Declared investments in the industrial sector reached 1,451.3 million dinars by the end of September 2025, with 2,224 declared projects that, once completed, are expected to create 23,271 jobs, according to the APII’s (Agency for the Promotion of Industry and Innovation) economic bulletin for the first nine months of 2025.
These investments include 131.2 million dinars in the Construction Materials, Ceramics, and Glass Industries, up 9.6%, 342.9 million dinars in the Mechanical and Electrical Industries, up 0.6%, 173.2 million dinars in the Textile and Clothing Industries, up 47% and 36.2 million dinars in the Leather and Footwear Industries, up 212.1%.
The APII also reported a 68.6% increase in declared investments by fully exporting companies in the industrial sector during the first nine months of 2025. The largest increases were recorded in the leather and footwear industries sector (+578.6%), ITH (+290.7%), agro-food industries (+96.4%), and mechanical and electrical industries (+12.7%).
Total foreign participation (FP) investments reached 307 million dinars, distributed between 111 million dinars in joint ventures and 196 million dinars in fully foreign-owned investments. Investments declared by Tunisians amounted to 1,144 million dinars.
Industrial sector exports rose by 2.5% to 42,804.9 million dinars during the first nine months of 2025. These exports included agro-food industries 4,488.2 million dinars, mechanical and electrical industries 22,677.9 million dinars, chemical industries 2,861.8 million dinars and textile, clothing, leather and footwear industries 8,279.4 million dinars
Decline in service sector investments
Declared investments in service activities fell by 5.5% in number to 8,205 projects but increased in value by 18.8% to 879.9 million dinars.
These investments are expected to create 39,176 jobs, an increase of 51.9%. They include projects declared by Tunisians (808.2 million dinars), joint projects (34.5 million dinars), and projects declared by foreigners (37.2 million dinars).
The APII also reported a 9.3% increase in investments in services related to industry. This rise mainly stems from higher investments in transport services (+56.4%), IT services (+5.5%), and vocational training services (+29.5%).
The APII clarified that investments of 100 million dinars or more are not included in industrial sector statistics, as including such exceptional projects would distort overall trends.
What about the first half of 2025?
For comparison, during the first half of 2025, declared investment in the industrial sector reached 955.1 million dinars, compared to 1,051 million dinars in the first half of 2024.
The number of declared projects was 1,443 in the first half of 2025, versus 1,686 projects in the same period of 2024. These projects are expected to create 15,564 jobs, compared to 18,129 in the first half of 2024.
During the first half of 2025, sectors that recorded increases in declared investments included textile and clothing industries (+90.4%), mechanical and electrical industries (+18.5%), construction materials, ceramics, and glass industries (+26.3%), leather and footwear industries (+129.9%) and miscellaneous industries (+31.2%).
