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Algeria Readies Nationwide Export Drive to Push Non-Oil Sales Toward $5 Billion

3 November 2026 · Algeria Now

ALGIERS — Algeria is preparing a nationwide export operation for Saturday 7 November, coordinated by the Ministry of the Interior and Local Authorities, as the government tries to lift non-hydrocarbon sales to its 2026 target of $5 billion. It is timed to the 72nd anniversary of the outbreak of the war of liberation on 1 November 1954, linking political sovereignty to economic independence.

The operation

According to the companies involved, Condor, the electrical-appliance maker based in Bordj Bou Arréridj, plans to ship about 400 containers of household appliances and metal framework to Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan, Libya and Mauritania. The hygiene-products group Faderco expects to send some 50 containers of finished goods and raw materials to the United States, the United Kingdom, Tunisia and Côte d'Ivoire. Several firms from other provinces are also due to take part. The organizers have not yet published a full list of cargoes or destinations, so these figures should be seen as planned rather than final.

The numbers behind it

Non-hydrocarbon exports reached close to $4 billion in the first eight months of 2026, about 10 percent more than a year earlier, according to Zohir Moussaoui, a central director at the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Export Promotion. Agri-food exports contributed $213 million, up 15 percent. Mr Moussaoui said the real challenge was to sustain that momentum so that such exports offset a growing share of imports and ease the trade deficit.

A similar operation took place on 11 April, when the foreign trade minister, Kamel Rezig, launched shipments of 35 products to 19 countries from 13 provinces by video link. He then said Algeria's goal was for non-oil exports eventually to exceed hydrocarbon sales. That ambition remains distant: oil and gas still provide the bulk of the country's foreign currency, and the 2027 finance bill is built on a reference oil price of $60 a barrel.

For decades Algeria has depended on Sonatrach, the state energy group, for most of its export revenue, leaving public finances exposed to price swings. Diversification has become a stated priority of President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, with an emphasis on steel, cement, fertilizers, food products and manufactured goods, and on African and Mediterranean markets.

The test will be whether the November shipments translate into lasting contracts rather than one-off cargoes. The coming weeks will show whether the full-year figure approaches $5 billion, and whether the government can ease obstacles that exporters regularly cite, such as logistics, financing and foreign-exchange procedures.

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