AreaMorocco

Commodity GroupGrains

CommodityWheat

Date16/05/2018

Policy CategoryProduction

Policy InstrumentProduction subsidies 

DescriptionAnnounced subsidies to millers to incentives the purchase of domestic wheat over imports, including a flat rate subsidy of MAD 10 per 100 kg (USD 10.7 per tonne) to millers using local wheat and a storage premium of MAD 2 per 100 kg (USD 2.1 per tonne) every 15 days to partially offset the costs for storage agencies. The measures applies for locally-harvested wheat between 16 May and 15 October 2018.