Morocco Tightens Restrictions on Turkish Products for 5 Years

[Alithemoor1]

Alliance of Arab dictatorships against democratic Turkish Republic? I don't know about any hostile act or statement from Turkey against Morocco.

LOL, look at all the Turkish members throwing a hissy-fit. Morocco loses yearly 2 Billion USD to Turkey in Textile alone because of their dumping and also imposing restrictions on Moroccan textile exports violating the Free Trade agreement signed by the two countries.
Turkey doesn't play fair.

Never saw Turkish products in Morocco only Chinese ones. Doubt it will affect the Turks.

Just two Billion USD In Textile exports.

 

[Alithemoor1]

No, there is no boycott of Turkish products here in Morocco. This is fake news. Morocco warned Turkey last year over their dumping and violating FTA agreement. Morocco is not even in the camp with UAE and Saudi Arabia. Relations between the two parties have soured since three years now.
Article from last year.
Morocco to Walk Out of Free Trade Deal With Turkey

As Morocco plans to walk out of its Free Trade Agreement with Turkey, Moroccan textile producers are set to be the big winners.

By
Tamba François Koundouno
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Nov 22, 2019


Rabat – The commercial cooperation between Morocco and Turkey is set to face uncertain, rough times as Moroccan authorities argue for reviewing “some of our Free Trade Agreements.”

Recent reports have indicated that Morocco has been “burdened with all sorts of Turkish products” since the 2006 trade deal between Rabat and Ankara. Turkey, meanwhile, has reportedly not held its end of the bargain, with Moroccan products said to still be facing customs obstacles when entering Turkish markets.

The news came on Tuesday this week as Moulay Hafid Elalamy, the Moroccan Minister for Trade and Industry, responded to questions from both the General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises (CGEM) and the Upper House of the Moroccan parliament.

On the issue of the free trade deals Morocco has struck with a number of partners over the years, Elalamy said there was a need for a wholesale “review of all the trade agreements we have signed in recent years.”

The main reason for the review, he told CGEM, is to draw a clearer picture of where Morocco stands—in terms of financial advantages and other structural benefits—with regards to its multiple deals with various trading partners. There fundamentally is a need to discard the “agreements that do not benefit our economy and our country,” the Moroccan minister is said to have insisted.


Later speaking to Al Akhbar, a Moroccan Arabic news outlet, a source from the industry ministry said that the Morocco-Turkey deal has been more beneficial for the Turkish side. While various Turkish products have made their way into Moroccan markets, the reverse has not been true.

According to the source, Turkey-bound Moroccan merchandises continue to face the same customs hurdles as before the establishment of the bilateral agreement between the two countries.

As a result, the source added, Morocco’s trade balance with Turkey has been negatively impacted by the overflow of Turkish products in Moroccan markets. Vis-à-vis Turkey, Morocco’s trade deficit has quadrupled since the 2006 agreement, the source noted. While the deficit was MAD 4.4 billion in 2006 (nearly $416 million), the number jumped in recent years, standing at MAD 16 billion in 2018.

Bumps in the road
A 2009 study by the Moroccan minister of economy and finance had foreseen the bumps on the road of what was then seen as a promising trade agreement between Rabat and Ankara.

“The coming into effect of the Free Trade Agreement with Turkey, combined with the consolidated rate of growth of the Turkish economy, should strengthen the potential for bilateral trade between Morocco and Turkey,” said the study.

Turning to “potential threats” to the Morocco-Turkey commercial relations, however, it noted, “the agreement also entails some risks for the national economy, even though provisions taking into account the specifics of each economy (notably relating to farming) have been included.

“The great similarity between the two economies may turn them into competitors rather than full partners. In such cases, the intended benefit may be unequally shared, with Turkish companies, ahead in terms of competitive edge and advantage, reaping greater benefit.”

The news of Morocco planning to abandon its free trade deal with Turkey is set to be well received by Moroccan textile producers, who, over the years, have repeatedly expressed their discontent with what they saw as a relentless flow of Turkish products into Morocco.

One big winner of the Morocco-Turkey agreement is LC Waikiki. With its high quality but affordable products, the clothing store has emerged as the go-to place for many Moroccans.

Meanwhile, there have been complaints in recent months over the continued flow of Turkish textile products for endangering the entire Moroccan textile industry, and causing the loss of as many as 43,000 jobs between 2013 and 2017.

In a statement earlier this year, Rakiya Eddarhem, Morocco’s Secretary of State for Foreign Trade, sounded the alarm bells regarding the future of the Moroccan textile industry. Moroccan textile producers, as Eddarhem sees it, are faced with an unsustainable and unbalanced competition from their more advanced Turkish peers.

“The continuous increase in Turkish products has reduced the volume of textile sales of several producers in the local market,” he said.

 

[gangsta_rap]

LOL, look at all the Turkish members throwing a hissy-fit. Morocco loses years 2 Billion USD to Turkey in Textile alone because of their dumping and also imposing restrictions on Moroccan textile exports violating the Free Trade agreement signed by the two countries.
Turkey doesn't play fair.

Just two Billion USD In Textile exports.

