The Ministry of Industry and Trade in Morocco imposes additional fees on canned Egyptian tomatoes

The investigation conducted by the Ministry of Industry and Trade led to the imposition of anti-dumping duties of 29.93 percent on imports of canned tomatoes from Egypt, despite the fact that there is a free trade agreement between Morocco and this country within the framework of the “Agadir Declaration” agreement. The Ministry had opened this investigation in month August 2023, based on a complaint received from the National Federation of Food Industries, on behalf of three Moroccan companies that constitute 96 percent of the national production of canned tomatoes. The latter demanded an anti-dumping measure practiced by exporters of canned tomatoes from Egypt to the Moroccan market. The existence of a dumping policy. It was adopted by Egyptian producers, and was deduced on the basis of a comparison between the average normal value at the “exit from the factory” stage, and the average adjusted export price at the “exit from the factory” stage for the product under investigation, ...