2023-10-07 13:08:17
Exports of Moroccan agri-food products to the Spanish market continue to grow in value and volume. This trend has maintained a surplus of around 1 billion euros in favor of Morocco in agri-food trade between the two countries over the years.
The most recent data from the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture for the year 2022 show an increase in both value and volume of exports of Moroccan agri-food products to the Spanish market. Spanish exports to Morocco also increased in value due to the increase in prices, although the exported volume decreased slightly.
In 2022, Spanish agri-food exports to Morocco represented 1.6% of total global exports, while imports from Morocco represented 3.9% of total Spanish purchases. Morocco ranks twelfth among Spanish buyers and eighth among suppliers globally.
For Morocco, Spain remains its main market, representing 22.7% of its exports, followed by France (16.7%) and the Netherlands (7.3%). However, Spain is only the fourth supplier to the Moroccan market, with a market share of 9.5%. The first places are occupied by France (18.4% of the total), Argentina (12.1%) and Brazil (11.4%).
The Spanish products most exported to Morocco in terms of value are dominated by soybean oil, which far outperforms other categories. On the Moroccan side, fruits and vegetables, in various tariff categories, are the most imported into Spain. Tomato imports exceeded 100 million euros in value last year, with a cumulative increase of 31.5% in two years.
Tomatoes are the most imported Moroccan product into the European Union (EU). In 2022, agri-food trade between Morocco and the EU also generated a surplus in favor of Morocco, reaching 618 million euros. However, this surplus decreased significantly compared to the previous year (-63.9%) due to the sharp increase in the value of EU exports to the Moroccan market (4,252 million euros, +64, 1% compared to 2021).
The EU mainly exports to Morocco wheat, soybean oil and barley, while the most exported Moroccan product to the EU is fresh and chilled tomatoes, which overtook molluscs on the list Last year. In 2022, the value of tomato sales reached 824 million euros (compared to 604.3 million in 2021 and 529.8 million in 2020). It is followed by molluscs (792.2 million euros) and red fruits, kiwis and persimmons (448.2 million).
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