Economy

Initiated several years ago, the process of liberalizing the exchange rate regime in Morocco is progressing. The ultimate goal is to strengthen the flexibility of the dirham and economic resilience.
Led by Bank Al-Maghrib, this reform has favored the widening of the dirham’s fluctuation bands, allowing for better knowledge of market dynamics and reducing the central bank’s interventions, analyzes Finances News Hebdo, specifying that the introduction of an interbank foreign exchange market (…)

İbrahim Yumaklı, the Turkish Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, stated that the olive genetic material bank in Izmir has genetic material from 364 distinct olive varieties from 18 countries, including Morocco, France, Greece and Chile.
The olive genetic material bank in Izmir is the third largest in the world, after those of Marrakech (Morocco) and Cordoba (Spain). This bank preserves 100 indigenous Turkish olive cultivars, thus strengthening the nation’s botanical heritage, reports (…)

An Australian travel writer recounts his recent experience in Morocco, where he found himself in difficulty despite his credit card travel insurance.
Michael Gebicki, a travel writer based in Sydney, best known for his Tripologist column published for over 15 years in Traveller, and his wife arrived in October for a three-week stay. He receives his bag, but his wife’s luggage does not arrive at the destination. A problem the couple has already faced. Faced with the difficulty of (…)

Since 2021, the imposition of countervailing duties on Moroccan phosphate fertilizers has created trade tensions. Washington could once again review these duties.
Towards a reduction or even elimination of the levies? According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, there will be the opening of a new administrative review on the countervailing duties applied to phosphate fertilizers from Morocco. This review concerns the case C-714-001 relating to Moroccan phosphate fertilizers, of which the (…)

President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday the imposition of 10% tariffs on imports from all countries, including Morocco.
This decision concretizes the president’s expressed intention to react to countries he accuses of treating the United States unfairly on a commercial level. Donald Trump had already threatened to impose retaliatory tariffs. He specified that for certain countries, the United States would apply a rate corresponding to half of what they impose on American products. (…)

The British low-cost airline Easyjet is celebrating the opening of a new base at London Southend Airport with a range of delicacies including the Moroccan signature dish, the tajine.
Spicy tajine (Morocco - Marrakech), snail (France - Paris), Cacio e pepe (Italy - Pisa), "Sangria and Chocolate" (Spain - Alicante, Almeria, Gran Canaria, Malaga, Palma, Reus, Tenerife), pastel de Nata (Portugal - Faro). It is with this range of ice cream called "jet-lato" that Easyjet celebrated the opening (…)

Spanish groups are indirectly threatening to leave Morocco and transfer their production chains to Turkey and Egypt. The slowdown in exports at the port of Tangier Med is at the origin of this threat.
The slowdown in the transit of export trucks from Morocco to European countries and the United Kingdom continues at the port of Tangier Med, the largest in the Mediterranean basin, we learn. After Spanish companies, it is the turn of Moroccan fruit exporters to be confronted with the same (…)

It’s a full house in Moroccan hotels during Eid Al Fitr. Domestic tourism is booming.
The occupancy rate of some renowned hotels has reached 100% since Saturday, according to professional sources. For example, many residents of Casablanca and Rabat rushed to Marrakech. Some hotel facilities in the ochre city were fully booked, to the point that latecomers were unable to make reservations, reports Hespress. Even the sometimes considered high prices have not dampened the desire of Moroccans (…)

In Morocco, fuel prices should see a new drop for the delight of Moroccan motorists.
Since Tuesday, April 1, 2025, the price of diesel (the type of fuel most consumed by Moroccans) has dropped by 16 cents. The liter of diesel is sold at 10.97 dirhams at some players in the capital Rabat. As for the price of gasoline, it remains stable (13.05 dirhams), after having fallen by about 50 cents since mid-March. According to professional sources, prices at sales outlets in other cities will (…)

Street vendors in Morocco have always had a foothold on the streets despite public policies implemented, investments devoted to the construction of markets and campaigns to free up public space.
Street vendors, a real headache for the Moroccan authorities? They are unable to overcome this problem. Yet tens of millions of dirhams have been invested in the construction of markets. Campaigns to free up public space have been organized. Commercial premises meeting standards have also been (…)