The value of exports by international trade companies rose by 6.1% in 2022 compared with 2021, to TND 3.43 billion, the Export Promotion Centre (Cepex) said on Monday in a press release issued following a sectoral meeting devoted to this sector.
The centre pointed out that the international trade companies sector comprises 4,025 companies, 3,758 of which are full exporters, underlining that the exports of these companies accounted for 6% of overall national exports in 2022, compared with 7% in 2021.
The meeting, attended by professionals from the sector and representatives of the supervisory authorities and professional groups, focused on the measures to be implemented to boost national exports.
Participants at the meeting stressed the need to launch the economic studies required to assess the impact of the current legal and procedural frameworks on the activities of companies in the sector, with a view to a comprehensive review of these frameworks.
They also raised the need to unify banking and customs control procedures, emphasised the importance of reducing the time taken to refund value-added tax credits, and called for the implementation of the recommendations made by the Higher Export Council in 2018.
Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse