Rabat - Morocco sets an ambitious strategy seeking to reach MAD 6.5 billion of textile exportations by 2020, the Minister of Industry, Trade, Investment and Digital Economy Moula Hafid Elamaly highlighted Wednesday in Marrakesh.
This goal comes as part of the Industrial Acceleration Plan and responds to the professionalism of the sector’s operators, the minister asserted during the inauguration of the 13th fair “Maroc in Mode et Maroc Sourcing” held by the Association Maroccaine des Industries du Textile et de l’Habillement (AMITH).
The textile sector employs 30 percent of labor force and it is of a particular interest to the Ministry of Industry which supports it through the Industrial Development Fund (FDI), Moulay Hafid Elalamy highlighted.
“Maroc in Mode et Maroc Sourcing,” held Nov. 4-6received 350 exhibitors representing different trends of the textile sector, according to the minister.
Mohame Tazi, Genreal, Director of AMITH, underlined that this fair is of a significant importance for textile’s operators.
Public authorities support the textile sector through a wide range of measures, which are likely to make Morocco a top textile actor in Africa and the Mediterranean, Mohamed Tazi said.
The sector represents 25 to 30 percent of Morocco’s exportations and 15 percent of the added value in industry.
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