Spain’s imports of fresh fruits and vegetables from [Morocco] reached 220,771 tons, worth 423 million euros. This emerges from recent data from the Spanish Federation of Fruit, Vegetable, Flower and Live Plant Producer and Exporter Associations (Fepex).
The United States has been, by far, the leading importing country of handicraft products from Fez over the past ten years, with 140.755 million dirhams. They are followed by Spain (28.929 million dirhams) and France (28.925 million dirhams).
Fighting fraud, significantly reducing import times and ensuring the quality of imported products to protect consumer safety. This is the objective of the reform implemented by the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Green and Digital Economy to improve the control system for industrial products at import.
The Union of Small Farmers and Ranchers of Andalusia (UPA) is asking the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture to "put pressure" on the European Union to revise trade agreements with third countries, including Morocco, in order to reduce fruit imports from these countries.
Morocco will record a current account deficit of 3.8% of GDP at the end of this year before easing to 2.6% in 2022. Driven by the automotive, electronics or phosphate sectors, exports are expected to grow by 14.5% in 2021, then increase by 5.6% in 2022.
Alerted by Interpol, the Moroccan police are investigating a mafia that illegally imports large quantities of botulinum toxin "botox" and sells it on the market without respecting the prescribed health rules. It is striving to put an end to this smuggling.
The Valencian Association of Farmers (AVA-ASAJA) denounces the entry into the EU market of Moroccan avocados containing a harmful phytosanitary substance, and therefore prohibited.
Morocco has seen its tomato exports to Russia collapse over the past four years, reaching less than 36,000 tons in 2020. A figure three times less than in 2016.
Will Morocco and its Iberian neighbor go as far as breaking off diplomatic relations? The question is being seriously asked after Spain’s reception of Brahim Ghali and the arrival of several hundred Moroccans in Ceuta. Economist Nabil Adel and Mohamed Badine El Yattioui, Lecturer-Researcher in International Relations at the American University of Dubai (AUD) attempt to answer the question.
Based on the positive trend in income levels, particularly a good agricultural season, and remittances from Moroccans living abroad (MRE) , the Ministry of Economy, Finance and Administrative Reform (MEFRA) has assured that the purchasing power of Moroccan families will remain at a good level.
Relations between the two "brotherly countries", Morocco and Algeria, have never been a long quiet river and in recent months, they have hardened even further with the eternal Sahara issue. But has this dispute prevented trade between Rabat and Algiers?
The General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises (CGEM) had announced on May 7 that a meeting between the confederation and Israeli business organizations was to present the key sectors of the Israeli economy, discuss the business climate and investment opportunities. In a tweet, the CGEM announced its postponement without giving details.