The Netherlands will help Morocco in supporting 35 textile businesses and helping them expand operations in Central and Northern Europe through increased imports over a period of five years as per a new deal between the Moroccan Association for Textile Manufacturing (AMITH) and Netherlands’ Agency for Promoting Imports from Developing Countries (CBI) to support 35 textile businesses and help them expand operations. The program aims at creating networking channels between Moroccan textile suppliers and European textile retailers. The 35 textile businesses chosen for the program will go through a rigorous candidacy process based on expertise and their Corporate Social Responsibility.
Clothing and textile are a primary importing sector in Morocco. Textile and clothing exports make up 15 per cent of Morocco’s industrial GDP. The textile sector is of strategic importance to Morocco’s efforts to emerge as an industrial and exporting hub. While Spain and France remain Morocco’s major trading partners, the North African country is now redirecting its marketing efforts worldwide, attracting investments and cultivating partnerships with major actors in the automobile and aeronautical sector established in Morocco.
The country is making intensive efforts to become a continental leader and a gateway to African markets. In addition to its marketing efforts, Morocco has established in recent years major industrial zones and enacted major infrastructure projects to enhance the attractiveness of the country as an investment destination. Several brands from the European Union, the UK and the US have been sealing deals with Moroccan companies in the textile industry.
