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Country Report Tunisia April 2011
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| 2009 | 2010 | |||||||
| 1 Qtr | 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | 4 Qtr | 1 Qtr | 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | 4 Qtr | |
| Output | ||||||||
| Industrial production index (2000=100) | 107.5 | 112.4 | 112.0 | 112.8 | 117.0 | 122.7 | 119.4 | 120.2 |
| Industrial production (% change, year on year) | -9.4 | -5.9 | -2.6 | 0.2 | 8.8 | 9.2 | 6.6 | 6.5 |
| Prices | ||||||||
| Consumer prices (2000=100) | 114.8 | 116.0 | 117.7 | 119.4 | 120.4 | 121.5 | 122.5 | 124.2 |
| Consumer prices (% change, year on year) | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.0 |
| Producer prices (2000=100) | 127.4 | 127.4 | 125.4 | 126.0 | 127.4 | 129.9 | 131.8 | 132.8 |
| Producer prices (% change, year on year) | 7.8 | 4.7 | -0.9 | -2.4 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 5.0 | 5.4 |
| Financial indicators | ||||||||
| Exchange rate TD:US$ (av) | 1.41 | 1.38 | 1.32 | 1.29 | 1.37 | 1.47 | 1.47 | 1.42 |
| Exchange rate TD:US$ (end-period) | 1.40 | 1.34 | 1.30 | 1.32 | 1.40 | 1.52 | 1.42 | 1.44 |
| Money market rate (av; %) | 4.48 | 4.26 | 4.25 | 4.23 | 4.13 | 4.29 | 4.55 | 4.76 |
| M1 (end-period; TD m) | 13,039 | 13,491 | 14,245 | 14,874 | 15,002 | 15,613 | 16,472 | 16,458 |
| M1 (% change, year on year) | 11.5 | 9.1 | 12.0 | 14.5 | 15.1 | 15.7 | 15.6 | 10.6 |
| M2 (end-period; TD m) | 33,084 | 33,779 | 35,376 | 36,301 | 36,688 | 37,898 | 39,484 | 40,442 |
| M2 (% change, year on year) | 14.5 | 10.5 | 10.9 | 12.5 | 10.9 | 12.2 | 11.6 | 11.4 |
| TunIndex (Dec 31st 1997=100) | 3,113 | 3,677 | 4,064 | 4,292 | 4,686 | 4,914 | 5,681 | 5,113 |
| TunIndex (% change, year on year) | 14.1 | 20.3 | 20.9 | 48.4 | 50.5 | 33.6 | 39.8 | 19.1 |
| Sectoral trends | ||||||||
| Mining production index (2000=100) | 95.1 | 83.4 | 71.7 | 96.9 | 89.8 | 94.5 | 98.8 | 123.1 |
| Mining production index (% change, year on year) | 18.9 | 5.7 | -20.6 | -7.6 | -5.6 | 13.3 | 37.8 | 27.0 |
| Energy production index (2000=100) | 120.2 | 125.7 | 124.6 | 117.4 | 122.7 | 131.0 | 127.6 | 114.3 |
| Energy production index (% change, year on year) | 6.2 | 13.4 | -9.7 | -5.0 | 2.1 | 4.2 | 2.4 | -2.6 |
| Crude oil production ('000 barrels/day) | 80 | 76 | 75 | 73 | 74 | 74 | 77 | n/a |
| Iron ore production ('000 tonnes) | 44 | 30 | 46 | 31 | 41 | 57 | 49 | n/a |
| Calcium phosphate production ('000 tonnes) | 1,917 | 1,911 | 1,874 | 1,707 | 1,915 | 1,973 | 2,129 | n/a |
| Tourism, visitors ('000) | 1,092 | 1,875 | 2,556 | 1,379 | 1,099 | 1,810 | 2,564 | 1,430 |
| Tourism, nights spent ('000) | 4,268 | 9,260 | 12,750 | 6,046 | 3,549 | 8,303 | n/a | n/a |
| Foreign trade and reserves | ||||||||
| Exports fob (TD m) | 4,733 | 4,791 | 4,743 | 5,202 | 5,349 | 6,002 | 5,823 | 6,341 |
| Petroleum & products | 626 | 543 | 747 | 722 | 752 | 859 | 995 | 708 |
| Imports cif (TD m) | -5,711 | -6,336 | -6,131 | -7,692 | -7,313 | -8,474 | -7,729 | -8,293 |
| Trade balance | -978 | -1,545 | -1,388 | -2,490 | -1,964 | -2,472 | -1,906 | -1,953 |
| Reserves excl gold (end-period; US$ m) | -8,702 | -9,114 | -10,551 | -11,057 | -9,667 | -8,716 | -9,461 | -9,459 |
| Sources: Oil and Gas Journal; Banque centrale de Tunisie, Statistiques financières; Institut national de la statistique, Bulletin mensuel de statistique; IMF, International Financial Statistics; Bloomberg. | ||||||||
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