Morocco to Reduce Illegal Imports With FTZ
Morocco recently announced plans to establish a free-trade zone on its northeastern coast to try to reduce illegal imports, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council said June 24. The FTZ, which will be located in the town of Fnideq, near…
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Ceuta, will include several customs warehouses dedicated to “high-demand goods” such as textiles and food products, the report said. The area will benefit goods imported through Morocco’s Tanger Med port and is expected to be completed within a year. The report said food and textiles are among “the most commonly smuggled commodities through Ceuta,” a Spanish autonomous city on the north African coast, near the Morocco border.