUTCOME (TO) (out of 161) 14 1 TF IE ‡ Rankings are based on the "representative" indicators (in bold) in each group below for the latest year Outer bound represents best value in latest year TRADE POLICY (TP)  1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ Trade Tariff Restrictiveness Index (MFN applied tariffs)& 25.9 19.8 20.3 * TTRI (applied tariffs including preferences) & .. 19.8 19.2 * TTRI Overall TRI (OTRI, applied tariffs incl. prefs.+NTMs)& .. 33.5 32.9 * (MFN) Other trade policy indicators MFN applied tariff - simple avg (%) 29.4 30.3 26.9 26.8 * Applied Dispersion (coefficient of variation) 0.4 1.1 1.0 1.0 * tariff (wgt avg) Maximum rate 43.0 215.0 152.0 154.0 * Agriculture - simple avg (%) 34.6 71.5 64.1 65.1 * Import Nonagriculture - simple avg (%) 28.6 24.0 21.2 21.0 * duties MFN applied tariff - trade weighted avg (%) 26.5 23.8 21.5 21.3 * MFN zero-duty imports (% in total imports) 6.6 12.9 29.6 .. Applied tariff (incl. prefs.) - trade weighted avg (%) 26.5 23.8 .. .. Nontariff measures Agriculture 22.3 41.9 .. .. Nonagriculture 27.1 21.8 .. .. 0 10 20 30 40 Applied tariff (incl. prefs.) - production weighted avg (%) .. 34.1 36.6 * MNA Lower mid inc Tunisia Applied tariff (incl. prefs.) escalation (finished% minus raw%) -14.5 -11.6 -11.7 * Agriculture .. -1.7 4.3 5.7 * Nonagriculture .. -0.1 5.2 5.0 * Import duties (% of imports) 11.7 5.5 3.3 2.6 * Services commit. Tariff overhang (MFN bound less MFN applied rate,%) 23.2 22.5 27.5 27.4 * Bound tariff frequency ratio (% of total lines) .. 58.4 58.4 57.6 * Specific tariffs frequency ratio (%) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 * 0 40 80 Non-tariff measures frequency ratio (%) 33.1 .. .. .. MNA Lower mid inc Tunisia Overall GATS commitment index (0-100, best) .. 5.5 5.5 EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT (EE)  1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ MA-TTRI (applied tariffs incl. prefs.)& 2.9 0.9 * MA-OTRI (applied tariffs incl. prefs.+NTMs)& 17.9 13.2 * MA-TTRI Other external environment indicators ROW applied tariff (incl. prefs.) - weighted avg (%) 3.5 2.8 1.6 0.6 * MFN duty free Agriculture 18.7 17.0 15.0 1.9 * (exports) Nonagriculture 2.3 2.2 0.7 0.6 * MFN zero-duty exports (% of total exports) 8.9 11.9 26.7 31.8 * Value of prefer Exports with FTA / CU partners (% of total exports) 86.6 88.5 88.1 .. Preferences (EU+U.S.) utilization rate (%) .. .. 88.6 77.2 * 0 1 Lowest Highest Preferences (EU+U.S.) actual value (% of exports) .. .. 5.5 4.4 * MNA Lower mid inc Tunisia Real effective exchange rate (% change,+ =apprec.) 0.6 -2.5 -2.7 -1.8 ^ Indicators shown are period averages, incl. growth rates. Latest indicates 2008; when not available, 2006 or 2007 is used(noted by *). For more infor., see User's Guide at http://www.worldbank.org/wti2008. ŸMFN: most favored nation; NTM: nontariff measures; MA: market access; ROW: rest of the world; FTA: free trade agreement; CU: customs union; WTO: World Trade Organization GATT: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; WGI: World Government Indicators; ".." indicates missing value; RTA/EIA: regional trade arrangement / economic integration arrangement; & 2007 are preliminary estimates Tunisia Trade At-A-Glance Dec-08 INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT (IE) 2004 2006 2007 2008 Ease of Doing Business (rank out of 181) .. .. 81 73 Starting a business (rank) .. .. 