Tunisian national statistics institute showed that the Tunisian foreign trade has grown in the first term of 2001 due to an increase by 2,449.8 million dinars for exports, and 3,418.6 million dinars for imports, said Tunisia Online.
The coverage rate of imports by exports has thus reached 71.7 %, the news service said, noting that the exports increased by 23.1 percent and imports by 28 percent, compared with same period of the previous year – Albawaba.com