Morocco’s Food Prices Rise: Vegetables and Fruits Lead Consumer Cost Increases

According to the institute, food prices are rebounding slightly by 0.4% compared to the previous month. This variation is the result of a 1.0% increase in the food products index and the stagnation of the non-food products index, explains the same source.

However, the rise in food prices observed between October and November 2019 mainly concerns "vegetables" with 2.2%, "fruits" with 2.0%, "milk, cheese and eggs" with 1.8%, "fish and seafood" with 1.7%, "meats" with 1.2% and "oils and fats" with 0.7%. For non-food products, the decline mainly concerns fuel prices with 1.3%.

It should be noted that the largest increases in the CPI were recorded in Guelmim and Al-Hoceima with 1.2%, in Safi with 0.9%, in Kénitra with 0.8%, in Meknès and Tangier with 0.7%, in Casablanca with 0.6%, in Oujda, Rabat and Béni-Mellal with 0.3% and in Agadir, Fès, Marrakech and Tétouan with 0.2%.

As for the consumer price index, it recorded a 0.4% increase in November 2019, due to a 0.6% increase in the non-food products index and the stagnation of the food products index. For non-food products, the variations range from a 0.3% decrease in "transportation" to a 2.7% increase in "education", it is indicated.