68 37 Enforcing contracts (rank) .. .. 72 37 Ease of Doing Closing a business (rank) .. 33 72 Business Other institutional environment indicators WGI - Regulatory Quality (-2.5 to +2.5, best) 0.48 0.50 0.46 .. 0 80 160 WGI - Rule of Law (-2.5 to +2.5, best) 0.28 0.34 0.32 .. MNA Lower mid inc Tunisia WGI - Control of Corruption (-2.5 to +2.5, best) 0.28 0.02 0.08 .. TRADE FACILITATION (TF) 1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ Logistics Performance Index (LPI, 1 to 5 best) .. .. 2.8 2.8 * Efficiency of customs and other border procedures .. .. 2.8 2.8 * Logistic Index Quality of transport and IT infrastructures .. .. 2.8 2.8 * International transportation costs .. .. 2.9 2.9 * Logistics competence .. .. 2.4 2.4 * Trading Trackability of shipments .. .. 2.8 2.8 * Across Borders Domestic transportation costs .. .. 3.2 3.2 * Timeliness of shipment .. .. 2.8 2.8 * Other trade facilitation indicators UNCTAD Shipping Doing Business - Trading Across Borders (rank out of 181) .. 28 38 No. of documents required for exports .. .. 5 5 No. of days process required for exports .. .. 17 16 Telephones Cost to export (US$ per container) .. .. 693 733 per 100 No. of documents required for imports .. .. 7 7 No. of days process required for imports .. .. 27 23 Secondary Cost to import (US$ per container) .. .. 670 858 enrollment Liner shipping connectivity index (0-100 best) .. .. 7.8 7.2 Telephones and mobiles per 100 people 7.5 25.0 81.0 88.9 * 0 Lowest 1 Highest Average cost of 3-minute call to U.S. (US$) 6.5 2.3 .. .. MNA Lower mid inc Tunisia Internet usage (per 100 people) 0.4 5.4 13.0 16.8 * Secondary gross school enrollment (%) 72.4 77.2 84.1 84.9 * * TRADE OUTCOME (TO) ## 1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ Real growth in trade of goods and services (%) 3.8 4.3 3.2 17.5 20 17.5 Exports 4.0 4.2 3.8 17.5 15 Imports 3.6 4.4 6.6 17.5 10.1 11.7 10 8.9 Other trade outcome indicators 7.7 7.3 6.1 5 5.2 Trade integration (trade as % of GDP) 88.6 95.2 103.4 123.7 3.8 3.0 4.3 3.2 FDI inflow (% of GDP) 1.9 2.8 5.8 5.0 0 1995-99 2000-04 2005-07 2008 World trade share growth (%) -1.4 -0.5 -0.4 10.3 Trade Growth Rate Exports -0.9 -0.6 -0.4 9.9 Tunisia MNA Lower mid inc Imports -1.9 -0.3 -0.4 10.8 Merchandise share in total exports (%) 67.7 71.0 73.4 80.1 Exports Share (2005-07) Agriculture 7.1 6.5 8.0 .. Agric, Manufacturing 54.0 56.6 54.1 .. 8.0 Service, Mining, fuel and others 6.6 8.0 10.2 .. 26.6 Service share in total exports (%) 32.3 29.0 26.6 19.8 Tourism 19.6 16.6 14.6 14.4 * Transportation 7.5 6.7 7.8 7.9 * Mining, Other services 5.2 5.6 5.0 4.9 * 10.2 Manuf, Export product concentration index (0 to 100, highest) 21.9 19.9 18.4 18.7 * 54.1 Export market concentration index (0 to 100, highest) 38.5 41.0 42.7 .. Top 5 exports share (% of merchandise exports) .. .. 42.2 42.6 * Top 5 exports (SITC Rev. 2; 3 digit) Petrol./bitum oil,crude[333], Artcls of apparel[845], Mens/bys wear, wven[841], Elec circ equipmt[772],Fixed veg oil/fat[421] ^ Indicators shown are period averages, incl. growth rates. Latest indicates 2008; when not available, 2006 or 2007 is used (noted by *). For more info., see User's Guide at http://www.worldbank.org/wti2008 ## Most outcome indicators (mostly through 2007) are from the WDI (World Bank, Data Group), UNCTAD or COMTRADE; for filling gaps and 2008, data from the Prospects Group are used.