Global Arab Network | Textile in Morocco - Most dynamic sector with high potential

Translate this article to your language:

GANPublications

e-Publications

Add Site to Favorites

Add Page to Favorites

Make Homepage

Share This Page

RSS Feed

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| |

Textile in Morocco - Most dynamic sector with high potential

Global Arab Network - - Mohamed Tamer

Sunday, 20 June 2010 23:00

Morocco exports of textile and ready-to-wear cloth items recorded in 2009 a value of 25.8 billion Dirhams, distributed as follows :
• Ready-to-wear cloths: 18.5 billion Dirhams
• Hosiery: 6.5 billion Dirhams
• Basic textiles    : 798 Million Dirhams
Major markets in 2009: France (45%), Spain (22%), United Kingdom (12%), Germany (7,6%), Italy (1 ,3%), United States(0,83%), Portugal (0,89%) and Belgium–Luxembourg Economic Union (1,06%).
Textile and clothing industry is one of the most dynamic sectors of the Moroccan economy. It has a high development potential.

Largest employer of transformation industries (41% of the total workforce), it represents:
•    9% of investments in the national industry
•    5% of industrial production
•    25% of industrial exportations
•    14% of the added value of the national industry

Clothing industry (ready to wear & hosiery)
Ready-to-wear cloths activity is the main activity of this sector with 979 units. This branch is known for its dynamism that results in the repositioning of the sector which moves towards co-contracting instead of sub-contracting and towards fashion and FAST FASHION products with high added value.

The ready-to-wear industry presents a diversified range of products: pants, jackets, skirts, shirts, blouses, suits, dresses, and others, in addition to jeans and sportswear, considered as the locomotive and the most dynamic activity of this industry.

As for the hosiery industry, it is marked by a strong integration and a diversified range of items made in both "basic" supports (jersey, interlock, flannelette, ...) and fantasy (polar, loop,...), in addition to “fine mesh”: jogging, sweatshirt, t-shirts, socks, woman lingerie, swimwear, polo shirts and also in the large mesh: pullover ...

Ready-to-wear cloths branch is the first export product with 71% of the industry’s total sales abroad.

The Spanish market is the first customer in terms of this product followed by France.
Exportations of hosiery items made in the context of sub-contracting represent less than 27% of the sector’s total exportations. France is our first market, followed by Spain, the United Kingdom, Germany and Italy.

Basic textiles
Basic textiles, mainly weaving, spinning and dry filling industries, occupy a privileged position among textile and clothing industries with 480 units.

The range of products offered by this branch is very diverse and consists mainly of cloth fabrics, household linen, upholstery, curtains and blankets...

Upholstery is the most important activity in terms of production, size of domestic market and variety of items (fabrics, Moroccan living room...).

Cotton fabrics present (51%) of the total exportations of this branch, followed by synthetic fiber fabrics (28%), household linen (14%) and blankets (5%).

Assets of textile and clothing sector:
Know-how, workmanship quality and the high level of technicality of its companies make of Morocco, in this sector, an attractive and ideal platform for foreign investors and prime contractors due mainly to:
·    An incentive system that includes a package of investment fiscal, financial, legal and social incentives
·    Customs procedures that meet the reactivity requirements
·    Basic infrastructure available at competitive prices and in constant development
·    Training institutes ensuring the continuous improvement of skills enabling thus companies to benefit from a qualified workforce and skilled designers, stylists and engineers
·    Geographic proximity to European markets for a high reactivity of textile production
·    International experience of Moroccan companies, working in the sector, which promote business requirements and technical standards of foreign markets

Global Arab Network

Add comment

The opinions of the authors in articles published are theirs alone and do not necessarily reflect the views of Global Arab Network
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Published comments are the opinions of private individuals and do not reflect the views of Global Arab Network