
Foreign Textile Investors Explore Business Opportunities in Tangier, Morocco
A delegation of foreign investors operating in the textile industry visited Tangier on Tuesday to inquire about business opportunities in the region.

A delegation of foreign investors operating in the textile industry visited Tangier on Tuesday to inquire about business opportunities in the region.

Moroccan yarn is in high demand by entrepreneurs in the Mexican textile sector, specialized in the manufacture of sweaters, who are facing a shortage of yarn due to the situation in China, their main producer.

Zara has launched its new SRPLS collection for the spring-summer 2022 season. Produced in Morocco, this new limited edition collection focuses on elegance and refinement.

The Moroccan ready-to-wear industry would be in danger. The domestic market would be illegally competed by an online Chinese sales site, taking advantage of a legal loophole and jeopardizing competition. Concerned, professionals are alerting the authorities.

Morocco has just revised the list of products requiring compliance verification for import. Clothing fabrics are now on this list.

Morocco has established itself in recent years as one of the main supply hubs for the textile and clothing sector in Europe, America and Africa, thanks to a cheap labor force. But increasingly, the kingdom is facing competition from Turkey.

The Moroccan customs authority announced the extension for one year of the safeguard measure on imports of clothing and textile products from Turkey.

Cannabis is one of the products of the future for the Moroccan textile sector, and it will contribute to strengthening its competitiveness.

The Moroccan caftan is in the spotlight at the 70th Miss Universe 2021 edition taking place in Israel. It is sublimated by the young Miss Morocco, Kawtar Benhalima, in the running for the crown and dressed by the Moroccan stylist Samira Haddouchi.

Textile professionals want to promote local consumption, by dressing Moroccans with national brands. A new marketing strategy has been designed for this purpose to boost export sales.

Most Moroccans prefer to wear foreign brand clothes, thus neglecting national products. This is revealed by a study carried out by the Averty polling firm for the Moroccan Denim and Fashion Cluster (MDFC).

With the resurgence of Delta variant cases in China and Vietnam, several major clothing and footwear companies are leaving these countries to settle in countries closer to their stores in the United States, Europe or Morocco.