The number of industrial companies in Tunisia has fallen, according to data from the Agency for the Promtion of Industry and Innovation (APII) to the end of June 2024, reported and analyzed by economist Hechmi Alaya’s “EcoWeek”,
The same source said there has been a “loss of 44 industrial sites in one year”, bringing the number of industrial companies that have closed down in the last five years to 623 over the last five years to 623, of which 239 (38.4%) are wholly export-oriented.
According to EcoWeek, this industrial death toll has mainly affected the textile sector, with 38 companies closing down in one year and 219 in the last five years.
An analysis of this industrial death rate shows that the Tunisian Sahel region and Greater Tunis are two strongholds of the textile sector.
There are 1,598 companies in the sector, including 1,232 in the warp and weft and knitwear sectors.
