Trade negotiations between Morocco and Indonesia, launched in 2018, have remained frozen since 2019. The reason: the lack of mutual recognition of halal certifications. With this obstacle now overcome, Jakarta hopes to conclude a preferential agreement in 2027.
CMA CGM will increase its rates between Morocco and the United States starting September 15. The additional cost will reach $250 for a small container and $500 for larger ones, as Moroccan products are already facing a new US tax.
Morocco and India want to increase their trade from around 4 to 8 billion dollars in five years. New Delhi is notably calling for faster access to the Moroccan market for its medicines and answers regarding investigations into its tiles.
Moroccan restrictions on date imports are beginning to divert part of Tunisia’s date industry away from its primary market. Exporters are stepping up their efforts in Asia, particularly in Malaysia and Indonesia.
Bangladesh has just approved an additional 140,000 tonnes of fertilizer from OCP Nutricrops. Added to the 70,000 tonnes approved twelve days earlier, the orders decided in August have already reached 210,000 tonnes, worth nearly 168 million dollars.
Between July 2025 and June 2026, Norway imported 707 tonnes of Moroccan raspberries and blackberries. For the first time, Morocco supplied more than half of its foreign purchases, ahead of Portugal, despite the overall decline in the Norwegian market.
OCP is taking a new step in the United States. Its North American subsidiary is preparing a phosphate fertilizer plant in Louisiana with agricultural giant CHS, for an investment that could reach $450 million and a capacity of more than one million tonnes per year.
A scientific study warns of the possible depletion of U.S. phosphorus resources within forty years. Essential for fertilizers and crops, this mineral now places Morocco at the heart of the food security of the United States.
Trade between Morocco and Saudi Arabia remains highly unbalanced. In 2025, Riyadh sold 5.7 billion riyals’ worth of goods to the Kingdom, but bought only 658.6 million riyals’ worth of merchandise from it.
Presented in Algeria as a future threat to Moroccan phosphate, the Bled El Hadba project is expected to produce 2.4 million tonnes of phosphate fertilizers per year. OCP already has a capacity of 15 million tonnes and is targeting 20 million as early as 2027.
Moroccan olive oil production could fall back to 100 million kilos during the 2026-2027 campaign, compared with 180 million this season. A 44% decline that would abruptly end the rebound recorded after several years of drought.
A punnet of snack tomatoes from Morocco is being sold for the equivalent of nearly 100 dirhams per kilo in some stores in the Netherlands. In Morocco, the wholesale price of tomatoes did not exceed 4.50 dirhams on August 21 in Casablanca.