Entering the 21st century with confidence and serenity

Under the leadership of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Algeria is now embarked upon a vast scheme of national renewal. It is consolidating and deepening its democracy and relaunching its economy.

The country undertook structural and institutional reforms aimed at laying the foundation of a new economic system. Indeed, the legal framework have been reviewed and adapted in order to liberalize the economy and promote free enterprise. These reforms were strengthened by further measures aimed at accelerating the structuring and privatization process of state companies, at modernizing the banking system and motivating private investments.

Thus, tremendous efforts have been made to improve the economy and outstanding results have been achieved. Indeed, the economy is now growing, there is a balanced budget, foreign currency reserves are being replenished, the inflation rate is kept at low level and external debt has been reduced. Indeed, Algeria posted in 2003 a strong economic growth of 6,4% and inflation has been contained to 1,4%. The external debt has been reduced from 32 billion $US in 1996 to 20 billion $US in 2003 while the foreign reserves stand now at 31,4 billion $US compared to 4,2 billion $US in 1996.

This positive performance, which clearly indicates that Algeria is on the right path, need now to be sustained by further efforts aimed at maintaining a sustainable level of economic growth and creating employment. To this end and to build on these positive achievements, the government has put in place an ambitious plan designed to boost further the economy.

Algeria is indeed determined to ensure its successful integration in the global economy and to take advantage of the opportunities offered by globalization. To this end, it is firmly resolved to adapt its economy to the new realities of the world. It has already liberalized the general framework of its economy and is offering foreign investors all the facilities to develop their activities.

Second largest economy in Africa, with a unique industrial and basic infrastructure in the region and a proven competitiveness of its manpower, Algeria represent today a potential and promising market. With its ideal geographic location and its huge potential out of its natural resources, the country offers indeed new attractive perspective for foreign investors.

The recent surge of foreign delegations in Algeria shows clearly that foreign partners and international financial institutions are a new manifesting a great deal of interest for the Algerian market and the business opportunities it offers.

Doing Business in Algeria

Firms and companies interested in doing business in Algeria or seeking information should contact:

• PROMEX: The Algerian Board for the Promotion of External Trade at:

Phone:	(213 21) 52 20 82
Fax numbers:	(213 21) 52 11 26 (213 21) 52 12 10 (213 21) 52 15 71 (213 21) 52 28 03
E-mail:	promex@ist.cerist.dz

• CACI: The Algerian Chamber of Commerce and Industry:
Palais consulaire 06, Boulevard Amilcar Cabral 16003 Alger BP 100 Algeria.

Phone numbers:	(213 21) 96 77 77 (213 21) 96 66 66 (213 21) 96 50 50
Fax:	(213 21 ) 96 70 70

Fruit juice :

• Citrus fruit juice: orange, tangerine, pineapple juice
• Apricot nectar
• Apricot pulp: fresh fruit, with pits removed, strained and pasteurized

Preserved food :

• Jams: oranges, apples, pears, prunes, peaches, apricots
• Fresh fruit with pits removed, strained and with 62% sugar added
• dried apricot pits
• preserved small pears
• harissa

Fruit and vegetables:

• citrus fruit: a variety of oranges, pineapples and tangerines (October to April)
• summer fruits: apricots, prunes, peaches, meddlers, grapes
• dates: small twigs, frezza, black dates, dried dates (November to March)
• potatoes: white skin, yellow skin, early produce and late season
• vegetables: zucchini, tomatoes, cucumbers, bell peppers, peppers, fennel, truffles

Grains and almonds:

• Capers: stems in boxes, capers in brine
• sour almonds
• carob grains

Meat and fish:

• Escargots: live or frozen in boxes
• eels: live or frozen

Products of plant origin:

• Perfume plants: jasmine and orange, essence of neroli (orange tree)
• heather
• natural cork or agglomerated cork

Textiles:

• voile polyester filament
• polyamide fabric for aprons
• wool cloth
• sewing thread
• cloth for shoes
• blue-jeans fabric
• mixed fabric
• gabardine
• fabric for ties
• silk for clothes
• silk for furniture
• fabric for blinds
• velvet for clothes
• velvet for furniture
• twine cords
• undergarments (hosiery)
• blue jeans pants
• shirts
• blouses
• camping tents
• camping cots
• cotton scraps

Handicrafts :

• Thick pile wool carpets
• short pile pure wool weavings
• covers: short pile wool weavings and camel skin
• leathers and skins
• wet blue sheep: sheepskin, nap, chrome-tanned, natural or dyed
• leather vests
• leather bags (sheepskin)
• attaché cases
• shoes
• Adidas sports shoes
• synthetic leather: woven fabric or non-woven fabric, coating of compact or expanded PVC with polyurethane
  
• synderme: leather plates regenerated with a latex mixture
• bovine vegetables: tanned cow leather

Farming equipment:

• Tractors
• motors stations
• carts
• mowers
• tedders
• compressed collectors
• grain mills
• horizontal motor pumps
• hot water circulators
• industrial faucets

Metallic products:

• Ingots to produce seamless pipes
• hot laminated reels
• cold laminated reels
• galvanized reels
• roughcast on rollers for sheet steel and sheet iron
• thread machine for non-alloyed steel
• cold laminated sheet metal, corrugated iron, galvanized, ribbed, galvanized plates
• pipes welded in spirals
• galvanized tread
• mercury
• hematite casting for smelting
• zinc ingots
• zinc alloys
• electropolitique cadmium

Railway equipment:

• Wagons for rail transportation
• cargo wagons
• plain wagons
• garbage wagons
• covered wagons
• tanks wagons
• feeding wagons
• spare parts, brake pads, rail casting, other replacement pieces

Rolling stock:

• 100 V8 bus
• 100 V8 bus
• C260 4X2 wagons (under frame, cab)
• C260 6X2 wagons (under frame, cab)
• flatcar trailer
• tipper trailer
• oil trailer
• garden flatcar trailer
• tank transporter 45X60 tons
• flatcar trailer 10 tons
• tipper trailer 10 to 12 tons
• equipment carrier 73 tons
• equipment carrier 32 tons
• tipper equipment 15 to 17 tons

Absorbent cotton and bandages:

• Cotton to remove makeup
• absorbent cotton
• tampons
• dental tampons
• absorbent gauze strips
• sterilized compresses
• individual bandages
• silk paper, sanitary paper
• handkerchiefs, crepe napkins

Pharmaceutical products:

• Disposable syringes
• pharmaceutical products and various medicine, catheters, perfusion equipment, capillary dialysis, arterial dialysis lines, fistula needles, dialysis generators, various dialysis line