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
