Morocco: The missing workers

The third Industry Assises held in Tangiers welcomed the creationof  85,000 jobs in the five priority industrial sectors of food processing, aerospace, automotive, electronics and textiles. However according to Jeune Afrique Ahmed Lahlimi of the High Planning Commission says that  the textiles, handicrafts ,clothing,leather and the informal sector have actually lost  24,000 jobs  in 2009-2011 and 28,000 jobs in 2012.

The reason is the decline in business and orders from the eurozone and the decline in world demand for Moroccan goods from 5.3% in 2011 to 2% in 2012 has affected the growth of the Morocan economy and its ability to create jobs. However the performance of theaviation sector which has fullorder books untill 2016 and the  strong performance of the Renault factory in Tangiers scheduled to produce 350,000 vehicles in 2014,as against 170,000 at present is encouraging as is the prospectofa second automotive manufacturer start in up in 2017. Morocco is successfully attracting international manufacturers who are ready to invest and manufacture for export in a  competitive and cost effective environment.