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The Moroccan foreign trade regime is governed by Law No. 91-14 of 2016, which reinforces freedom of trade as a basic principle of trade and simplifies procedures, allowing almost all goods to be imported freely, with the exception of some products whose import is prohibited or subject to specific formalities. Consult in Entreprises & Profissionels | Entreprises | Dédouanement à l’importation | Importations prohibées | Importations avec formalités.
Due to the complexity of the Moroccan market, national exporting companies should be aware that approaching it presents several challenges, which must be overcome with the help of an official broker, importer or legal advisor, with a view to obtaining guidance on requirements for goods, labeling and other matters related to commercial transactions and conducting business.
Procedures and Formalities
The general and specific requirements required in Morocco for the import of a certain product can be found on Access2Markets. Once you have selected the product, you can click on each of the procedures or formalities to obtain more detailed information.
In the “Summary” option, exporting companies can also access a variety of information about the procedures applied to various regulated products, commercial samples, marking of the country of origin, rules for labeling and packaging goods and the standardization system applied to industrial products (technical regulations/standards).
Since 2020, a procedure for verifying the conformity of imported industrial products defined by the Moroccan Government (Contrôle de conformité pour les exportations vers le Maroc) has been in force, with some of these being controlled at origin – Liste 1 - annexe: les produits contrôlés à l'origine (março 2022), which now includes textiles, and others upon arrival in Morocco - Liste 2: les produits contrôlés à l’arrivée au Maroc (dezembro 2022), using certified local laboratories.
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