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:

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:

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