Moroccan government grants full tax exemption for imports of beef and lamb from Brazil

In an official decision formalized by means of a letter, the Government of Morocco announced the granting of a quota of 20 thousand tons of beef, sheep, goat and camelid meat from Brazil, with full exemption from Value Added Tax (VAT) on imports. The measure was communicated by the Ministries of Economy and Finance, Agriculture, and Industry and Commerce of Morocco as part of a strategy to stimulate the local agricultural sector and guarantee the supply of food in the country. The achievement of this exempt quota is a direct result of the official Brazilian mission carried out in April of this year, under the leadership of the Deputy Secretary of Commerce and International Relations of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (Mapa), Julio Ramos. During the mission, the Brazilian delegation, with support from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and participation from the Brazilian ambassador to Morocco, Alexandre Parola, and agricultural attaché Ellen Laurindo, made progress in ...