2023-06-15 15:53:06
Positioning.
Due to its strategic location in the northwest of the African continent, just 15 kilometers from Europe, Morocco is a geostrategic crossroads at the crossroads of major shipping lines. This position, coupled with a port infrastructure of international dimension, provides Morocco with world-class connectivity.
Morocco is among the top 20 countries best connected to the world by sea and offers competitive access times to major markets, particularly in Europe and Africa. The African continent is making great strides towards promising prospects. Thus, by making it possible to achieve significant margins and gains for the companies that set up there, it attracts more foreign direct investment year following year.
Fully rooted in its regional ecosystem, Morocco actively contributes to this dynamic through the deployment of numerous political, economic, financial and technical cooperation initiatives that have consolidated its historic attachment to Africa. Attaching particular interest to the emergence of the continent, Morocco has created, by acting as a promoter of South-South cooperation, favorable conditions for rapprochement with other African countries, thus favoring its positioning as a point privileged entry to Africa. To develop a vocation as a logistics hub, Morocco has undertaken, for ten years, an ambitious policy of modernization of its infrastructures, in particular through the launch of large-scale projects aimed at providing the Moroccan economic fabric with a modern infrastructure. and efficient allowing it an effective opening to the international market.
Benefiting from a Royal Vision and a highly strategic priority, this policy has made it possible to achieve a major breakthrough in the development of transport infrastructure, including ports, highways and railways, with world-class facilities, effectively connecting all the regions of the Kingdom with each other and with the rest of the world and allowing better management of the flow of goods.
In order to set up a competitive and dynamic system of freight transport, adapted to the challenges of international competitiveness, Morocco has been engaged for several years in a process of liberalization of the transport sector, all modes combined. To support the logistics sector, major reforms have been initiated in the air, maritime and road transport sectors to liberalize the national market, encourage competition and private initiatives and encourage the improvement of the services offered and their alignment with standards. international.
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At the same time, undeniable progress has been made in facilitating international logistics. Morocco has, in fact, adopted many measures to facilitate and accelerate the movement of cross-border transactions, in particular through the establishment of the Port Net one-stop shop (national portal which facilitates the various foreign trade procedures) as well as important reforms of customs procedures, which has led to a significant reduction in the dwell times of containers at ports. Also, and thanks to numerous free trade agreements, Morocco now has the freest economy in North Africa.
Indeed, through its economic openness and its adherence to international trade, the Kingdom has considerably improved its performance by strengthening its integration into the world economy. Since 2010, the national market has experienced a strengthening of the fabric of logistics operators through the establishment in Morocco of numerous international suppliers of quality logistics services and services with international logistics networks and the significant development of Moroccan operators with a increasingly diversified logistics offer.
Contributing to strengthening the Kingdom’s vocation as a logistics hub and making it benefit from the trust of world-class shippers, the qualitative evolution experienced by the national supply of logistics services has been further confirmed with the installation in Morocco. of 14 3 PL service providers from the top 20 global logistics providers, 88% of which are in the top 20 of the world’s 3 PL and the international positioning, particularly on the African market, of several national operators. Thanks to a range of reforms undertaken and completed by Morocco over the past decade, the Moroccan economy has recorded one of the highest growth rates in the MENA zone.
Indeed, a panoply of ambitious sectoral plans have been launched under the impetus of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, and are part of a logic of modernization of traditional sectors such as agriculture, fishing and mining. and development of innovative sectors such as renewable energies, logistics, industry, tourism and high value-added services, where Morocco offers real competitive advantages. Set up by the public authorities, these plans, which have enabled the Moroccan economy to offer strong potential for public and private investment, contribute to making Morocco a promising market and an essential platform for investors.
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