date:Apr 11, 2014
rnment decided to raise customs duties on import of common wheat from 17 to 45 per cent, in order to protect prices in the local market.
To alleviate the pressure of fluctuating international wheat prices and to ensure sufficient wheat supplies in the local market, Morocco suspended the import duty for common wheat from 1 January 2014 until 30 April 2014. In addition, the government established an import subsidy scheme for a limited time effective 1 February 2014, through which Moroccan wheat i