VOL. XXXV

NO. 23

9-MARCH-1992

Syria/Tunisia

Syria-Tunisia in Oil-Fertilizer Barter Deal

Syria will import 120,000tons of triple superphosphate (TSP) fertilizers from Tunisia to cover 50% of itsrequirements during this year's summer and winter seasons, in return for theexport of Syrian oil to Tunisia. The economic protocol concluded between the twocountries last August provided for raising the value of the oil-fertilizerbarter trade to $15mn a year. Syria's output of TSP is reported to have fallen...