Merchant pressure is forcing the Mauritanian government to backtrack on the decision to ban Moroccan vegetables

Published 2021년 4월 9일

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The Mauritanian government has reversed its decision to reduce agricultural imports from Morocco following strong opposition from merchants. The government had previously implemented measures to encourage the national production of vegetables, including banning the import of carrots and limiting the daily import of tomatoes. However, the Mauritanian Minister of Trade, Al-Naha Hamdi Meknes, has now asked her competent interests to stop these measures and remove any obstacles to the supply of these materials from Morocco.

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Our Moroccan news: Abdellah Bou Sahaba After strong opposition expressed by a large number of merchants, the Mauritanian government decided to reverse its previous decision to "reduce" some of its agricultural imports from Morocco, under the pretext of "encouraging the national product of vegetables." On the issue, the Mauritanian Minister of Trade, Al-Naha Hamdi Meknes, confirmed yesterday in a letter to the Minister of Finance, Mohamed El-Amine Ould Al-Dahabi, that it had been decided: “To cancel all protection measures that were taken with the motive of encouraging the national product of vegetables,” before adding She said: "I ask you to direct your competent interests to stop the implementation of the aforementioned procedures and to stop any obstacles to the supply of the mentioned materials." It is worth noting that the Mauritanian Ministry of Trade and Tourism had ...

Source: Akhbarona