In April 2021, Morocco imported the largest share of French soft wheat, making it the leading non-EU customer of the hexagon. This is about a quarter less than the volume shipped in March.
The legalization of cannabis cultivation in Morocco for medical and industrial purposes would make life better for more than a million Moroccan farmers. Europe is expected to be more open to supporting this dynamic and helping to set up this industry.
With a view to finding business opportunities in Poland, in the textile sector, the Moroccan Association of Exporters (ASMEX), in collaboration with the Harvard Consulting firm, recently held a webinar.
The French gendarmes have dismantled a major Moroccan drug trafficking network based in the Île-de-France region and in Lyon. In total, thirteen people were indicted, nine of whom were held in pre-trial detention.
In 2020, the economy of the city of Ceuta experienced the most difficult year in its history, with an 82% drop in its foreign imports. The fault lies with the health crisis and the closure of borders with Morocco.
Morocco wants to raise customs duties on soft wheat and durum wheat. This decision, announced for the near future, aims to protect local production stifled by imports.
The head of the International Monetary Fund mission in charge of Morocco, Roberto Cardarelli, recently participated in a PCNS webinar. Among the topics discussed during this virtual meeting was the economic crisis generated by the health crisis.
Morocco’s overall port traffic is doing well despite the health crisis related to the Covid-19 pandemic. According to the Ministry of Equipment, Transport, Logistics and Water, it went from 153.1 million tons in 2019 to 172.1 million tons in 2020, an increase of 12.4%.
Morocco is about to outperform Spain to become the largest supplier of fresh produce to the United Kingdom. This is at least what Robert Kimbell, president of the new party called The Time party, claims.
The Confederation of Employers of Melilla (CEME-CEOE) denounces the unilateral closure by Morocco of the customs post and intends to seize the Council of Europe "so that it forces Morocco to allow imports again".
The authorities of the Czech Republic have withdrawn from the market Moroccan peppers imported via Spain due to an excessive presence of the pesticides chlorfenvinphos and methomyl.
Mauritania has decided to reduce imports of vegetables from Morocco . The origin of this decision is a desire by the country to promote the national product.