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Morocco, UK explore investment opportunities in food industry

Investment opportunities in Morocco’s agribusiness sector and its attractiveness to operators in the United Kingdom, were at the focus of a webinar organized Tuesday by the British Chamber of Commerce for Morocco (BritCham). Speaking on this occasion, official from the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Hamid Baadi, highlighted the importance of the national food sector, […]

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Morocco’s food industry hits 115 billion dirhams in turnover

Morocco’s food industry is a key component of the industrial fabric employing 156,000 people and generating a turnover of 115 billion dirhams, industry, investment and digital economy minister Moulay Hafid Elalamy said. Speaking at the question time at the Lower House of Parliament, Elalamy said that the sector has 1900 production plants, and that the […]

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Morocco exports 15 bln Dirhams of agricultural Products in Q1 2017

Morocco’s exports of agricultural products in the first quarter of 2017 stood at 15.25 billion dirhams, that is a 4.2% rise compared to the same period last year, Moroccan local media said quoting official statistics. With this increase, the total revenues from agricultural exports have been bolstered by 616 million dirhams compared to the first […]

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Morocco, Portugal Determined to Lift Cooperation to Higher Levels

Portuguese president Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa starts this Monday a visit to Morocco at the invitation of King Mohammed VI to give a new momentum to the thriving cooperation between the two countries. During this visit, first of its kind to an Arab country, the Portuguese Head of State will meet the Moroccan Sovereign who […]