Ukraine and Tunisia will develop bilateral trade
13.10.2022 - 17:50
Ukraine and Tunisia agreed to deepen bilateral trade.
On October 11, Ukraine initiated an online meeting between Deputy Ministers of Agricultural Policy Taras Kachka and Markiyan Dmytrasevich with representatives of four ministries of Tunisia.
Ukraine considers Tunisia as one of the most important and reliable partners in the north of the African continent, and is ready to expand cooperation in the trade and economic sphere.
The Tunisian side raised the issue of the negative impact of russia’s war against Ukraine on food security in Africa. Ukrainian representatives stated that they are ready to act together and called on the partner countries to support Ukraine’s initiative at the UN to increase the export of agricultural products and extend the validity period of the “grain initiative”.
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The parties also discussed the organization and holding of the first round of negotiations on the conclusion of the Free Trade Agreement between Ukraine and Tunisia.
“The Ukrainian side is ready to inform the Tunisian side about the completion of a scientific study on the assessment of the impact of the liberalization of the trade regime between Ukraine and the Republic of Tunisia. Therefore, joint consultations should be the next, effective step of our work in this direction,” said Taras Kachka.
Considering the security situation in Ukraine, the states agreed to consider the possibility of a meeting of the Intergovernmental Ukrainian-Tunisian Commission next year, already in face-to-face format.
According to Stark Shipping, last year Ukraine exported 1.5 million tons of products by sea to Tunisia. Flour wheat (645.8 thousand tons), corn (434.1 thousand tons) and barley (234.5 thousand tons) were sent to Tunisia the most.
This year, since the beginning of the “grain corridor”, Ukraine has shipped 143,400 tons of products to Tunisia. Among them are 96,000 tons of wheat, 30,000 tons of corn, and 10,800 tons of flour wheat.
