The Tripoli based Libyan Minister of Economy and Trade, Mohamed Al-Hwej, discussed the progress of trade movement through the Ras Jedir Libyan-Tunisian land border, during a meeting held yesterday at the Ministry’s Tripoli office.
The meeting was held in the presence of the Director General of the General Union of Chambers of Commerce, the President of the Libyan Tunisian Chamber of Commerce, several of owners of Libyan industrial and commercial companies dealing with the private sector in Tunisia, and the Director of the Quality Department at the National Centre for Standardization and Standards.
The meeting was dedicated to discussing the problems and obstacles facing Libyan companies in exporting local products to the Tunisian market, which have obtained a certificate of conformity to the approved standards, which allows the entry of Libyan goods into the Tunisian market under the agreement of recognition and ratification of the certificate of conformity in both countries.
The Minister confirmed that the Ministry of Economy and Trade has concluded a number of trade agreements and memoranda of understanding with the Tunisian Ministry of Trade, under the auspices of the Libyan Prime Minister, within the framework of supporting economic cooperation and trade exchange between the two countries.
He also directed the competent departments of the Ministry and the Libyan Tunisian Joint Chamber of Commerce to organize a meeting with the Tunisian side and the relevant Libyan institutions and centers. The meeting is to seek to solve the problems and obstacles facing the trade movement between the two countries, and to follow up on the implementation of the demands of the owners of the companies regarding the technical and control procedures in coordination with the competent authorities in the Libyan state.
