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• Turkish Furniture Brands Expand in Morocco, Challenging Local Market
  7 December 2019, by Sylvanus

  While many Turkish companies have been able to establish their hegemony in Casablanca, Rabat, Tangier and Marrakech, some Moroccan brands are betting on exports to cope with local competition. A choice that is not visibly easy.
  Thanks to a free trade agreement that came into force in 2006 and a market maturity that places more trust in made-in-Turkey products, the openings of franchise stores through Turkish investors are multiplying, notes La Vie Eco.
  "The opening of new stores is not (…)

• Morocco Eases Import Rules for Expats: Used Furniture and Appliances Now Duty-Free
  4 January 2024, by Prince

  The Moroccan Ministry of Industry and Trade has lifted the restrictions on the import by Moroccans residing abroad of used wooden furniture, carpets and other used household appliances.
  Effective November 13, the measure restricting the import of these used furniture and items has been lifted by the Ministry of Industry and Trade. An import license is no longer required to import used wooden furniture, used mattresses and bedding items, used carpets and floor coverings, and used household (…)

• Morocco’s Trade Deficit Widens as Imports Outpace Export Growth
  7 September 2019, by Ginette

  Moroccan imports have risen by 3.7% according to TelQuel, from 280.7 to over 291 billion dirhams (MDH), from January to July 2019. They mainly concern the acquisition of high value-added capital goods. Even if exports have also increased, the increase in value is twice lower than that of imports.
  Morocco, according to TelQuel, exports more products and services in the aeronautics sector, a sector that recorded an 11.5% increase, with nearly one billion dirhams in growth, over the period (…)

• WTO Rules Against Morocco’s Anti-Dumping Duties on Tunisian School Notebooks
  18 August 2021, by Armel

  This dispute brought before the WTO concerns the anti-dumping duties set by Morocco, ranging from 15.69% to 27.71% on Tunisian school notebooks from January 2019. Tunisia filed its complaint with the WTO the following month. A panel of three WTO persons examined for Tunisia a series of points raised concerning Morocco’s examination of a possible undercutting of prices and its calculation of what should be a "normal" price.
  The WTO has indeed ruled in favor of Tunisia, which contested the (…)

• Melilla Faces Fish Shortage as Moroccan Imports Halt for Second Day
  20 February 2019, by Said

  The inhabitants and professionals of the city of Melilla are beginning to seriously worry about the non-arrival of fish from Morocco. Yesterday was the second day the city did not receive any fish from the kingdom.
  Moroccan fish represents a third of what is consumed daily by the inhabitants of Melilla, the remaining two-thirds come from the peninsula, reports the newspaper El Faro de Melilla, which adds that the city should not run out of this highly prized food by locals.
  To be able (…)

• Morocco Proposes Tax Reforms for 2020: VAT, Import Duties, and Beverage Taxes Set to Change
  20 September 2019, by Bladi.net

  For the 2020 Finance Bill project, changes are announced on VAT on imports, the Domestic Consumption Tax (TIC) and on import duties. Thus, revisions to these levels of taxation by the State are envisaged next year.
  According to L’Economiste, "the proposals would already be ready" and it only remains to validate them. The newspaper states that in addition to the taxes mentioned, a new increase in the Domestic Consumption Tax (TIC) on flavored and sweetened carbonated and non-carbonated (…)

• Morocco Boosts Agri-Food Sector with New Import Substitution Strategy
  21 November 2020, by Jérôme

  Operators in the fruit and vegetable processing sector will benefit from the new import substitution strategy of the Ministry of Industry. The Moroccan government has just adopted a draft decree to this effect.
  The draft decree on the quality of canned and semi-preserved vegetables (tomato concentrate, sweet corn, palm heart...) whose regulatory provisions will soon come into force, comes to accompany and structure the sector whose export dynamics is strong, reports Les Inspirations Éco. (…)

• Morocco’s State Revenues Plummet 80 Billion Dirhams Amid COVID-19 Crisis
  3 February 2021, by Bladi.net

  The coronavirus crisis has strongly impacted state revenues. At the end of 2020, they stood at 80 billion DH, said Monday, the head of government, Saâdeddine El Othmani before the deputies of the House of Representatives.
  During this meeting, Saâdeddine El Othmani recalled the various measures taken by the government to encourage domestic production. According to the head of government, domestic production is on the right track, because between April and November 2020, the coverage rate (…)

• Study: 75% of Moroccans Prefer Foreign Clothing Brands Over Local Fashion
  25 November 2021, by Prince

  Most Moroccans prefer to wear foreign brand clothes, thus neglecting national products. This is revealed by a study carried out by the Averty polling firm for the Moroccan Denim and Fashion Cluster (MDFC).
  According to the study entitled "How does the Moroccan dress in 2021?", only a quarter of Moroccans have a preference for national products. The majority, or the remaining three-quarters, prefer foreign brands when it comes to clothing. In the quarter of Moroccans who have a preference (…)

• Tunisia Challenges Morocco’s Notebook Tariffs in WTO Trade Dispute
  1 March 2019, by Said

  The World Trade Organization (WTO) has finally been seized by Tunisia following Morocco’s decision to impose anti-dumping duties on imports of notebooks from Tunisia.
  This request was submitted last Wednesday to the WTO members, report several local media. Tunisia believes that Morocco has not acted in accordance with the WTO Anti-Dumping Agreement and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), signed in Marrakech in 1994.
  Last December, the Tunisian Minister of Commerce had (…)