Presented in Algeria as a future threat to Moroccan phosphate, the Bled El Hadba project is expected to produce 2.4 million tonnes of phosphate fertilizers per year. OCP already has a capacity of 15 million tonnes and is targeting 20 million as early as 2027.
Moroccan olive oil production could fall back to 100 million kilos during the 2026-2027 campaign, compared with 180 million this season. A 44% decline that would abruptly end the rebound recorded after several years of drought.
A punnet of snack tomatoes from Morocco is being sold for the equivalent of nearly 100 dirhams per kilo in some stores in the Netherlands. In Morocco, the wholesale price of tomatoes did not exceed 4.50 dirhams on August 21 in Casablanca.
In Toulouse supermarkets, some tomatoes are sold for up to 7.45 euros per kilo, compared with 1.89 euros for a variety imported from Morocco. A spectacular gap as the price of vine tomatoes has jumped by 31% in one year.
Five months after the Russian imports controversy, U.S. authorities announce that Morocco now accepts pork casings from the United States. A strictly regulated opening from a health and safety standpoint.
Despite tensions surrounding Ceuta, Morocco and Spain have never been so closely linked economically. Trade, automotive, textiles, tourism and energy now form an interconnected web of interests that a prolonged crisis would make both countries pay for.
Algeria harvested 2.52 million tonnes of watermelon in 2024, compared with 339,454 tonnes in Morocco. But on international markets, the balance is dramatically reversed: Moroccan sales reached 94 million dollars, 436 times the value recorded by Algeria.
Spain spent nearly 58 million euros purchasing Moroccan olive oil in the first half of 2026, compared with just 641,000 euros a year earlier. A spectacular surge in a country that nevertheless comfortably dominates global production.
Morocco’s military purchases from France underwent a major shift in 2025. Recorded orders reached 532.1 million euros, compared with just 13.1 million euros a year earlier—an increase of more than 40-fold.
Textile workers in Tangier are leaving factories to join teams paid by the piece, which are seen as freer and more profitable. The system is used by manufacturers to handle foreign orders, but ultimately worsens their labor shortage.
In 2025, the European Union bought €25.5 billion worth of goods from Morocco and €26.5 billion from Algeria. With a difference of only one billion euros, the amounts are almost identical. But the composition of exports is radically different.
Shipments of American almonds to Morocco soared by 49% in a single campaign. The Kingdom received nearly 40,000 tonnes, becoming by far the leading North African market for Californian producers.