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ALLAFRICA

Tunis — The evolution of exports in the governorate of Gabes, for the first months of 2010, has witnessed an increase up to 56% of demand on products on Tunisian Chemical Group, 42% on agricultural products and food and 22% on textiles and clothing.

In January 2010, the volume of exports grew up to 48%, amounting to 92 million 440, 000 dinars, against 62 million 200, 000 dinars during the same period of 2009.

In 2009, exports recorded in the region 1, 378 million dinars, posting an increase of 33%.

With 853 million dinars, the Tunisian Chemical Group has the lion's share of growth. The distribution among the various subsidiaries shows that exports of manufacturing industries, agricultural products and food, followed an upward curve of 64%, while exports of textiles and clothing dropped by 2%.