Tunisia's Ministry of Trade and Export Development carried out 50,758 monitoring visits in September 2026, resulting in 7,953 economic infractions. These infractions primarily involved a lack of transparency in transactions (3,715 cases), prices and monopolies (2,688 cases), and quality and metrology issues (1,526 cases). The ministry's monitoring teams covered various sectors, including fresh agricultural and marine products, foodstuffs, bakeries, restaurants, cafes, and industrial materials.
The monitoring teams confiscated significant quantities of products and materials during the same period. The confiscated items included 53 tons of subsidized grain derivatives, 209 tons of vegetables and fruits, 4,939 kilograms of poultry meat, 21,450 eggs, 3.5 tons of sugar, 200,000 liters of mineral water, 73 tons of animal feed, 83,091 subsidized notebooks, and 28,327 packs of tobacco.
The Ministry of Trade has been closely monitoring sectors that experienced pressure on supply and prices. Since the beginning of August 2026, the ministry reported 1,135 infractions in the mineral water sector, including 573 cases related to prices and monopolies. Additionally, 817 infractions were reported in the school supplies sector, with 214 cases involving price hikes and monopolies.
The Ministry of Trade continues to use the green number 80 100 191 as a mechanism for citizens to report infractions. Between January 1 and September 30, 2026, the ministry received 1,609 complaints, primarily related to price and supply issues. These complaints led to the referral of cases to concerned authorities for necessary legal action.
The complaints received via the green number allowed the authorities to take action against various infractions. Mineral water was the product most frequently mentioned in complaints, with 816 cases, followed by foodstuffs, poultry, and eggs (136 cases), and other food products (102 cases). Vegetables and fruits were also mentioned in 85 complaints.
The complaints primarily concerned price hikes or illegal sales (983 cases), accounting for 61% of all complaints, and refusal to sell or hoarding (308 cases), representing 18.8% of complaints. Other complaints involved conditional sales, product quality, and failure to display prices.
The complaints were distributed across various regional trade administrations. The Tunis regional administration received 368 complaints (22.9% of all complaints), followed by Ben Arous (160 complaints, 9.9%), and Ariana (144 complaints, 10.8%).
Key points
- The Ministry of Trade carried out 50,758 monitoring visits in September 2026.
- 1,609 complaints were received via the green number between January 1 and September 30, 2026.
- The Ministry of Trade confiscated significant quantities of products and materials, including 53 tons of subsidized grain derivatives and 200,000 liters of mineral water.
