General Information
Country Name | Tunisia |
Capital City | Tunis |
Motto | Liberty, Justice, Order |
Area | 163,610 km² |
Population | 10,982,754 |
Ages | Age structure: 0-14 years: 23.02% 15-24 years: 15.05% 25-54 years: 44.52% 55-64 years: 9.21% 65 years and over: |
Export million $ | $14.07 billion (2015 est.) |
Export partners | France 28.5%, Italy 17.2%, Germany 10.9%, Libya 6.1%, Spain 4.2% (2015) |
Export commodities | clothing, semi-finished goods and textiles, agricultural products, mechanical goods, phosphates and chemicals, hydrocarbons, electrical equipment |
Import million $ | $19.1 billion (2015 est.) |
Import partners | France 19.4%, Italy 16.4%, Algeria 8.2%, Germany 7.4%, China 6% (2015) |
Import commodities | textiles, machinery and equipment, hydrocarbons, chemicals, foodstuffs |
Bilateral Agreements Switzerland-Tunisa
12 May 1960 | Agreement on air transport |
15 November 1963 | Protocole on trade agreement of 2 December 1961 |
27 October 1972 | Agreement on scientif ic and technical cooperaation |
23 December 1976 | Trade Agreement |
15 July 1978 | Agreement to regulate the conditions for possible intervention by the Swiss disaster corps (exchange of letters between Switzerland and Tunisia) |
12 January 1981 | Agreement on international transportation by road |
10 February 1994 | Agreement on the avoidance of double taxation on income |
18 June 1994 | Agreement between on the financing of the partnership in the context of the mixed financing of 27 January 1986 |
17 December 2004 | Agreement in the form of Exchange of Letters on the Trade of farm products |
17 December 2004 | Amendment to the Agreement on the opening of a mixed credit |
22 Juy 2011 | Memorandum on the implementation of the Swiss Program for the Support of Transition in Tunisia |
11 June 2012 | Memorandum of Understanding on the Establishment of a Migration Partnership |
16 October 2012 | Agreement on the protection on inventions |
15 March 2013 | Agreement on the financing of two sewage treatment plants in Thala and Fériana |
17 June 2013 | Agreement on the implementation of a program of technical assistance to central banks (BCC) |
28 November 2013 | Agreement on the project for the implementation of a DMO (Destination Management for Organization) in Tataouine, Médenine and Gabès |
03 September 2014 | Agreement on the financing of the project to strengthen the financial and financial sector of the Republic of Tunisia |
28 October 2015 | Manual of Procedures concerning the financing of the project "Sanitation 10 medium-sized towns |
18 February 2016 | Agreemnet on visa exemption for holders of diplomatic or special Passports |
18 February 2016 | Declaration of intent on the implementation of the Swiss Program for the Support of Transition in Tunisia |
18 February 2016 | Declaration of intent on the implementation of the Swiss Program for the Support of Transition in Tunisia |
18 February 2016 | Declaration of intent on the prevention of violent extremism |
18 February 2016 | Memorandum of understanding concerning bilateral political consultations |
18 February 2016 | Memorandum of understanding on the restitution of assets of illicit origin blocked in Switzerland |
11 June 2016 | Agreement on the exchange of young vocational trainees |