Maroc In Mode held in Morocco, October 19 and 20, 2016 attracted good visitors, coming from Spain, France, Sub-Saharan Africa (Burkina Faso, Congo, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Gambia, Mali, Mauritania and Senegal), UK, Italy, Germany, Tunisia, Turkey, Portugal, Brazil and Switzerland.
The 115 exhibitors presented categories like knitwear, denim and sportswear.
The fair was an important platform for Moroccan producers in order to meet their suppliers. One of these suppliers is the Egyptian ICRG group that produces cotton fabrics, knitwear and readymade garments. The customs agreement between Egypt and Morocco enables it to deliver easy and duty-free.
The Inditex group has doubled its production in Morocco. Morocco ranks seventh in the world’s list of fashion exporters. The country has high ambitions to foster this industrial sector in terms of quality, sustainability, technology and logistics. Matesa, a denim wear and fast fashion specialist, produces two million meters of denim each month and is fully vertical organized. Blue Bird, a producer of women’s wear ranging from blouses, dresses and trousers to coats, lists retailers such as Biba UK, House of Frasers among its clients. The Larini Group with its brand Sabae offers tunics, shirts, dresses, skirts, shorts, jackets, jumpsuits, trousers and coats. It has clients like Zara and Mango.
