Morocco: Food Processing Ingredients

  |   Attaché Report (GAIN)   |   MO2022-0008

Morocco’s food processing sector plays an essential role in the Moroccan economy, accounting for 6 percent of Moroccan GDP and benefits from excellent infrastructure, world-class manufacturing facilities, and convenient access to neighboring African markets. Under the U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement (FTA), a large number of tariffs for food processing products were phased out.

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