VOL. XLIII

No. 33

14-August-2000

TUNISIA

Foreign Direct Investment In Tunisia Rises in 1H 2000

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Tunisia rose to TD612.7mn ($437.46mn) in the first half of 2000, up from TD217.1mn ($155.01mn) for the same period in 1999, according to a Reuters interview on 7 August with International Cooperation and Foreign Investment Minister Fathi Merdassi. Total foreign investment in 1998 was TD849.1mn ($606.24mn) and TD488.2mn ($348.56mn) in 1999, with the fall in 1999...