Republic of Tunisia  | Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mines

Other manufacturing

Sector overview

The  Other manufacturing Sector counts some 254 enterprises employing 10 or more persons. Among the sector enterprises 73 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  1  10  11 
Articles in paper or carton  20  81  101 
Publishing  0  18  18 
Printing  10  62  72 
Toys and Games  2  1  3 
Other diverse Industries  34  35  69 

Employment

The Other manufacturing sector enterprises employing 10 or more workers account for 21,230 jobs of which 9,703 positions are with wholly exporting enterprises and 11,527 positions are with other than totally exporting.

Activity Employment TE* Employment OTE* Total
Paper pulp, paper and cartons  48  1,828  1,876 
Articles in paper or carton  2,206  6,148  8,354 
Publishing  0  948  948 
Printing  860  2,671  3,531 
Toys and Games  3,157  10  3,167 
Other diverse Industries  3,091  1,244  4,335 

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 54 , 37 are 100% foreign owned. 43 are totally exporting enterprises.

reakdown of partnership enterprises by country

France
(26)		 Italie
(8)		 Allemagne
(3)		 Belgique
(4)		 Autres
(21)

Source: Agency for the Promotion of Industry and Innovation - August 2026