Reviewing Agricultural Trade Policies
To Promote Intra-OIC Agricultural Trade
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Figure 4. 14 Agricultural Exports and Imports, Product Groups, Billion USD, Morocco, 2016
Source: CEPII BACI, Eurostat RAMON, UN Comtrade, UN Trade Statistics, and authors’ calculations
Trade policies in Morocco in terms of preferential trade agreements have been influenced by
Agadir, EFTA, EU, Global Systemof Trade Preferences among Developing Countries (GSTP), Pan-
Arab Free Trade Area (PAFTA) agreements. Most of the free trade agreements are developed in
parallel to these trade blocs. Currently, Morocco is part of free trade agreements with 86
countries worldwide including 28 OIC member countries (Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Benin,
Cameroon, Egypt, Guinea, Guyana, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya,
Malaysia, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia,
Turkey, UAE, and Yemen). (WTO, RTA-IS)
Figure 4. 15 Breakdown of Morocco’s Agricultural Export Destinations, 2016
Source: CEPII BACI, Eurostat RAMON, UN Comtrade, UN Trade Statistics, authors’ visualizations
Agri-food products; 3.6
Agri-food products; 4.6
Fish products; 2.0
Fish products; 0.2
Agri-rawmaterials; 0.0
Agri-rawmaterials; 0.3
- 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0
Export
Import
Agri-food products Fish products Agri-rawmaterials
EU-28
%62
NAFTA
%5
MERCOSUR
%1
ASEAN
%1
OIC %14
Top 5
Partner
Share
Spain 21%
France 16%
Russia 6%
Netherlands 6%
Italy 5%