2023-08-08 20:39:45
This surplus is down by 9.2 billion dirhams compared to a year earlier, indicates the same source, stressing that Morocco has recorded a trade surplus with France since 2017.
The Foreign Exchange Office also reports that the trade balance remained in deficit vis-à-vis Spain, Morocco’s leading trading partner. The trade deficit thus widened from 7.8 billion dirhams to 19.9 billion dirhams in 2022.
In addition, the report specifies that trade with China has generated a worsening trade deficit since 2011. This deficit reached 70.6 billion dirhams in 2022 against 58.7 billion dirhams in 2021 and 21.7 billion dirhams in 2011.
Regarding the trade deficit vis-à-vis the United States, it also widened to 40.4 billion dirhams in 2022.
The trade balance vis-à-vis Saudi Arabia remained in deficit with a deterioration of 31 billion dirhams in 2022 compared to the previous year. The trade deficit amounted to 46.7 billion dirhams.
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