The Spanish fishing fleet has shrunk by more than 60% since 1986. At the same time, purchases of Moroccan fish have surged by nearly 50% since 2018, fueling the anger of Spanish industry professionals, who denounce different constraints on the two sides of the Mediterranean.
French investment in Morocco reached one billion euros in 2025, its highest level in ten years. It accounted for one-third of net foreign investment inflows and almost all of their annual growth in the kingdom.
Morocco is now among the concerns of Italy’s automotive industry. The head of ANFIA fears that future European legislation intended to protect the continent’s factories could ultimately encourage imports from the Kingdom and Turkey.
Morocco has more than doubled its purchases of Argentine corn since the beginning of the year. Imports reached 1.55 million tonnes in seven months, a spectacular 133 % increase compared with 2025.
A Dutch trade publication took an in-depth look at Azura’s production operations in the Agadir region. The report describes a network of 24 farms and 600 hectares of crops, including 500 devoted to tomatoes.
Six months after the beginning of the crisis in the Middle East, the global sulfur market remains severely disrupted. The situation is particularly sensitive for Morocco: OCP has phosphate, but must massively import the sulfur essential to transforming it into fertilizer.
A virus previously known mainly in Australia has been detected in dead sardines in South Africa. As the die-offs spread, the episode is attracting attention in Morocco, where sardine stocks are already weakened. No cases have nevertheless been detected there.
U.S. exports of advanced aerospace products to Morocco exceeded one billion dollars in seven months. The amount is now close to that of Spain, while sales to the Kingdom are increasing much faster.
Sardines are becoming difficult to find in several major German retail chains. Aldi Nord, Rewe, Lidl and Kaufland acknowledge occasional shortages. The reasons are the decline in catches in Morocco and the suspension of frozen sardine exports.
Small parcels ordered from Moroccan sellers and delivered to the European Union will be subject to a new customs fee by November 1 at the latest. Its amount has yet to be set. The measure concerns e-commerce, not private shipments between relatives or friends.
The European Commission is preparing a general ban on waste exports to non-OECD countries. Morocco, which had requested to continue receiving them after May 2027, would be directly affected if the text is adopted.
The next avocado campaign could begin as early as the second half of September in Larache. With higher yields, more large-sized fruit and new packing stations, the local sector hopes to erase a difficult season and regain ground in Europe.