(ANSAmed) - TUNIS, May 4 - Tunisian fruit exports did very well in the first 5 months of the year.
    According to figures published by the Tunisian agricultural ministry, fruit exports rose by 180% on the same period in the previous year, with a 97% increase in value.
    Between January 2 and May 2, some 1,342.4 tons of fruit were exported to foreign markets, worth 7.7062 billion dinars, compared with 478.7 tons worth 3.9152 billion dinars in the same period in 2017. These figures, the Tunisian ministry noted, are explained by the return of the Libyan market, which imports about 40% of Tunisian fruit exported, as well as an increase to Italy (+160%), Qatar (+1,070%), new markets such as Belgium and the Sultanate of Oman. (ANSAmed).