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Moroccan-Spanish cooperation in the agrifood sector is a lever of opportunities for national exporters, stressed, on Thursday in Rabat, the secretary general of the minister of Investment, Convergence and the Evaluation of Public Policies, Brahim Benmoussa.
“There is a strong synergy between the Moroccan and Spanish agrifood sectors. This dynamic paves the way for multiple opportunities for Moroccan operators, mainly through programs such as Export Morocco Now and other initiatives led by the ministry of Industry and Trade,” Benmoussa said during a conference dubbed “Moroccan-Spanish agrifood value chains: integration, innovation and market access.”
In this vein, the official said that Morocco and Spain now enjoy a long-term economic relationship, boosted by a shared will to progress and build a prosperous future for the Mediterranean region.
“The regulatory and political framework is set up, now it is time for economic actors to make the best use of it,” he said, underlining the solid bilateral partnership and the convergence of development objectives.
The official also mentioned regional and international challenges that are reshaping trade exchange, citing mainly the disruptions to global supply chains due to geopolitical tensions, US tariff policies, rising raw material costs and labor shortages in certain strategic sectors.
He said that despite these challenges, every setback provides an opportunity, adding that this assessment, although complex, opens a plethora of prospects to economic operators, particularly Moroccan agrifood exporters.
For his part, the co-vice president of the Morocco-Spain Economic Council (CEMAES), Ignacio Pino de la Chica, highlighted the synergies and opportunities for collaboration between Morocco and Spain in the agrifood sector, emphasizing that the constraints encountered in Europe, particularly high administrative costs, regulatory complexity and the shortage of seasonal labor, are prompting many Spanish companies to relocate part of their production to Morocco in order to remain competitive.
In this respect, he noted the structural transformation of the Moroccan agricultural exporting model during the last two decades, marked by the diversification of markets, the increased professionalism of operators and the rise to power of flagship products such as tomato, which allowed the Kingdom to emerge as a reliable supplier for European and emerging markets.
Describing the Moroccan-Spanish partnerships in the agri-food sector as a model of win-win cooperation, he called to boost this momentum in order to build an integrated and competitive value chain, one that resembles the success achieved in the automotive sector, capable of bolstering joint access to the European and international markets.
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