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• Moroccan Diaspora Remittances Surge 45.7% to $6.8 Billion Despite Global Crisis
  2 October 2021, by Armel

  At the end of the first 8 months of 2021, funds transferred by Moroccans residing abroad amounted to 63.7 billion dirhams.
  Despite the crisis, the spectacular increase observed for several months is not waning, reports the MAP.
  According to the Office des Changes, these transfers amounted to 63.73 billion dirhams at the end of August 2021 compared to 43.7 billion dirhams, an increase of 45.7%, which represents a gap of +20 billion dirhams in one year.
  Similarly, travel receipts (…)

• Moroccan Expats Face Currency Import Limits: What You Need to Know
  12 June 2019, by Said

  Every year, several people are arrested by customs and police services at the borders for illegal "export" or "import" of currency. The Foreign Exchange Office is categorical, if the Moroccan living abroad exceeds a certain amount, he must absolutely make a prior declaration.
  In its guide for Moroccans living abroad published a few days ago, the Customs and Indirect Taxes Administration (ADII) provides a little more detail.
  "Moroccans living abroad can freely import into Morocco payment (…)

• Morocco Raises Annual Tourist Allowance to 45,000 Dirhams, Eases Foreign Exchange Rules
  2 January 2019, by Said

  The tourist allowance will increase to 45,000 dirhams per year starting January 14, the Foreign Exchange Office said in a statement.
  This allowance will increase to "45,000 dirhams per calendar year with a 10% supplement on income tax, all capped at 100,000 dirhams," the office specifies, which has just taken several measures to relax and liberalize several current operations, including travel, imports or exports of goods and services.
  The advance payment of goods imports increases to (…)

• Morocco Launches Probe into Overseas Property Purchases by Residents
  3 January 2019, by Said

  Fraudsters, the tax authorities have their eyes on you. A large-scale investigation is currently being conducted by the Foreign Exchange Office into real estate acquisitions by Moroccans abroad, particularly in Spain.
  In an interview with the newspaper l’Economiste, the director of the Foreign Exchange Office, Hassan Boulaknadal, stated that an investigation into real estate acquisitions by Moroccans with tax residency in Morocco has been launched by his services.
  And the director of (…)

• Morocco Offers 20,000 DH Emergency Fund for Citizens Stranded Abroad Due to COVID-19
  21 April 2020, by Bladi.net

  To deal with the covid-19 epidemic, the Office des Changes grants an "exceptional" tourist allocation to Moroccans stranded abroad due to the closure of air, sea and land links.
  In a press release, the Office invited people wishing to benefit from this exceptional allocation, estimated at 20,000 DH, to contact their banks.
  For the time being, no further details have been provided on this subject by the office.
  This decision is part of the many measures taken by the Moroccan government (…)

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  4 November 2020, by Sylvanus
• Moroccan Foreign Travel Spending Surges to 18.9 Billion Dirhams in 2018
  1 February 2019, by Said

  Moroccans spent a lot last year during their trips abroad, according to the latest statistics just published by the Office of Foreign Exchange.
  According to these figures released yesterday, Moroccans spent 18.9 billion dirhams in 2018, up 9% from 2017, which was already an exceptional year with 21% growth. The Foreign Exchange Office expects even higher figures next year thanks to the increase in the tourism allowance.
  Moreover, the travel surplus stands at 54.3 billion dirhams, a (…)

• Morocco’s Foreign Direct Investment Plunges 19.5% in Early 2020
  4 April 2020, by Bladi.net

  The flow of foreign direct investment in Morocco has fallen by 19.5%, or nearly 2.22 billion dirhams (MMDH) at the end of February 2020, compared to 2.75 MMDH a year earlier.
  According to the foreign trade indicators of the Foreign Exchange Office, this result is explained by the 35.1% drop in FDI receipts, however attenuated by a 49.2% drop in expenditures.
  Regarding the net flow of Moroccan direct investment abroad (IDME), it fell from 1.62 MMDH to 692 million dirhams (MDH), while (…)

• Moroccan Customs Seize Over 150,000 Euros from Expatriates at Tanger-Med Port
  21 February 2019, by Said

  Several operations by the Moroccan customs services have in recent days led to the arrest of Moroccans residing abroad, in possession of large sums of undeclared money to the Foreign Exchange Office.
  In a press release published by the MAP, customs indicate that they seized, during six operations, some 149,570 euros that "six Moroccans residing abroad were trying to bring into Morocco without going through the usual procedures". Two other operations, this time on departure, allowed the (…)

• Moroccan Authorities Probe Macron’s Ex-Aide Benalla’s Company in Foreign Exchange Investigation
  26 April 2019, by Amine

  Instra Conseil, a company allegedly owned by Alexandre Benalla according to Mediapart and several other media, would have been scrutinized by the Office of Foreign Exchange. This company is based in Marrakech and would have been used for payments in the Russian contracts affair.
  According to Jeune Afrique: "The Moroccan Office of Foreign Exchange has combed through the accounts of about ten companies. Among them, Instra Conseil, owned by Alexandre Benalla and based in Marrakech. The (…)