On 1 July 2025, a joint ministerial order (Order) was published in the Official Gazette, establishing a regulatory framework requiring companies in the industrial sector to report biannual data on their physical goods production and the input used in that production through a digital platform managed by the Ministry of Industry.

Concerned parties

The Order applies to all Algerian-registered companies that produce goods and are registered with the National Centre of the Commercial Register (CNRC) under code number starting by number one (1).

The reporting process is conducted through an interconnected platform managed by the Ministry of Industry.

As stipulated in the Order, the registration deadlines are as follows:

• For newly registered companies: within three months from the date they register with the Commercial Registry.
• For already established companies: within three months from the date the Order was published in the Official Gazette.

Reporting obligations

Companies must submit biannual reports detailing staff distribution, production volumes, main inputs, production evolution and influencing factors via the digital platform.

Reporting periods are 1 July to 31 August for the first semester and 1 January to 29 February for the second semester. Updates must be completed by each semester's end. The reported data will be verified by the Ministry of Industry's provincial departments and the Ministry of Finance.

Companies that do not comply with the requirements will be granted four days to correct the data.

Penalties

Companies that fail to comply with the reporting obligations or that provide false information will be fined 1,000,000 Algerian Dinar (DA1m) and lose industry support benefits and promotion incentives. In addition, the director of industry of the wilaya (i.e., an administrative provision that serves as a province) will issue a formal request for the submission of the data (receipt order) when the fine is imposed.

If a company continues to not comply with the requirements or provide false information after the receipt order is sent, the fine will be doubled. In addition, the company will receive a formal notice to regularize its situation within 30 days or be entered in a national file that is available to the public. If the company regularizes its situation after the deadline, a statutory auditor certified report is required.

The proceeds of the fine are paid into the state budget.

Implications

Companies must communicate the requested information to the competent authorities within the provided timelines to help avoid fines and audits. The information could be used in tax audits for a comparison of the values reported in the company's books.