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In a statement to the press on the sidelines of the National Meeting of sector executives, Zitouni noted that “the second phase of the national economic census will be launched on January 27,” in coordination with the Algerian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CACI), emphasizing that this operation will allow to “meet national demand and ensure food security through a precise and comprehensive database of all economic activities.”

Thanks to this census, whose first phase was launched on 7 May 2023, “there will be an exact definition of national production capacities and the development of a national file of different production units, using digitization, to enable public authorities to frame the import operation, direct investment operations and better distribute them across the national territory in order to create specialized industrial poles,” according to the minister.

In this respect, Zitouni emphasized “the necessity of involving all stakeholders to ensure the success of this operation which comes to fill the void observed in studies and statistics, given their major importance.”

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