109. In EEyrt, \-:J c1'e me.nufacturin[ production increacec at an averaee rate of 10 per c'-ut betvr.eer. 1978 anc 1980, the crop tc only 2.2 rer cent reflected the ~low frowth of a£ricultural out­ put anc foreicn e:xchanre cifficulties. '.Lhis had a cirect irrpact on in~ustry, where foe~ processinr anf te>tiles represent abcut L.tU per cent cf total output. The slcwer ero\-Ith tias also to some eYtent tne result cf sbcrtares c! skillee'labour, because of an outflow cf lt...ucur tcwarC::s oil-eYpcrtin[ countries in the Arabian peninsula. In Mcrcccc, rranufacturinf procuction stafnated, be­ cause o: the droucht whicJ, affectec arriculture curinr the 1980/81 seascn, an6 the weakness c~ correstic derrand. Particular­ ly hare-hit were the surar anc dairy inousccries. In ~unisia, the rate cf rrowth of mnnufacturinr dropped in 1981, and is estimatef to nave fallen further tc cnly 3.4 per cent in 1982. 110. Ir: i:Jeneebl, followinr the droupht in the 1979/80 season and poor prcund-nu~ supplies in 1980/81, the output of rroun~-nut oil mills, which cont1ibute e major nhare of manufaSturinr out­ put, declined by 86.5 per ccr.1.. In the Ivory Coas-t;, incustrial development has been eYcepticnally r~pic in the last 10 years; value ad~ec in manufacturinr was more thun ~1 billion in 1981, ana the country occupies si;:th place in developinr Africa in ter~s of volume. However, the industry has been seriously affec­ ted by th~ ~ow level of demand in the econcmy, on~ ineustrial ac­tivity has slo~~L cown mark~dly. Investment continued to rrow, but more ~lowly, and fc1 the first ti~e e~ployrnent decreased (by some 2.5 per cent). In Nireri~, rr.anufacturinf output totalled $4.3 billion in 1981, but the race of cevelopment slewed marked­ ly. Serious di:'ficulties arcse from shcrtaft:S of raw materials, cis rupti en of e · ect rici ty supplies Hn d srnurclinr. ;:)ruurrlinr \':as 