The energy trade balance deficit, taking into account the royalty on exported Algerian gas, recorded at the end of August 2025, a drop of 3% to stand at 7,550 million dinars (MD) against 7,775 MD, at the end of August 2024, according to the report on the energy situation published by the National Observatory of Energy and Mines.
Exports of energy products recorded a decline in value of 37% accompanied by a drop in imports in value of 11%.
Trade in the energy sector is very sensitive to three factors; namely the quantities exchanged, the exchange rate of the dollar in relation to the dinar and the prices of Brent, the reference quality on which the prices of imported and exported crude oil as well as petroleum products are indexed.
Indeed, during the month of August 2025, Brent prices recorded a drop of $13/bbl compared to the month of August 2024.
During the same period, the exchange rate of the Tunisian dinar against the dollar recorded a decrease of 5% against the US Dollar, the main currency of exchange for energy products compared to the same period last year.
