{"id":1841,"date":"2020-05-07T12:20:17","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T12:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pampat.tn\/?page_id=1841"},"modified":"2025-07-17T15:25:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T14:25:45","slug":"presentation-de-la-filiere-derives-de-dattes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pampat.tn\/en\/presentation-de-la-filiere-derives-de-dattes\/","title":{"rendered":"Presentation of the processed dates value chain in Tunisia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The date sector is very important in Tunisia. Tunisia is the world's biggest dates exporter in terms of value; and dates are the second most important export product of the Tunisian agri-food sector after olive oil.
\nIn the oasis regions, the income of the majority of the population is linked to the dates sector. Over 200 varieties of dates are cultivated in Tunisia, but the most widespread variety is the Deglet Ennour. The production of Deglet Ennour represents 30% of world production and 70% of total national production of dates. Over the past ten years, production in Tunisia has more than doubled; exports of certified organic dates are also increasing and account for almost 10% of export earnings.

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The date sector is very important in Tunisia. Tunisia is the world's biggest dates exporter in terms of value; and dates are the second most important export product of the Tunisian agri-food sector after olive oil.
\nIn the oasis regions, the income of the majority of the population is linked to the dates sector. Over 200 varieties of dates are cultivated in Tunisia, but the most widespread variety is the Deglet Ennour. The production of Deglet Ennour represents 30% of world production and 70% of total national production of dates. Over the past ten years, production in Tunisia has more than doubled; exports of certified organic dates are also increasing and account for almost 10% of export earnings.

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In Tunisia, most efforts are focused on developing the fresh dates sector. A national strategy and several subsidies exist to promote the production of fresh dates. However, the valorization of processed dates is considered as a secondary activity. But this is expected to change. Processed dates are mainly produced by using grade-outs that represent 30% of fresh dates production. Due to global warming, the quality of Tunisian dates is changing, which implies an increase of the raw material available for processing. Grade-outs are bought at very low prices, but after processing their value can increase by five.

\nThe processed dates value chain may indeed become more profitable than that of fresh dates. Furthermore, the storage period of processed dates is longer, which offers greater flexibility for marketing.

\nThe private sector is increasingly aware of the opportunities that are arising. In Tunisia there are now around 40 companies and more than 20 start-ups that produce processed dates. International demand for processed dates is increasing. Between 2014 and 2018 the export value of date paste almost tripled and that of dates for industrial use more than doubled.

\nToday the main product of the sector is date paste, but several Tunisian companies have already started diversifying and innovating and produce different agrifood, dietetic and even cosmetic products such as syrups, sugars, vinegars, coffee substitutes, energy bars, chocolates, flour, powder, date stone oil etc.

\nThe potential of the processed dates sector remains far from being fully grasped. The PAMPAT 2 project works closely with the Ministry of Industry, the Interprofessional Date Group (GID) and the Export Promotion Center (CEPEX) to support the development of the processed dates industry in Tunisia.\n
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Le secteur priv\u00e9 est de plus en plus conscient des opportunit\u00e9s qui se pr\u00e9sentent. En Tunisie il y aujourd\u2019hui une quarantaine d\u2019entreprises et plus d\u2019une vingtaine de start-up qui produisent les d\u00e9riv\u00e9s de dattes.\u00a0 La demande internationale pour les d\u00e9riv\u00e9s de dattes est en train d\u2019augmenter. Entre 2014 et 2018 la valeur des exportations de pate de dattes a presque tripl\u00e9, tandis que la valeur des exportations des dattes \u00e0 usage industriel a plus que doubl\u00e9 sur la m\u00eame p\u00e9riode. Le fait que le gros des processus de transformation se r\u00e9alise \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9tranger repr\u00e9sente un manque \u00e0 gagner important.<\/p>

M\u00eame si le principal produit de la fili\u00e8re est la p\u00e2te de dattes, quelques soci\u00e9t\u00e9s tunisiennes sont d\u00e9j\u00e0 orient\u00e9es vers l\u2019innovation et produisent diff\u00e9rents produits agroalimentaires, di\u00e9t\u00e9tiques et m\u00eame cosm\u00e9tiques tel que les sirops, sucres, vinaigres, succ\u00e9dan\u00e9s de caf\u00e9, barres \u00e9nerg\u00e9tiques, chocolats, farines, poudre de noyaux, huile de noyaux de dattes etc.\u00a0<\/p>

The potential of the processed dates sector remains far from being fully grasped. PAMPAT 2 project<\/a> works closely with the Ministry of Industry, the Interprofessional Date Group (GID) and the Export Promotion Center (CEPEX) to support the development of the processed dates industry in Tunisia.<\/p>

More\u00a0documents<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0videos<\/a>\u00a0relatifs \u00e0 la fili\u00e8re sont disponibles ici.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>

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Pr\u00e9sentation de la fili\u00e8re D\u00e9riv\u00e9s de Dattes En Tunisie le secteur des dattes occupe une place de choix. La Tunisie est le premier exportateur mondial de dattes en terme de valeur, et les dattes sont le deuxi\u00e8me produit d\u2019exportation de la fili\u00e8re agroalimentaire tunisienne apr\u00e8s l\u2019huile d\u2019olive. Dans les zones oasiennes, les revenus de la […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1841","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pampat.tn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pampat.tn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pampat.tn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pampat.tn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pampat.tn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1841"}],"version-history":[{"count":113,"href":"https:\/\/pampat.tn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5943,"href":"https:\/\/pampat.tn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1841\/revisions\/5943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pampat.tn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}