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PORT OF SKHIRA

The port of Skhira is located in the south of Tunisia about 350Km from the capital Tunis. It has an extensive crude oil and refined petroleum
storage infrastructure, as well as loading and unloading pipelines.
Activity 2018
La Skhira port holds 56% of the total hydrocarbons traffic of the Tunisian commercial ports.

The number of ships passing through the port of La Skhira (at the entrance) is 95 liquid bulk carriers and 36 tankers.
The traffic of La Skhira is distributed as follows:
IMPORT EXPORT IMPORT+EXPORT

PRODUCTS 2017 2018 % 2017 2018 % 2017 2018 %
Crude oil 1 690 789 1 921 440 14 1 690 789 1 921 440 14
- Tunisian 1 454 079 1 530 621 5 1 454 079 1 530 621 5
- Algerian 236 710 390 819 65 236 710 390 819 65
Refined products 1 941 842 2 149 552 11 1 380 664 1 258 481 -9 3 322 506 3 408 033 3
Phosphoric acid 431 707 377 723 -13 431 707 377 723 -13
Total 1 941 842 2 149 552 11 3 503 160 3 557 644 -2 5 445 002 5 707 196 5
In 2018, the global traffic of La Skhira port, in hydrocarbons and chemicals is 5.7 million tons, registering an increase of 5% compared to
last year.

The refined hydrocarbons, imported through the port of la Skhira, are about 2.15 million tons, increased by 11%. Contrariwise, the
exported refined hydrocarbons reached about 1.9 million tons, a decrease by 9% compared to last year.

Crude oil exports recorded an increase of 14% compared to 2017, with 1.9 million tons in 2018.
Phosphoric acid increased by 13% in 2018 compared to the previous year.

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