Building Materials | Export from Morocco

BUILDING MATERIALS, INDUSTRY WITH HIGH INTERNATIONAL POTENTIAL

The building materials industry is an undeniable mainstay of growth. It represents an essential vector for export development thanks to a rich production that meets the sectorial and infrastructural needs of several countries.

The industry is performing well with 1.99 billion dirhams (~ 213 Million Dollars), worth of exports by 900 industrial operators in 2018.

KEY CUSTOMER MARKETS

French

Spain

Germany

Italy

Togo

Guinea

Bangladesh

INDUSTRY BUILT ON WELL ESTABLISHED SUB-SECTORS

The sector is driven by five ecosystems:

• Cement sector: household waste recovery, around 4 major locomotive companies;

• Prefabricated sector: with the prospect of an up-market construction segment in the Kingdom with increased use of modern techniques;

• Marble sector: with a privileged asset constituted by the national reserves;

• Steel sector: with a logic of integrated development of the value chain

• Ceramic sector: on the tile and sanitary trades, targeting at the heart the problem of the cost of energy.

The building materials sector is experiencing a significant development with various products exported including :

- Non powdered cements

- Sinks, washbasins, washbasin columns, bathtubs, bidets, toilet bowls

- Normal or moderate portland cement

INDUSTRY BUILT ON WELL ESTABLISHED SUB-SECTORS

ECOSYSTEMS

Prefab

Ceramics

Marble

Cement

Steel

BUILDING MATERIALS, TRANSVERSE VISION

Led and strengthened by Morocco’s industrial acceleration plan, the building materials industry aims to make a positive impact of more than 4.8 Billion Dirhams (~ 495 Million US Dollars) on the trade balance on the short run. This projection is the sum of an estimated 3.5 billion dirhams (~ 361 Million US Dollars) of exports and 1.3 billion dirhams (~ 134 million US dollars) worth of import substitution. These figures clearly show the strategic orientation of the industry towards export thanks to several assets, including:

An arsenal of trade agreements

Many trade agreements facilitating exports around the world are signed.

Commercial and free trade agreements with more than 100 countries
Only African country having a free trade agreement with the United States

A connected platform

Morocco is a connected platform located only 14 km from Europe with the best maritime connectivity in Africa

19 international airports throughout the Kingdom
14 ports with cutting-edge infrastructures dedicated to trade and export including the port of Tanger Med which is connected to 186 ports worldwid.
Motorway network of over 1800 kilometers, and a rail network of 2200 kilometers with the 1^st High Speed Train in Africa.