Republic of Tunisia  | Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mines

Manufacture of food products

Sector overview

The  Manufacture of food products Sector counts some 989 enterprises employing 10 or more persons. Among the sector enterprises 205 are producing for the export market.

Breakdown of enterprises employing 10 or more persons by activity and regime

Activity TE* OTE* Total
Vegetable oils and animal fats industries  26  247  273 
Fruits & Vegetables Industries  22  39  61 
Cold Storage  94  82  176 
Seafood Industries  37  38  75 
Cereals and derivatives Industries  10  213  223 
Beverages Industries  3  58  61 
Milk and derivatives Industries  1  43  44 
Sugar and derivatives Industries  4  28  32 
Meat Indutries  0  17  17 
Other Food Processing industries  19  62  81 

Employment

The Manufacture of food products sector enterprises employing 10 or more workers account for 79,169 jobs of which 19,613 positions are with wholly exporting enterprises and 59,556 positions are with other than totally exporting.

Activity Employment TE* Employment OTE* Total
Vegetable oils and animal fats industries  1,110  6,540  7,650 
Fruits & Vegetables Industries  1,306  4,025  5,331 
Cold Storage  12,425  3,491  15,916 
Seafood Industries  3,376  4,222  7,598 
Cereals and derivatives Industries  853  17,902  18,755 
Beverages Industries  115  8,876  8,991 
Milk and derivatives Industries  18  7,846  7,864 
Sugar and derivatives Industries  270  5,040  5,310 
Meat Indutries  0  2,962  2,962 
Other Food Processing industries  841  5,399  6,240 

Exports / Imports

For further information, please click the link below:  National Institute of Statistics

Development perspectives

The Center for Studies and Industrial Prospects (CEPI) has identified more than 50 project ideas and 11 professional files.

Partnership

The total number of enterprises with foreign participation is 96 , 25 are 100% foreign owned. 51 are totally exporting enterprises.

reakdown of partnership enterprises by country

France
(28)		 Italie
(23)		 Allemagne
(4)		 Belgique
(1)		 Autres
(56)

Source: Agency for the Promotion of Industry and Innovation - September 2025