ANNOUNCEMENT 30 Mar 2020

On 30 March 2020, the Moroccan government announced suspending customs duties on lentils until 15 June 2020.

NUMBER OF INTERVENTIONS

1

  • 0 harmful
  • 0 neutral
  • 1 liberalising

SOURCE

Official Bulletin n° 6869/2020, page 1803-1807. Arabic. Available at http://www.sgg.gov.ma/Portals/1/BO/2020/BO_6869_Ar.pdf?ver=2020-03-30-170119-147

Inception date: 01 Apr 2020 | Removal date: 15 Jun 2020

Import tariff

On 30 March 2020, the Moroccan government issued Decrees no. 2.20.297 suspending customs duties on lentils of HS (0713409010) starting 1 April 2020. The Decree does not include a termination date for this suspension, however, all press releases have pointed out that it will be terminated on 15 June as applied in Decree 2.20.295 suspending import duties on soft wheat and its derivatives, and which was issued in that same Offical bulletin issue, see related state act. 

Noteworthy that the applied tariff on lentils was 40 Moroccan Dirham (USD 3.91) per kilogram. 

This decision aims to achieve stability in supplies and prices in light of the expected decrease in local production due to drought and the repercussions of the outbreak of COVID-19.

AFFECTED SECTORS

 
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AFFECTED PRODUCTS

 
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