En raison de la fragmentation du marché sur le pourtour méridional de la Méditerranée, les échanges intrarégionaux représentent actuellement moins de 15% des échanges totaux de la région, soit le taux le plus bas au monde pour une région de cette taille.
With services accounting for almost 60% of their GDP, Mediterranean countries stand to make substantial gains from the gradual opening of the services sector and from attracting new investment. They will benefit even more if the negotiations not only open up trade with the EU but also foster regional integration among the Mediterranean countries themselves. Because of the fragmentation of the Southern Mediterranean market, intra-regional trade currently accounts for less than 15% of the region’s total trade. This is the lowest such rate in the world for any region of this size.