Expecting the investment volume in Tunisia to increase

Official Tunisian sources expect the volume of investments to increase during the current year by 10%. The sources also expected economic growth to increase to 5.5% to reach the level set by the ninth development plan, covering 1997-2001.

The plan aims to boost development and improve the budget. The sources expect the agricultural sector to increase by 1%, this rate is less than last year's rate during which the agricultural sector increased by 2.5%.

It was also expected that the services sector will increase from 6% last year to about 7% this year and that the volume of investment will increase to $5 billion compared to $4 billion last year.