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There was an increase in the pace of commercial movement by 50 per cent, as the check posts operating at the border in 2023 recorded the crossing of about 23,100 trucks (12,560 entries and 10,540 exits), while the number of commercial trucks in 2024 was about 55,100 trucks (29,300 entries and 25,700 exits).
Traffic at the Libyan Tunisian Wazin Dehiba border crossing was up to about 1.1 million in 2024 compared to only 688,000 in 2023. Speaking to, and quoted by, Tunisian media, Rached Haddad, an official from Dehiba in the Tataouine province, said that of the 1.1 million passengers crossing in 2024, 618,000 entered Tunisia and 482,000 left. In 2023 only 688,000 passengers crossed, of which 417,000 were entries and 271,000 were exits from Tunisia.
Haddad was also quoted as saying that there was an increase in the pace of commercial movement by 50 percent, as the check posts operating at the border in 2023 recorded the crossing of about 23,100 trucks (12,560 entries and 10,540 exits), while the number of commercial trucks in 2024 was about 55,100 trucks (29,300 entries and 25,700 exits).
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The figures confirm the increasing movement between the two neighbouring countries of both people and trade movement through their secondary land border crossing located 303 km south of Tripoli on the other side of the Western Nafusa Mountains. The Ras Ajdir border crossing along the coast (175 km west of Tripoli) is still by far the busiest land crossing between the two countries.
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