Tunisia has opted for the ceramics branch and the Medicinal Plants (PAM) sector as potential green sectors for greater integration in Africa, following consultations with the Ministry of Trade and Export Development and the Ministry of Industry, Mining and Energy within the framework of the «Project for the Inclusion of Green Initiatives in implementing the National Strategies of the African Continental Free Trade Area -AfCFTA-» (PIIVSN). Implemented by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the PIIVSN aims to support the formulation and adaptation of national development strategies for promising national and regional green value chains, said Lotfi Hamza consultant to SustainNeopath, during a national seminar, held, Monday, on the results of the national study on the development of trade between member countries of the AfCFTA. He said that an action plan will be discussed with the private sector and employers to introduce all necessary changes following the recommendations. For the Ceramics branch, the study carried out made it possible to identify two promising sectors, namely tiles and sanitary ware as well as household items and those of cosmetics for the PAM sector, the same source said. For the PAM sector, the action plan focused on the potential for supplying raw materials from African countries, including, for example, certain plants used to produce essential oils such as Jatropha in West Africa. For the ceramics branch, Tunisia can resource itself in raw materials such as "kaolin and feldspar", currently imported from Turkey and Spain, from South Africa, Morocco and Senegal, without customs duties so as to export them to the world market, the same source added. The action plan also revealed that the presence of Tunisian industrialists in Ivory Coast or Kenya is promising, and could evolve within the framework of a pact between the private and public sectors. As for UNCTAD, it has identified eight sectors within th e framework of the PIIVSN, namely seafood and their derivatives, dates and processed food products based on dates, aromatic and medicinal plants, food products based on wheat, paper and paper products, textile-based products, ceramic products and green industrial products, Deputy Director at the Office of Cooperation and External Relations at the Ministry of Industry, Malek Najar indicated. The prioritization of two sectors for Tunisia which is based on an evaluation matrix of the eight sectors of UNCTAD was carried out within the framework of a consultation between the ministries of Industry and Commerce with the various stakeholders, Najar pointed out. Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse