algeria
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TRADE POLICIES AND REGULATIONS
OPPORTUNITIES
投资
阿尔及利亚公布新投资法实施细则
2022-09-27，来源 | 商务部
继7月颁布新投资法后，阿尔及利亚政府在官方公报上公布了新投资法实施细则。
新投资法实施细则对投资管理部门的组织运作及投资仲裁作了规定，制定了投资登记、出让、转移办法。实施细则还公布了不享受投资优惠的行业、产品、服务清单等。
新投资法及其实施细则的公布表明，阿政府积极吸引国内外投资，努力建立稳定透明的投资环境。
能源
阿尔及利亚2022年输送意大利的天然气将超过250亿立方米
2022-09-26，来源 | 商务部
阿通讯社9月21日报道，阿尔及利亚2022年将向意大利提供超过 250 亿立方米的天然气。
阿总统特本与意总统马塔雷拉、总理德拉吉的会晤确立了两国能源伙伴关系。今年以来，阿向意交付了 178 亿立方米的天然气，已成为意第一大天然气供应国。
Market Intelligence
ALGERIA'S NEW REGULATION ON IMPORT OF FINISHED GOODS
2021-11-04，Source | International Trade Administration
A new regulation on imported finished goods by the Algerian government impacts the Algerian trading system.
In October 2021, the Algerian government finished implementing a new regulation regarding imported finished products that seriously disrupted trade, especially for agribusiness products, medical devices, construction material and equipment, electronic equipment, automotive equipment, and fast-moving consumer goods.
The new regulation (Executive Decree No. 21-94) was first introduced in March 2021, with a deadline to comply by December 31, 2021. It stipulates that importers of raw materials, products, and goods for resale must specialize in their activities and may only import one type of product. Public institutions involved in importing may be exempt from the decree on a case-by-case basis. To hasten the adoption of this regulation the Algerian Ministry of Finance announced it would suspend all bank domiciliation services for importers that did not comply with the decree before October 31, 2021.
Implementing this regulation will seriously disrupt trade in Algeria, given that many companies, including many multinational companies operating in Algeria, import multiple products. As a result, American exporters are advised to check the status of the importers with whom they are currently working or plan to work in the future to determine whether they have the right to import their products into the Algerian market.
While it is common for the Algerian government to introduce measures to slow imports in the final quarter of the year to boost the country’s balance of payments and then reverse these measures the following year, CS Algeria anticipates that this decree will last. According to the Algerian Ministry of Commerce, Decree 21-94 will be maintained in the 2022 Financial Law to “rationalize imports, boost growth and the national economy, and ensure increased control of the national market and foreign trade.”