A black year for the Moroccan lawyer

While the 2024-2025 fiscal year had crossed the historic milestone of 100,000 tons, the vintage that has just ended represents a major setback. According to the president of the Moroccan Avocado Association, Abdellah El Yamlahi, cited by FreshPlaza, the volume exported nationwide has collapsed to only 58,000 tons.

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This spectacular drop is initially explained by intense heat waves that destroyed half of the expected harvest. This was followed by a tariff struggle between producers and exporters, leading to harvest suspensions in the face of a European market experiencing periods of oversupply.

The difficulties accumulated until the very end of the campaign. Port closures due to inclement weather and a lack of transportation have caused delays that have impaired the final quality of the fruit. At the same time, floods and violent winds hit the Loukkos and Gharb, the main producing regions in the north of the country.

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Describing this season as "exceptional and very hard", Abdellah El Yamlahi summarizes the distress of the sector in the face of high prices and complicated marketing. "We have done our best to honor our commitments, and all we can do now is hope that this season was an exception," he says to close this black year.