Morocco’s fisheries exports reached a record $2.7 billion in 2022

The increase in the volume of exports was the direct result of increasing demand abroad for Morocco’s fisheries products. Rabat - Morocco’s fisheries exports reached 883,000 tons, with a record value of MAD 28 billion ($2.7 billion) at the end of 2022. Fisheries exports rose by an annual average of 13% in volume and 16% in value at the end of 2022, according to Zakia Driouich, Secretary General of the Ministry of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Development, and Water and Forests. Speaking in an interview with Morocco’s state-owned media MAP, Driouich explained that the increase mainly concerned canned sardines that recorded an annual growth of 9% in volume. Other fisheries products that saw a significant increase include frozen sardines, with an export volume increase of 43%, and fishmeal and oil, with a 36% increase. The increase in the volume of exports was the direct result of increasing demand abroad on Morocco’s fisheries products. Demand for canned sardines rose by ...