Tunisia is short of resources and phosphate is the main resource with known deposits of 2 billion tons. Annual capacity for phosphate mine is 10 million tons. There are phosphate processed 7.5 million tons, phosphoric acid 1.1 million tons, fertilizers and 1.6 million tons. Annual value is around 600,000 million dollars, managed by the state. In addition, annual oil output is 3.5 million tons and annual capacity for natural gas is 2.7 billion cubic meters.
Agriculture is very important in the national economy.
Main agricultural products include wheat, barley, grapes, olive, date palm and orange. The year of 1966 had a bumper harvest and the grain output reached 2.6 million tons. Olive oil output values 200,000 tons. There are 60 million olive trees, occupying 1.6 million hectares. Main industry include oil refinery, chemical industry with phosphate as raw materials, textile and steel, main products include crude oil, fertilizer, cement, textile products and leather products.