The Ministry of Digital Transition and Public Administration Reform has announced that the return to Morocco’s legal time (GMT) is scheduled for Sunday, February 23 at 3 a.m., and that the switch to summer time (GMT+1) will take place on April 6, just after the end of the month of Ramadan. However, the principle of time change is not unanimous.
Since January 3, 2025, Morocco has applied a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of PVC from the United States. This follows a joint order from the Ministries of Industry and Trade and Economy and Finance.
The Moroccan Ministry of Industry and Trade has decided to extend the anti-dumping duties applied to imports of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) from the United States. This decision, announced on Wednesday, November 27, follows an investigation that revealed that American PVC was being sold at significantly lower prices on the Moroccan market, creating a situation of unfair competition.
The Moroccan government signed on Wednesday a memorandum of understanding with the Brazilian company Embraer for the realization of projects in the fields of commercial aviation, defense and urban air mobility.
The joint commission of the province of Tétouan, responsible for monitoring hygiene and health safety conditions, carried out inspection visits in more than 350 restaurants between June 1 and September 30 last year. In total, 1,470 kilos of spoiled food were seized and destroyed.
Most of the major projects launched in Morocco as part of the preparations for the 2030 World Cup have been entrusted to large companies at the expense of small and medium-sized enterprises. These large groups are importing construction materials, neglecting local production.
In Morocco, consumer protection associations have launched an appeal to the competent authorities to strengthen controls on the quality of school supplies at this time of school resumption. The objective is to preserve the health of students.
Moulay Hafid El Alamy (MHE), former Minister of Industry, Trade and Digital Economy (2013-2021), revealed details about the management of the Covid-19 crisis in Morocco by King Mohammed VI, including the discussions he had with the sovereign.
Published in the Official Journal, the joint decision of the Minister of Industry and Trade and his counterpart of Economy and Finance, to apply an anti-dumping duty on imports of Egyptian tomato concentrate is now in effect.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade has published the preliminary results of the anti-dumping investigation on imports of Turkish electric ovens and has concluded that there is indeed dumping practiced by the producer-exporters of these products on the Moroccan market. Consequently, it imposes an anti-dumping duty.
The Chinese group BYD, a global leader in electric vehicles, has just given up on its project to set up an electric battery factory in Tanger Tech. The reason is the slow sales of its electric buses in Morocco.
Negotiations are very advanced for the acquisition by the Saham Finances group, founded and led by the former Minister of Industry and Trade, Moulay Hafid Elalamy (MHE), of a large part of Société Générale du Maroc.