Potentiel du commerce extérieur de l’Algérie : Un essai de mesure Algeria's foreign trade potential: an attempt to measure

Manystudies have analysed the current situation and the reality of algerian foreigntrade. thesestudies have identified the reasons for the dominance of the hydrocarbonsector in algerian exports sinceitsindependence, despite the establishment of numerous support mechanisms and organizations. our article is a continuation of thiswork. it detectsalgeria's export potential. using data provided by the national centre for informatics and statistics (cnis) and itc's trade map for the year 2017, we havedetectedproductswhere the algerian economy has a comparative advantage and theirtargetmarketsthat are likely to allow a considerable diversification of the algerian economy.