Imports - commodities:
textiles, machinery and equipment, hydrocarbons, chemicals, food

Imports - partners:
France 25.5%, Italy 22.9%, Germany 9.5%, Spain 5.5% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$4.375 billion (2005 est.)

Debt - external:
$16.09 billion (2005 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$114.6 million (2002)

Currency (code):
Tunisian dinar (TND)

Currency code:
TND

Exchange rates:
Tunisian dinars per US dollar - 1.2974 (2005), 1.2455 (2004),
1.2885 (2003), 1.4217 (2002), 1.4387 (2001)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

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