Moroccan Exporters Plan Post-Pandemic Recovery Amid Logistics Challenges

The remote meeting of the Logistics Commission of the Moroccan Association of Exporters (ASMEX), led by Hassan Sentissi El Idrissi, President of ASMEX, and the Vice-President and President of the Logistics Commission, Abdelaziz Mantrach, is part of the preparations for the post-covid-19 crisis. Several themes were discussed and a series of recommendations were made on the occasion. The meeting made it possible to examine the logistical problems encountered by exporters during the covid-19 pandemic. Digitalization and e-commerce were discussed as a very important lever for growth in the post-crisis period. Securing and strengthening production chains as much as possible and reducing their dependence on foreign countries should be objectives for the post-crisis period, ASMEX stressed.

Abdelaziz Mantrach, President of the Logistics Commission, indicated that preparation for the post-covid-19 period is a delicate turning point to negotiate. "Some companies will succeed in this because they have already anticipated the impacts of the crisis through monitoring and have adapted; but others will unfortunately find themselves in great difficulty. It is our duty to support and help them overcome the crisis, or rather the crises related to covid-19," he noted. To this end, the President of ASMEX recalled that companies should prepare to put in place real roadmaps, accompanied by new safety and hygiene measures, as well as new commercial and logistical approaches.

All air, land and sea logistics chains are being disrupted by the spread of the new coronavirus and the measures taken by governments to fight the pandemic, ASMEX said. A difficult situation for Moroccan industrialists and importers who are experiencing stock shortages, production lines at a standstill due to lack of inputs, suspended contracts and payment deficits, the newspaper reports, noting that the ASMEX Logistics Commission calls on exporters to be more vigilant in international negotiations, due to the insolvency of some customers and the increase in risks. In the future, the exporter must develop his ability to anticipate and plan for uncertainties and must have a flexible business model to be able to change product, destination market and diversify sources of supply, ASMEX proposes.