Republic of Tunisia  | Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mines

Other manufacturing

Sector overview

The  Other manufacturing Sector counts some 257 enterprises employing 10 or more persons. Among the sector enterprises 72 are producing for the export market.

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

Activity TE* OTE* Total
Paper pulp, paper and cartons  10  11 
Articles in paper or carton  21  85  106 
Publishing  21  22 
Printing  10  67  77 
Toys and Games 
Other diverse Industries  38  38  76 

Employment

The Other manufacturing sector enterprises employing 10 or more workers account for 22,511 jobs of which 9,347 positions are with wholly exporting enterprises and 13,164 positions are with other than totally exporting.

Activity Employment TE* Employment OTE* Total
Paper pulp, paper and cartons  50  1,819  1,869 
Articles in paper or carton  2,419  7,783  10,202 
Publishing  26  1,000  1,026 
Printing  926  2,808  3,734 
Toys and Games  2,657  10  2,667 
Other diverse Industries  3,357  1,301  4,658 

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 4 professional files.

Partnership

The total number of enterprises with foreign participation is 58 , 37 are 100% foreign owned. 48 are totally exporting enterprises.

reakdown of partnership enterprises by country

France
(27)
Italie
(10)
Allemagne
(3)
Belgique
(4)
Autres
(22)

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