 Trade in Morocco, Rabat
Foreign Trade and Business in Morocco, Rabat (Maghreb)
Morocco is a
Maghrebian country (north-west Africa)
- المغرب in Arabic = Western Kingdom
- ⵍⵎⵖⵔⵉⴱ in Berber
- Rabat
is the Moroccan capital
- Casablanca
is the economic capital of Morocco and the largest Moroccan city
- Main Moroccan cities: Rabat (Salé),
Casablanca, Marrakesh, Tangier (Tetouan), Fez, Meknes, Oujda, Agadir, Ouarzazate and Laayoune
- The pillars of the Moroccan Constitution: Islam, Arabicity and Amazighité
- Morocco is the fifth largest
African Economy
- The Kingdom of Morocco is an African Frontier
Market
- Morocco is the first African Country by
the Index of Quality of Life (Economist Intelligence Unit) ahead of South Africa
- The main Moroccan economic activities are services (50% of the Moroccan
GDP), industry (mining sector -phosphates-, construction and manufacturing),
agriculture and fishing
- Morocco is the largest African fishing market
- Main industries in Morocco: outsourcing activities,
automotive sector, aeronautics, electronics, agri-food sector, seafood
and textiles.
- Morocco has 75% of the world phosphates reserves
- Morocco is the largest exporter and the third largest producer in
the world
- The most dynamic Moroccan economic sectors are tourism,
telecommunications, information technologies and textiles
- Building and real estate boom
- Morocco share borders with Algeria (1,608 kilometres), Spain and the Western Sahara
- Three small Spanish enclaves in Morocco: Ceuta, Melilla and the
Penon de Vélez de la Gomera
- Morocco does not recognise the Western Sahara (former Spanish Sahara),
so Morocco considers that shares borders with
Mauritania (1,561 kilometres)
More information: Business in Morocco, at EENI Website.

- Moroccan area: 446,550 square kilometres
- Morocco is characterised by a rugged mountainous interior (Atlas),
the Sahara desert to the south and a long coastline along the
Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.
- Rif mountains extend through the region that borders the
Mediterranean from the north-west to the north-east
- Atlas Mountains descend through Morocco from the
north-east to the south-west.
- Most of the south-eastern part of the country is located in the Sahara Desert
- Regions of Morocco

- Moroccan population: 36 million inhabitants
- Morocco is a regionalised unitary constitutional parliamentary monarchy
- King Mohammed VI (the commander of the believers), as a direct
descendant of the Prophet Muhammad, has broad executive and legislative
powers (dahirs)
- Climate of Morocco: Mediterranean
- Calling code of Morocco: 212
- Country code top-level domain of Morocco: .ma
- Independence of Morocco (France)
- Moroccan currency: Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
Othman Benjelloun (Moroccan Businessman, Fez)

Aziz Akhannouch (Tafraout)

Miloud Chaabi (Esauira)

Mohammed Hassan Bensalah (Berkane)

Anas Sefrioui (Fez)

Transport and Logistics in Morocco
-
Port of Casablanca
-
Cairo-Dakar Corridor


Economic Integration Organisations (Morocco).
- Arab Maghreb Union (AMU)
- Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD)
- Islamic Development Bank
- Organisation
of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
-
Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ECSWA)
- Arab League (LAS)
-
Greater Arab Free-Trade Area (GAFTA)
- Agadir Agreement (Euro-Mediterranean free trade zone)
- Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (EUROMED)
- European Union-Morocco Economic partnership agreement
- EFTA-Morocco Free Trade Agreement
- United States-Morocco
Agreement
- Morocco-Turkey
Agreement
- United Kingdom-Morocco Free Trade Agreement
- Morocco-United Arab Emirates Free Trade Agreement
-
Global System of Trade Preferences among Developing Countries (GSTP)
2017: Morocco has requested access to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)


- African Union (AU)
-
Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
- African Development Bank (AfDB)

Moroccan ethnic groups:
The majority of the population is Berber (Amazigh) origin
- Morocco has been inhabited by the Berbers (Imazighen) for at least 5,000 years
- Moroccans consider themselves Arab-Berbers
- Berbers arabisation process
The official languages of Morocco are Arabic (Darija) and Amazigh (Berber,
Tamazight, 12-15 million Moroccans)
- French is widely used in Morocco in government, large companies and in
education. Morocco is a member of La Francophonie
- Spanish is used in the north
Religion in Morocco: Sunni Islam (100% of the Moroccan population), Maliki
ritual

Higher Education in Morocco
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