Morocco stops exporting tomatoes and potatoes to secure the markets and face the high prices

Vegetables

Morocco

Published Mar 1, 2023

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The Export Council for Agricultural Crops received testimonies that the State of Morocco issued a decision to ban exports of some vegetables to West African countries in order to reduce prices in the local market. The Agricultural Export Council’s letter issued by Hani Hussein, Executive Director of the Council, stated that the statements received by the Council are represented in the decision of the State of Morocco to ban exports of some types of vegetables to secure the needs of the national market, in light of the high price wave that most agricultural products are witnessing. He explained that Morocco has stopped the process of exporting potatoes, onions and tomatoes through the Guerguerat crossing, “the largest land border point in Morocco in terms of commercial activity towards West Africa. The Moroccan government is also tending to tighten control over these types of vegetables, which are witnessing an expensive wave and can pass through unofficial channels, indicating that export to European destinations is controlled by the state with producers and exporters of fruits and vegetables through licensing processes on the quantities approved by the relevant authorities.

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. The letter of the Export Council for Agricultural Crops indicated that this comes in light of the Kingdom of Morocco’s tendency to oblige producers and exporters to give priority to the national market, a measure that aims to restore price stability before the month of Ramadan, within the framework of government measures that mainly concern reducing the wave of high prices in foodstuffs. the basic. The letter stated that the National Union of Wholesale Market Associations for Vegetables and Fruits in Morocco, whose price data indicates unprecedented increases in vegetables and fruits at points of sale, and the incursion of monopolists and exploiters of crises in raising the prices and prices of vegetables and fruits, in the absence of ...

Source: Almalnews