The statistical data concern all the import and export transactions carried out between Algeria and the various partner countries.

They are based on the Automated Customs Information and Management System (S.I.G.A.D), based on the information from the customs declaration.

Algeria's foreign trade statistics are published periodically by the National Center for Informatics and Statistics (CNIS).

The basic principles of foreign trade statistics:

We speak of import for:

Goods coming from abroad that are declared for consumption:

• at their direct arrival from abroad,
• following deposit, direct transit, transhipment,
• at the exit of the warehouses,

The bunkering of ships registered in Algeria,

Shipbuilding,

Goods re-imported, after temporary export abroad

We speak of export for:

goods of Algerian origin are exported,

foreign goods admitted in duty free or nationalized by the payment of duties and taxes and in free circulation on the domestic market, are re-exported.

The following are excluded from these denominations:

• Imports relating to the effects and personal effects of travelers,
• Vehicles imported by individuals,
• Inward and outward processing traffic,
• Imports and exports worth less than 500 AD,
• Samples, donations, means of payment ..

The origin of goods:

During import processing, the goods are taken from the account of the country of origin, as defined by the Customs Code

The used values :

• • C.A.F import values, including transportation and insurance costs for the trip done abroad;
• • F.O.B export values
  
  

The quantities :

• Are expressed in kilograms,
• In complementary units of measurement: the number, the pair, the meter, for certain categories of goods.

CIF : Imports of goods are valued in CIF ie Cost Insurance Freight, excluding customs duties and VAT. The CIF price is therefore the price of the goods delivered at the border of the importing country before payment of import duties and other taxes on imports and before payment of trade and transport margins within the country.

FOB : Exports of goods are valued in FOB, ie Free On Board, or the price of the goods at the border of the exporting country. The FOB price includes the basic price of the goods, the transport and distribution services to the border of the exporting country, the net taxes of subsidies paid in the exporting country.

Source: MINISTRY OF FINANCE. GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF CUSTOMS

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Evolution of imported products by algeria by user groups period 2016/2017:

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Detailed by group:

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Foreign trade evolution :

 1-     To the imports

Algerian imports decreased by 9.62% compared to 2015, from 51.7 billion US dollars to 46.72 billion US dollars.

Their distribution by product group in the year 2016 shows in the table below the declines for “the food products” groups of 11.72%, the "goods for the production tool" with a share of 10.25%, "equipments" 10.4%, and "non-food consumer goods" 4.62%. 

                                                               
                                                                    Source: CNIS (National Center for Customs Statistics
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2-     To  the export 

Hydrocarbons represented the bulk of our exports abroad during the year 2016, with a share of 93.84% of the exports total volume, and a decrease of 17.12% compared to 2015.

Non-hydrocarbon exports, which remain marginal, with only 6.16% of the exports total volume, equivalent to 1.78 billion US Dollars, showed a decrease of 9.55% comparing to the year 2015.

                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                         Source: CNIS (National Center for Customs Statistics
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The groups of exported products, outside the hydrocarbons consist essentially of:

• Semi-products which represent 4.5% of the exports total volume, equivalent to 1.3 billion US dollars,

• Food goods with a share of 1.13%, or 327 million US Dollars,

• Gross products with a share of 0.29%, in absolute terms of  84 million US $,

• Industrial equipment and non-food consumer goods with shares of 0.18% and 0.06% respectively.

By economic regions

With regard to the distribution by economic regions in 2016, the tables annexed to this report clearly show that most of our foreign trade is still polarized on our traditional partners.

Indeed, OECD countries account for the largest share, with 60.94% of our imports and 79.59% of our exports

Source: CNIS (National Center for Customs Statistics
* PROVISIONAL RESULTS

1 / EUROPEAN UNION (EU)

The countries of the European Union are still the main partners of Algeria, with the respective proportions of 47,47% of imports and 57,95% of the exports.

Compared with the year 2015, imports from the EU decreased by 12.97% from 25.48 billion US $ in 2015 to  22.18 billion US $ in 2016 and the exports of Algeria to these countries also decreased by 6.24 billion US dollars, that’s means 27.15%.

Within this economic region, it can be noted that our main customer is Italy, which absorbs more than 16.55% of our sales abroad, followed by Spain by 12.33% and France by 11.05%.

For the main suppliers, France ranks first in the EU with 10.15%, followed by Italy and Spain with 9.93% and 7.69% of total imports of Algeria during the year 2016.

2 / OECD COUNTRIES (non-EU)

OECD (non-EU) countries rank second with a 13.47% share of Algeria's imports from these countries and 21.64% of Algeria's exports to these countries.

Compared with the year 2015, there has been a significant increase in exports from these OECD (non-EU) countries from  5.29 billion US $ in 2015 to  6.25 billion US $ In 2016, or 18.21% in relative values. While Algeria's imports from these countries registered a decline estimated at 14.5%.

It should also be noted that most of Algeria's trade with that region is carried out with the USA, followed by Turkey with the respective rates of 5.01% and 4.14% for imports from these countries, And 11.17%, and 4.27% for exports to the same countries.

3 / THE OTHER REGIONS

• Trade between Algeria and the other regions is still marked by small proportions.
  

• The overall volume of trade with other European countries (excluding the EU and OECD) shows a decline in their market share of nearly 21.6% compared to 2015, from 1.26 billion US dollars in 2015 to  989 million US $ in 2016.

• "Asian" countries showed a slight decrease of almost 2.17% from 14.26 billion US $ to  13.95 billion US $ for the same periods.

•  The trade volume with the Maghreb countries (AMU) recorded a decline of nearly 7.4% compared to 2015, from 2.23 billion US Dollars in 2015 to 2.06 billion US Dollars 2016.

•  Arab countries (excluding UMA) recorded a slight decline compared to 2015, as the overall trade volume with these countries decreased from  2.49 billion US $ to  2.31 billion US $, Decrease by 6.87%.

•  Finally, the American countries registered a slight increase of 0.67% compared to 2015, from 4.5 billion US Dollars in 2015 to 4.53 billion US Dollars in 2016.

By mode of financing

Imports realized in 2016 were financed by CASH at 59.49%, ie close to 27.8 billion US dollars, thus decreasing by 8.63% compared with 2015. The Credit lines financed 36.94% of the total volume of imports, a decrease of 11.36%.

The rest of the imports are made by the use of other financial transfers at the rate of 3.57%, in absolute value of 1.66 billion US dollars.

                                                                                                         
   Valeurs en millions USD

                                                             Source: CNIS (National Center for Customs Statistics
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 Main partners: 

Concerning the distribution by economic regions in 2016, the attached tables clearly show that most of our external trade is still polarized on our traditional partners.

 Source: CNIS (National Centre on Customs Statistics Information)                  

For the year 2016, Algeria's six main customers were Italy (4.77 billion usd), Spain (3.56 billion usd), the USA (3.22 billion US dollars), France (3.19 million) Md usd), Brazil (1.33 billion usd) and Canada (1.32 billion usd).

2.  Main suppliers

For the main suppliers, China ranks first with 17.97%, followed by France and Italy with the respective proportions of 10.15% and 9.93% of Algeria's total imports during the year 2016.

                                                                                                  Source: Bank of Algeria

The Algerian Dinar average annual rate vs the US$ had a depreciation of 8.97%. The Algerian dinar average annual rate vs the US dollar was  109.47 USD/ DZD in 2016 vs  100.46 USD/ DZD in 2015.

The dinar average annual rate vs the euro has depreciated by 8.74% in 2016 compared to 2015, from 111.44 EUR / DZD in 2012 to 121.18 EUR / DZD in 2013.