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Tunisia postponed non-urgent reforms throughout 2021 due to an unstable political environment and the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, there is no timeframe for Parliament to review and vote on Tunisia’s biosafety framework, and so the policy, which was drafted in 2014, remains on hold.

Approximately 90 percent of U.S. agricultural exports to Tunisia are bulk grains and oilseeds.

Wheat and barley crops have received sufficient rainfall. Post forecasts MY 2021/22 wheat and barley production at 1.2 MMT and 650,000 MT, respectively, with imports at 2.1 MMT and 700,000 MT.

Wheat and barley crops have received sufficient rainfall.

Post forecasts Tunisia’s MY 2021/22 soybean imports to reach 640,000 MT, compared to 615,000 MT in MY 2020/21...

In 2014, Tunisia drafted a biosafety framework, which is currently with Parliament awaiting debate and approval.

Effective October 27, Tunisian banks stopped financing the importation of non-essential consumer products, adversely impacting between $5-30 million of U.S. food and agricultural sales.

Following record production in 2016/17, Tunisia citrus faces lingering constraints to capture value added processing and export markets. France remains the largest export market for Tunisia citrus....

Tunisia’s aquaculture production rose from a small 140 MT in 1987 to 15,200 MT in 2016, valued at $75 million, with long-term growth prospects of 10 percent annually....

Following a mostly favorable growing season which set Tunisia up for a possibly substantial 2017 harvest, the wheat and barley crops have recently come under prolonged stress....

Post forecasts MY 2017/18 olive oil production and exports at 240,000 MT and 180,000 MT, respectively, reflecting improved weather conditions in comparison to 2016/17.

This report provides an overview of the food laws and regulatory environment in Tunisia as it relates to U.S. food and agricultural exports.