Analysis of Agri-Food Trade Structures
To Promote Agri-Food Trade Networks
In the Islamic Countries
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The growth rates of exports and imports of the agricultural products are also interesting to
comment: they are quite variable (due to natural conditions) and oscillate between positive
values (with a maximum of 51% for exports in 2015) and negative values (with a peak of -33%
for imports in 2009).
Table 25: Trend and Performance of Agricultural Trade vis-a-vis Total Trade, 2005-2016, Billion USD
Year
Export performance Import Performance
All products Agricultural products All products Agricultural products
Total export
value
Export
value
Share in
total export
Growth, % Total import
value
Import
value
Share in total
import
Growth,
%
2005 10 1 11 --- 13 1 10 ---
2006 12 1 12 27 15 1 10 8
2007 15 1 10 4 19 2 11 48
2008 19 2 9 19 25 3 11 31
2009 14 1 10 -22 19 2 10 -33
2010 16 1 8 -5 22 2 11 27
2011 18 2 10 40 24 3 13 27
2012 17 2 10 -12 25 3 10 -17
2013 17 2 10 4 24 3 12 13
2014 17 1 8 -20 25 3 11 -5
2015 14 2 15 52 20 3 12 -8
2016 14 1 11 -29 20 2 12 -4
Source: UN Comtrade.
eports statistics on the share of OIC member countries in trade flows of Tunisia in
agri-food products. It is clear that trade with non-OIC countries is significantly higher than trade
with countries from the region. It seems that Tunisia has more facility to exchange agricultural
products with non-OIC countries. It is interesting to note, also, that trade balance with OIC
member countries is positive for all the period while a structural deficit can be noticed for flows
with non-OIC countries