required report public distribution date 4 27 2004 gain number ts4003 tunisia oilseeds and products annual approved by merritt chesley us embassy prepared abdelkarim sma highlights rising protein meals demand estimated at 315 000 mt in cy2004 is exclusively met imports of soy meal relatively expensive origin losing ground the tunisian market oil sourced from facing same lack competitiveness this situation likely to continue through cy 2005 unless starts importing soybeans includes psd changes yes trade matrix tunis ts1 ts usda foreign agricultural service global agriculture information network template version 2 09 page 14 unclassified table contents executive summary 3 total production consumption policy 6 oils 7 biotechnology 8 statistical section 9 soybean import 10 11 12 olive 13 export
