Far-Right Vox Party Slams Morocco’s High Tariffs on Spanish Exports, Demands Government Action

The deputy spokesman of the Vox parliamentary group in Andalusia, Rodrigo Alonso, denounced on Wednesday, during a press conference, the silence of the government of Pedro Sánchez in the face of this alleged commercial inequality that has persisted "for a long time". "For the goat meat that we export to Morocco from Spain, the customs duties are 200%, while the one that enters Spain from Morocco is subject to 0% customs duties," he explained.

Regarding sheep meat, "Andalusian producers are subject to a 100% tariff, while the one that comes from Morocco enters Spain without additional cost," he detailed. According to Alonso, Morocco imposes 81% on Andalusian dairy products, 40% on vegetable oils, 32% on semolina and flour, and 18% on cereals. On the other hand, Spain does not apply any customs duty rate on these products from Morocco, he said.

"No one has denounced this situation so far," lamented the Vox spokesman, denouncing the passivity of the central government and the regional governments. Alonso notably reproached the Andalusian president, Juanma Moreno Bonilla, for not providing any solution to the "global tariff earthquake". "Moreno Bonilla sits down with Morocco, China and India, but the logical thing to do is to negotiate with those who impose the tariffs".

The official also warned that countries like Morocco and China "are unfairly competing with us with slave labor and are recovering the industries that we are losing in Andalusia". A situation that, according to Vox, further aggravates the damage caused to the primary sector and the regional industry, already affected by the European Green Pact. "We are on the side of our producers, not those who are stifling them," he concluded.