Search Results for: Moroccan

BY PAUL COCHRANE

MOROCCO’S 150,000 tonnes per year decorative paint market, worth Moroccan Dirham (MAD) 2 billion (GBPounds 157.4 million), grew by an estimated 5 to 8% in 2008, but plunged by 30% in December in the wake of the financial crisis, according to paint manufacturer Hempel Morocco (NOTE – SPELLING IS CORRECT).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE POWER of photographs to inspire sustainable development has been highlighted in a UN Development Programme (UNDP) contest. The ‘Picture This: Caring for the Earth’ competition, organised with the Olympus Corporation and the Agence France-Presse (AFP) was designed to show how "ordinary people work to preserve the environment and reduce the effects of climate change in their communities", said a UNDP note.…

BY LIZ HALL, in Alicante

SPAIN is no stranger to the threat of terrorism. For decades its soil has been the scene of terrorism at the hands of Basque independence group ETA. Increasingly, however, the threat from ETA appears to being outweighed by that of terrorist activity from Islamic extremists.…

BY PAUL COCHRANE, in Tripoli and Beirut

THE MARKET for cosmetics and toiletries in North Africa has been growing annually by a steady 5-6% over the last five years according to market participants and official data. Overall market value for the five countries – Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco – combined is more difficult to come by due to a dearth of data, but reasonable estimates put it slightly above US$1 billion, less than half the value of the Middle East and Gulf markets.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

AFLATOXINS have been reported in a range of nuts in the European Union (EU) says European Commission food health alert service RASFF. Contamination was discovered in Iranian, Vietnamese and Turkish pistachios; Brazilian peanuts; Sudanese groundnuts; Moroccan almonds; and Turkish hazelnuts.…

BY PAUL COCHRANE

MOROCCO’S US$1.37 billion tobacco market is undergoing a transformation following Altadis’ full buyout of the country’s tobacco monopoly earlier this year, with the distribution process to be overhauled and leaf production increased and diversified away from dark tobacco.…

BY MARK ROWE AND PAUL COCHRANE

INTRODUCTION

JUST as chocolate sells well in cold countries, so do soft drinks flourish in hot countries, which would suggest that North Africa and the Levant presents an inviting face to the international drinks market.…

BY MARK ROWE AND PAUL COCHRANE

INTRODUCTION

JUST as chocolate sells well in cold countries, so do soft drinks flourish in hot countries, which would suggest that North Africa and the Levant presents an inviting face to the international drinks market.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has struck a key fishing agreement with Morocco, allowing EU fishermen to supply the EU with Moroccan fish from March 2006-2010, covering 60,000 tons annual catches of small coastal species, such as sardines and anchovies.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE USA and Morocco have struck a free trade deal that will swiftly remove all Moroccan import duties on American pistachios and pecans, and within five years, on walnuts and cherries. The US will phase out tariffs on all Moroccan food exports, mostly within 15 years.…