Morocco imported 3.98 million tons of cereals and derivatives in the first five months of the 2026/27 campaign, from June 1 to October 31, down 20% from about 4.96 million tons a year earlier, according to L’Economiste daily. The fall of 980,000 tons is based on figures from the cereal and legume traders’ federation (FNCL).
Raw cereals fell 29% to 2.94 million tons, while derivatives rose 30% to 1.04 million. Monthly averages show the shift: raw imports declined from 833,000 to 588,000 tons, derivatives rose from 160,000 to 208,000, and the total eased from 993,000 to 797,000. Soft wheat dropped 75% to 516,000 tons, which L’Economiste links to good coverage of needs and optimized reserves. Imports of biscuit soft wheat and oats nearly stopped, and soybean imports ceased entirely.
Among derivatives, soybean meal rose 52% to 446,000 tons, beet pulp 56% to 124,000, sunflower meal 15% to 166,000, wheat bran 30% to 121,000 and soy hulls 27% to 63,000. Corn distillers’ grains fell 16% to 79,000 tons, rapeseed meal 37% to 20,000 and alfalfa 13% to 5,000.
Imports remain concentrated in two ports. Casablanca handled 61%, or 2.43 million tons, and Jorf Lasfar 26%, or 1.04 million, together 87% of the total. Agadir took 10%, while Nador and Safi handled 1.9% and 1%. L’Economiste calls for modernizing unloading equipment and extending storage.
Argentina was the leading supplier with 1.52 million tons, including 1.12 million of corn. France followed with 571,000 tons, mainly soft wheat and barley, then Canada with 471,000 of durum, the United States with 341,000, Brazil with 296,000 of corn, Russia with 216,000 and Latvia with 193,000. The balance came from Germany, Nigeria, Bulgaria, Romania, Angola, the Netherlands and Spain.
