Morocco’s Food Prices Drop Amid Lockdown, HCP Reports

In an information note on the CPI for May 2020, the institution noted that this variation is the result of a 0.6% drop in the index of food products and a 0.1% increase in the index of non-food products.

According to the same note, the declines in food products observed between April and May 2020 mainly concern "vegetables" with 2.5%, "fish and seafood" and "fruits" with 0.6%, "meats" with 0.5%, "milk, cheese and eggs" with 0.2% and "oils and fats" with 0.1%. As for "coffee, tea and cocoa", "sugar, jam, honey, chocolate and confectionery", their prices also increased by 0.1%.

Regarding non-food products, the decline affected in particular the prices of "fuels" with 0.9%. In detail, the largest drops in the CPI were recorded in Beni-Mellal with 0.9%, in Kenitra with 0.8%, in Rabat, Tangier and Errachidia with 0.4%, in Dakhla and Safi with 0.3% and in Casablanca and Fez with 0.2%. As for the increases, they were recorded in Al-Hoceima with 0.6% and in Tetouan with 0.4%.