Reviewing Agricultural Trade Policies
To Promote Intra-OIC Agricultural Trade
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than Morocco are Algeria, Bangladesh, Benin, Cameroon, Egypt, Guinea, Guyana, Indonesia, Iran,
Iraq, Libya, Malaysia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sudan, and Tunisia.
Table 4. 24 NTM Types and NTM Affected Products, Morocco
Sector NTM Type Share % Count
Animal 1 type 9.5 32
Animal 2 types 22.3 75
Animal 3+ types 36.6 123
Animal No NTMs 31.6 106
Vegetable 1 type 2.6 9
Vegetable 2 types 8.0 28
Vegetable 3+ types 81.2 286
Vegetable No NTMs 8.2 29
Food Products 1 type 7.1 15
Food Products 2 types 23.2 49
Food Products 3+ types 62.1 131
Food Products No NTMs 7.6 16
Hides and Skins 1 type 15.9 11
Hides and Skins 2 types 68.1 47
Hides and Skins 3+ types 1.2 1
Hides and Skins No NTMs 14.5 10
Wood 1 type 0.4 1
Wood 3+ types 38.7 91
Wood No NTMs 60.9 143
Source: WITS
Morocco is a member of the Mediterranean Agriculture Market Information Network (MED-
AMIN) launched in February 2014. Other OIC members of MED-AMIN are Albania, Algeria,
Egypt, Lebanon, Tunisia, and Turkey.
4.2.3. Stakeholders’ Perceptions in Morocco
As in the case of Turkey, the two ministries responsible for agriculture and trade are major
actors in developing and coordinating agricultural trade policies. Thus, the directors and experts
from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Rural Development, Water and Forests and from the
Department of Foreign Trade in the Ministry of Industry, Investment, Trade and Digital
Economy are included in the list of interviewees. The key informant interview has also been
conducted with academics working on agriculture and agricultural trade, the experts from the
Islamic Center of Development and Trade and from the OCP Policy Center, and the Chamber of
Agriculture in Casablanca and Settat.