Morocco Eases Customs Rules for Citizens Living Abroad

For all MREs, a temporary admission allows the duty-free importation of certain personal items. This provision covers personal jewelry, portable musical instruments, laptops, as well as manual or electric wheelchairs and other orthopedic accessories such as walkers, intended for people with reduced mobility. Light sports equipment, such as rackets, surfboards or golf equipment, is also included, as well as children’s toys, with the exception of remote-controlled flying objects such as drones. These items, intended for personal or family use, must be re-exported at the end of the stay. Failing that, the applicable duties and taxes will be applied. This temporary importation can be done in accompanied or unaccompanied baggage.

Furthermore, MREs engaged in a lucrative activity abroad - employees, merchants, liberal professions, seasonal workers - benefit from a total exemption for imported items without a commercial character, under certain conditions. The total value of these items must not exceed 25,000 dirhams per calendar year. In addition, this amount cannot be concentrated on a single type of item. Thus, it is not possible to import 25,000 dirhams worth of shoes, for example.

Certain items are excluded from this total exemption. These include mopeds and bicycles (except for children’s bicycles), furniture (bedrooms, dining rooms, etc.), carpets (only one carpet is allowed duty-free), new or used household appliances (refrigerators, stoves, washing machines, etc.) and television sets and similar devices.

These exemptions and tolerances are granted only once per calendar year and concern personal effects transported by the traveler and items without a commercial character. To justify their situation, MREs must present proof of their socio-professional status abroad, such as a residence permit or any other document attesting to their habitual residence abroad, as well as a work card, an employment contract, a merchant’s card or a visa for a stay of more than six months.