Morocco has stepped up its commercial defense measures throughout 2025 to shield domestic industries from an alarming increase in imports sold at dumping prices or in excessive volumes.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade has deployed a full arsenal of anti-dumping duties, provisional measures, safeguards, and extensions, to restore fair competition across several industrial sectors.
The latest decision, announced on December 23, imposes a definitive anti-dumping duty of 27% on imports of LED luminaires for public lighting originating from China.
This follows an investigation launched in September 2024, which concluded that Chinese exporters engaged in dumping practices that inflicted significant harm on Morocco’s domestic producers.
Authorities cited falling production, shrinking market share, and mounting losses as key indicators of injury.
Just weeks earlier, on November 24, the ministry imposed definitive anti-dumping duties on PVC imports from Egypt, citing some of the highest dumping margins ever recorded.
On December 22, provisional anti-dumping duties were applied to galvanized steel wire imports from Egypt and the UAE. Preliminary findings revealed dumping margins of up to 50.67% for Egyptian exporters and 52.71% for Emirati suppliers.
Import volumes skyrocketed from 112 tons in 2020 to nearly 14,669 tons by September 2024, exerting intense pressure on domestic prices and market share.
The ministry also activated safeguard measures in the wood industry. On February 12, a provisional safeguard was imposed on imports of coated fiberboard panels (PFBR) for three years, adding a specific duty of 1 dirham per kilogram beyond a quota of 16,000 tons.
Imports had surged dramatically, up 43% in 2020, 98% in 2021, and 73% in 2023 compared to the previous year.
The ministry opened a review on December 19 to prolong anti-dumping duties on Egyptian plywood (currently 28.13%) and launched investigations into imports of textile floor coverings from Jordan and Egyptian carpets from Oriental Weavers earlier in the year.
