Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 31

1-August-2005

ALGERIA

Algerias Trade Surplus Reaches $9.3 bn In 1H 2005

Algerias trade surplus reached $9.28bn in 1H 2005, an increase of 11% over the same period last year, according to data released by the National Data Processing and Statistics Center (Centre National de lInformatique et des Statistiques CNIS). Exports, mainly made up of hydrocarbons, rose by 17.25% reaching $19.89bn while imports increased by 22.88% totaling $10.61bn. Hydrocarbon...