Mehadjebia, NassiraMekerkeb aberrane, Tayeb2023-09-112023-09-112022-12-312352– 9822E2588-1574http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/15462This study aims to show the role of electronic commerce in promoting foreign trade. The descriptive analytical method was adopted by first highlighting the most important concepts related to the two variable, then the stage of showing the relationship between them. Also, the statistical method was adopted by applying the principal component analysis (PCA) to a set of selected indicators for the period (2000-2018), The study concluded that: Algeria suffers from delays in many indicators, which made the volume of its foreign trade weak and its trade linked to the hydrocarbons sector.enAlgerian economyForeign tradeData analysis PCAArticle