The anticipated recovery is expected to be driven primarily by three branches: food industries, chemical manufacturing, and fabricated metal products. These segments are projected to lead the production upturn, partially offsetting expected contractions in automotive manufacturing and non-metallic mineral product fabrication. These forward-looking indicators build on a fourth-quarter 2025 performance that showed manufacturing output rising, with automotive, chemical, non-metallic minerals, and metallurgy all posting gains. Overall capacity utilization in manufacturing stood at 74 percent for the quarter, with order books at normal levels and employment stable. Thirty-five percent of manufacturing companies reported raw material supply difficulties in the fourth quarter of last year, predominantly sourced from abroad.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 05, 2026 19:20 UTC