The Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE) has just tabled in Congress a bill aimed at fighting the fraud that consists in changing the label of Moroccan fruits and vegetables to give them a Spanish origin.
Morocco has increased the subsidy allocated to soft wheat which, since the beginning of the current year, is estimated at more than 3 billion dirhams. This was announced on Thursday in Rabat by Mustapha Baitas, Minister Delegate in charge of Relations with Parliament, government spokesman.
Morocco plans to import three million quintals of soft wheat and one million quintals of durum wheat to secure its strategic cereal stock. On Wednesday, a new call for tenders, whose bids will be opened on May 17, was launched in this direction.
Since January 2021, the date of the entry into force of the trade agreement between Morocco and the United Kingdom, Moroccan exports of fruits and vegetables to the country have exploded, increasing by about 40%, the majority of which are tomatoes and citrus fruits.
Agriculture Minister Mohamed Sadiki announced during his last appearance in parliament that cereal production this year will be greatly reduced due to the drought that Morocco is experiencing.
Morocco has just revised the list of products requiring compliance verification for import. Clothing fabrics are now on this list.
Morocco has withdrawn from its market a batch of frozen pizzas of the Buitoni brand suspected of being the source of about fifty contaminations and two deaths in France.
Despite the severe drought and the effects of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Morocco has been able to secure its wheat needs this year. Along with Nigeria, the kingdom is one of the few countries in Africa to succeed in this challenge.
Morocco is preparing to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) via the Maghreb-Europe gas pipeline (GME) during the month of Ramadan. Last March, the kingdom and Spain had concluded an agreement in this regard.
The government has reacted to the rumor concerning the dangerousness of dates imported by Morocco, particularly from Algeria . These are the subject of a very active boycott campaign on social networks.
Since this Friday, April 1st, Morocco has applied an anti-dumping duty on imports of carpets and other mechanically manufactured floor coverings, originating from China, Egypt or Jordan.
Oksana Vasilyeva, Ukraine’s ambassador to Rabat, provided clarifications on the interruption of Ukrainian wheat to Morocco, following the Russian invasion launched on February 24.