Reviewing Agricultural Trade Policies
To Promote Intra-OIC Agricultural Trade
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In summary,
 Arab group has the highest share in Morocco’s agri-food exports with a share of 10.8%
in 2016, followed by Asian group and African group with respective shares 2.8% and
2.5%.
 Arab group has the highest share in Morocco’s agri-food imports with a share of 5.4% in
2016, followed by Asian group and African group with respective shares 2.7% and 1.7%.
 Asian group has the highest share in Morocco’s agricultural raw material exports with a
share of 1.8% in 2016, followed by Arab group and African group with respective shares
1.2% and 0.3%.
 African group has the highest share in Morocco’s agricultural rawmaterial imports with
a share of 1.5% in 2016, followed by Arab group and Asian group with their respective
shares 0.4% and 0.3%.
 African group has the highest share in Morocco’s fish exports with a share of 5.5% in
2016, followed by Arab group and Asian group with their respective shares 3.5% and
1.3%.
 African group has the highest share in Morocco’s fish imports with a share of 4% in
2016, followed by Arab group and Asian group with their respective shares 1% and
0.7%.
Top 5 Agricultural export and import products of Morocco in the OIC Markets
According to the latest available three-year averages (2014-2016), the products that have the
top five shares in Morocco’s total agricultural exports to the OIC countries are (top 5 agricultural
export products to the OIC):
03: Fish
02: Dairy
05: Vegetables, fruit
08: Feeding stuff for animals
06: Sugars
with percentage shares of 28.6%, 14.1%, 12.4%, 11.5%, and 8.6%, respectively.
With regards to Morocco’s top agricultural imports from the OIC countries, according to the
latest available three year averages (2014-2016), the products that have the top five shares in
Morocco’s total agricultural imports from the OIC countries are (top 5 agricultural import
products to the OIC):
05: Vegetables, fruit
41-42-43: Oils, fats, waxe
07: Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices
08: Feeding stuff for animals
11-12: Beverages, tobacco
with percentage shares of 27.8%, 18.7%, 17.6%, 14.4%, and 4.8%, respectively.
The products in the two lists are not mutually exclusive. “Vegetables and fruit”, and “feeding
stuff for animals” are products that are both commonly exported to and imported from OIC
countries. The reason may be that the combinations of the product groups according to higher
digits are different and that export products and import products at higher digit SITC levels are
different.