Investments reported in totally exporting industries have decreased by 44.8% from 1,375.2 million Tunisian dinars (MTD) to 759 MTD, during the first nine months of 2013, while industries whose production is oriented towards the local market rose 38.1%.
The decline in reported investment in totally exporting industries is mainly due to the agrifood sector whose reported investment fell 79.3%. Similarly, miscellaneous industries posted a decrease of 45.5% and leather industries and footwear went down 72.5%.
However, reported investment reported under the totally exporting regime of the engineering industries sector increased from 201.8 MTD to 287.4 MTD.
