Morocco’s Foreign Direct Investment Plunges 42% in Early 2021

In its recent bulletin on monthly foreign trade indicators, the Office of Foreign Exchange indicated that the net FDI flow reached 1.609 billion dirhams at the end of February 2021, a drop of 42.2% compared to the end of February 2020. This decline is due to a 8.1% decrease in FDI receipts, from 4.124 billion dirhams to 3.788 billion dirhams, and a 62.7% increase in expenditures.

However, the net flow of Moroccan direct investment abroad (MDIO) increased by 591 million dirhams in the first two months of 2021, reaching 1.706 billion dirhams at the end of February 2021, compared to 1.027 billion dirhams over the same period in 2020. As for the disposals of these investments, they increased by 31.5%.