Growing Trade Between Morocco and Tunisia: Increased Food Imports and Strengthened Partnerships
The trade exchange between Morocco and Tunisia has seen significant growth in the agricultural and food products sector during the first nine months of 2025. The value of Morocco’s imports of these goods exceeded 338.5 million Tunisian dinars, equivalent to approximately 115 million dollars, according to data from the Tunisian Export Promotion Centre (CEPEX).
Official indicators confirm that olive oil and dates lead the list of Tunisian products entering the Moroccan market, driven by high demand and their nationally recognized quality. This reflects the expanding exchanges between the two countries, particularly in the fast-evolving food industries sector over recent years.
Professional Meetings to Enhance Trade Flows
In this context, the Tunisian Export Promotion Centre organized a series of direct meetings in the capital, Tunisia, bringing together a delegation of major Moroccan importers with representatives from about 20 Tunisian companies operating in the food industries. These meetings were coordinated with the centre’s commercial representation in Casablanca to enhance bilateral cooperation and open new outlets for Tunisian products in the Moroccan market, as well as to develop their competitiveness in sectors such as olive oil, dates, and canned food products.
The Moroccan delegation visiting Tunisia on November 19 and 20 also conducted site visits to several specialized industrial units to directly observe the quality standards, health safety regulations, and packaging methods adopted by Tunisian producers.
The Moroccan Market: A Priority for Tunisian Food Industries
Tunisian producers are banking on the Moroccan market as one of the most important emerging markets in the Maghreb region, especially with the expansion of the internal distribution network in Morocco and increasing demand for food industry products from neighboring countries.
These initiatives reflect a mutual desire to develop trade exchanges and enhance economic integration in the Maghreb, despite ongoing logistical and customs challenges facing some bilateral initiatives.
Morocco Expands Its Supply Sources to Support Food Security
Meanwhile, Morocco continues to diversify its sources of agricultural and essential food products as part of a national strategy aimed at ensuring a balance between supply and demand and enhancing food security while opening up to high-quality products from regional partners, including Tunisia, whose exports to Morocco have been steadily increasing in recent years.
This rising trade momentum underscores both countries’ trend towards deeper economic partnerships based on experience sharing, value chain development, and leveraging available logistic potentials, particularly in high-value products like olive oil, dates, and processed food industries.
