Tourist receipts edged down 8.45% in the first nine months of 2016 in comparison with the same period last year, while bednights posted a rise of 5.93%, the Tunisian Institute of Competitiveness and Quantitative Studies said Thursday in a periodic newsletter. There is also a 0.2% change in GDP in Q2 of 2016 in comparison with the first half of the year.
Manufacturing industries and non-market services posted a rise of 3.1% and 3.7% respectively, while agriculture and fisheries were down 3.6% against a 9.1% increase last year.
The government debt outstanding and servicing were up 12.8% and 26.7 % respectively in comparison with the first seven months of 2015. Up to August
2016, net external assets fell 124% compared to the same period in 2015.
The Industrial Production Index rose 1.9% and 50.6% respectively in manufacturing industries and mining and contracted by 6.9% in energy. The overall index posted a 0.1% decline, the newsletter revealed.
In another connection, exports and imports increased 3.1% and 2.3% respectively compared to the first 9 months of 2015 which saw the coverage rate rise by 0.5%.
The Industrial Price Index showed a monthly drop of 0.3% in August and an annual variation of 1.5%; international commodity prices fell 0.37% because of the drop in food (-2.04%) and energy (-2.12%).
The average monthly price of a barrel of Brent in US dollar posted a rise of less than 1%.
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