Morocco - Foreign trade

As part of the government's trade liberalization process, a widespread anti-smuggling campaign has sharply reduced the amount of goods illegally entering Morocco. A large amount of hashish illegally exits the country. In 2000 Morocco's imports were distributed among the following categories:

Consumer goods	8.1%
Food	11.4%
Fuels	17.5%
Industrial supplies	36.2%
Machinery	20.0%
Transportation	6.8%

The largest export receipts come from the garment sector (32% of total exports). Morocco exports a large amount of foodstuffs (21%), including shellfish (8.5%), fruit and nuts (3.1%), fish (2.7%), and vegetables (2.3%). Other exports include inorganic fertilizers (10%) and chemicals (6.8%). Morocco produces 31% of the world's crude fertilizers exports. Principal trading partners in 2000 (in millions of US dollars) were as follows:

COUNTRY	EXPORTS	IMPORTS	BALANCE
France	2,491	2,771	-280
Spain	964	1,139	-175
United Kingdom	713	712	1
Italy	530	546	-16
Germany	369	563	-194
India	311	n.a.	n.a.
Japan	284	195	89
United States	254	644	-390
Belgium	210	184	26
Saudi Arabia	60	573	-513