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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

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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%