Morocco tackles painful role in Spain's past

Slimane Betmaki smiles at the memory of the terror he inflicted on Spanish villagers on behalf of former dictator Francisco Franco.

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Marocchinate - Wikipedia

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[Alithemoor1]

Morocco tackles painful role in Spain's past

Slimane Betmaki smiles at the memory of the terror he inflicted on Spanish villagers on behalf of former dictator Francisco Franco.

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Marocchinate - Wikipedia

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Those moroccans fought under the command of General Franco and he is responsible for whatever violations they are accused of.
What does this have to do with the topic, dumb troll? Google Spain's chemical attacks on Morocco.
Should I show you the atrocities committed by the Spaniards in Morocco or by the French?

 

[gangsta_rap]

What does this have to do with the topic, dumb troll?
Should I show you the atrocities committed by the Spaniards in Morocco or by the French?

i wanted to a serve a reminder on the key contributions that morroccans have made in the modern era
isn't it impressive? i am sure it puts the turks to shame

 

[Unite & Defend]

ARABS ARE COMPROMISED

 

[Alithemoor1]

i wanted to a serve a reminder on the key contributions that morroccans have made in the modern era
isn't it impressive? i am sure it puts the turks to shame

You are one special kind of stupid, aren't you? lol
Those served under General Franco. They were part of a Spanish civil war. So, let me get this straight, you think that Moroccan soldiers accused of rape of hundreds of women in a World War under the command of the French and the Spanish is worse than Turkey committing an actual genocide killing over 1.6 million people?
By the way, the US soldiers themselves are accused of rape of thousands of French women during the same war.

 

[gangsta_rap]

is worse than Turkey committing an actual genocide killing over 1.6 million people?

yes it is worse because no honest historian ackowledges the events surrounding armenians in ww1 as genocide.
in fact the armenians were strong enough that they had a standing army during the turkish war of independence

if some magical genocide basicly broke the back of armenians across anatolia and the caucasus where did they amass an entire army from?

statements from bernard lewis in this respect:

 

[EasyNow]

Game of chess getting very interesting now...

 

[Oublious]

What a dumb action, we exported in 2017 for 1.6 billion worth goods fto Morroco. Same time we imported for almost 1 billion goods. The loser will be Morroco for what textile industry.


Brake the trade agreement, ther is better and richer countries to trade...

 

[HAIDER]

Yesterday I bought Turkish figs .....

 

[Trango Towers]

Trade with Israel and blockade Turkey. How Allah reveals the sons of zionists

 

[Wilhelm II]

You don't have any other way to begin with.. in other words, you don't have any option, if you try to liberate your kind you will meet the same fate as Mohammed Morsi and thousands other.

As for democratic heaven, well we maybe not, but we are striving for it atleast in our countries.

Grow up democracy under political parties is like a game sometimes win sometimes lose but a system that always choose best way is much better

 

[TheSnakeEatingMarkhur]

Morocco joins Saudi Arabia, UAE in de-facto boycott of Turkish goods

Turkish exporters are struggling with shrinking markets as Morocco appears to have joined the countries that are effectively boycotting all products made in Turkey. Sources from the Moroccan Ministry of Trade indicate that measures have been put in place to prevent unfair competition from...

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Turkish exporters are struggling with shrinking markets as Morocco appears to have joined the countries that are effectively boycotting all products made in Turkey. Sources from the Moroccan Ministry of Trade indicate that measures have been put in place to prevent unfair competition from Turkish textile producers who are dominating the local market.

After hiking taxes on imported Turkish goods by 90 percent, Morocco appears to be joining Saudi Arabia and the UAE in a de-facto boycott of products made in Turkey amid rising regional tensions.

Turkish exporters have had difficulties in the Saudi Arabian and Emirati markets as those countries have maintained an unofficial policy of not importing Turkish goods for more than a year.

Those difficulties have spread to North Africa, which normally present substantial markets to Turkish exporters. In 2019, Algeria imported $1.86 billion in Turkish goods while Morocco hauled in $2.24 billion, according to figures from the Turkish Exporters’ Assembly (TİM).

In recent weeks, however, Turkey has had trouble in North African countries, and Morocco in particular, following exorbitant tax hikes, Reuters reported.

The Moroccan tax increase is reportedly slated to be in place for the next five years. Sources from the Moroccan Ministry of Trade indicate that measures have been put in place to prevent unfair competition from Turkish textile producers who are dominating the local market.

“There has always been a tough situation with Morocco. It imposes high tariffs, especially at customs duties checkpoints, in order to support more domestic production. But the fact that Morocco is now included in the equation with Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Egypt has made its attitude towards us a little more difficult, it has become tougher than before,” said Giyasettin Eyüpkoca, president of the Laleli Industrialists and Businessman’s Association (LASİAD)

Akhis trying to take over Kardasham now lets see what happens instead of being together we the Ummah are pulling eachother down like lobsters

 

[Alithemoor1]

What a dumb action, we exported in 2017 for 1.6 billion worth goods fto Morroco. Same time we imported for almost 1 billion goods. The loser will be Morroco for what textile industry.


Brake the trade agreement, ther is better and richer countries to trade...

No