Fees for exploitation of economic zones of Zarzis and Bizerte focus of small Cabinet meeting

Tunis: The fees for the use of the Zarzis economic zone and the Bizerte economic zone were the focus of a small cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Ahmed Hachani at the Government Palace in the Kasbah on Tuesday.

In his opening remarks, Hachani stressed the need to encourage investment by providing appropriate infrastructure and economic spaces to encourage economic actors to participate in the economic dynamic.

Minister of Industry, Mines and Energy, Fatma Thabet Chiboub, gave a presentation on the spaces in question and their specificities, as well as the financial aspect related to the fees for using these spaces for business activities.

After discussion and deliberation, the Cabinet decided to draw up an inventory of all the existing fees and to update the fee tables for the two fees for the use of the Zarzis and Bizerte economic zones for the benefit of the Tunisian State, with the financial settlement of other fees, if necessary.

The meeting was attended by Minister of Finance Sihem Boughdiri
Nemsia, Minister of Economy and Planning Feryel Ouerghi Sebai, Minister of Industry, Mines and Energy Fatma Thabet Chiboub, Minister of Trade and Export Development Kalthoum Ben Rejab Gazzeh, Minister of Public Works and Housing and Acting Minister of Transport Sara Zafarani Zanzari and Minister of State Property and Land Affairs Mohamed Rekik.

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse