Industrial Performance: Morocco Ranks 66th Globally
19 December 2013
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Published December 14, 2013.
Posted online December 19, 2013. Out of 133 countries, Morocco ranks 66th in industrial competitiveness, according to the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Global Report on Industrial Performance.
Out of 133 countries, Morocco ranks 66th in industrial competitiveness, according to the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Global Report on Industrial Performance. Published last September, this report considers, alongside 8 basic indicators, a Competitive Industrial Performance Index (CIP) which compares, among other things, the ability of countries to produce and export manufactured goods competitively, UNIDO explained in a statement.
In the MENA region and North Africa, the Kingdom is ranked after Egypt (62) and before Oman (69) and Jordan (72), the same source specified. Japan is ranked first ahead of Germany, the United States, and the Republic of Korea.
Having gained one place compared to the previous ranking, Morocco has maintained its industrial competitiveness, the UNIDO statement emphasized.
Morocco therefore continues to develop its industrial potential. Before the employers' federation, the Minister of Industry, Trade, Investment and Digital Economy, Moulay Hafid ElAlamy, has repeatedly emphasized the importance of industry with added value, which constitutes the foundation of a stable economy. He also indicated that the various global trades in Morocco allowed, between 2008 and 2012, to create more than 100,000 jobs, increasing from 334,000 to 444,000 positions, which represents 50% of the objective set by the Emergence plan.
Referring to the case of the leather sector, which experienced a drop in turnover from 4.1 billion dirhams in 2011 to 3.7 billion last year, but which has recovered with a 3.5% increase during the first 9 months of the current year, the minister noted that "the sector did not receive the necessary support in recent years."
The meeting which brought together, last November, the Minister of Industry, Trade, Investment and Digital Economy with the employers' federation was an opportunity for the president of the CGEM, Miriem Bensalah Chaqroun, to reiterate the CGEM's call for an emergency plan for Moroccan industry, a source of job creation and sustainable added value. She thus expressed "the concern caused by the deterioration of the industrial sector, which provides 2.2 million jobs, or 21% of the country's jobs. Since 2009, industry has been losing 25,000 jobs per year.
Finally, industry today contributes to less than 15% of GDP, while its share was 17% in 2005." While stressing that Moroccan industry, whether producing for the local market or exporting, is a source of economic and social stability and a bulwark against the deterioration of the trade balance, the president of the CGEM called for action on three levers to reindustrialize Morocco. First of all, it is necessary to have a real industrial strategy, fight unfair competition from the informal sector, and establish a culture of standards.
Atika Haimoud.
Published December 14, 2013.
Posted online December 19, 2013. Out of 133 countries, Morocco ranks 66th in industrial competitiveness, according to the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Global Report on Industrial Performance.
Out of 133 countries, Morocco ranks 66th in industrial competitiveness, according to the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Global Report on Industrial Performance. Published last September, this report considers, alongside 8 basic indicators, a Competitive Industrial Performance Index (CIP) which compares, among other things, the ability of countries to produce and export manufactured goods competitively, UNIDO explained in a statement.
In the MENA region and North Africa, the Kingdom is ranked after Egypt (62) and before Oman (69) and Jordan (72), the same source specified. Japan is ranked first ahead of Germany, the United States, and the Republic of Korea.
Having gained one place compared to the previous ranking, Morocco has maintained its industrial competitiveness, the UNIDO statement emphasized.
Morocco therefore continues to develop its industrial potential. Before the employers' federation, the Minister of Industry, Trade, Investment and Digital Economy, Moulay Hafid ElAlamy, has repeatedly emphasized the importance of industry with added value, which constitutes the foundation of a stable economy. He also indicated that the various global trades in Morocco allowed, between 2008 and 2012, to create more than 100,000 jobs, increasing from 334,000 to 444,000 positions, which represents 50% of the objective set by the Emergence plan.
Referring to the case of the leather sector, which experienced a drop in turnover from 4.1 billion dirhams in 2011 to 3.7 billion last year, but which has recovered with a 3.5% increase during the first 9 months of the current year, the minister noted that "the sector did not receive the necessary support in recent years."
The meeting which brought together, last November, the Minister of Industry, Trade, Investment and Digital Economy with the employers' federation was an opportunity for the president of the CGEM, Miriem Bensalah Chaqroun, to reiterate the CGEM's call for an emergency plan for Moroccan industry, a source of job creation and sustainable added value. She thus expressed "the concern caused by the deterioration of the industrial sector, which provides 2.2 million jobs, or 21% of the country's jobs. Since 2009, industry has been losing 25,000 jobs per year.
Finally, industry today contributes to less than 15% of GDP, while its share was 17% in 2005." While stressing that Moroccan industry, whether producing for the local market or exporting, is a source of economic and social stability and a bulwark against the deterioration of the trade balance, the president of the CGEM called for action on three levers to reindustrialize Morocco. First of all, it is necessary to have a real industrial strategy, fight unfair competition from the informal sector, and establish a culture of standards.
Atika Haimoud.
