AreaMorocco

Commodity GroupGrains

CommodityWheat

Date04/05/2021

Policy CategoryProduction

Policy InstrumentSubsidies support

DescriptionAnnounced a series of measures to help farmers market their harvest for the 2021/22 crop year, effective 1 June through 31 October 2021. The measures include: maintaining the reference price for common wheat at MAD 2 800 (USD 318) per tonne; implementing a biweekly storage premium of MAD 20 (USD 2.2) per tonne for grain traders and Moroccan agricultural cooperatives to store their wheat at facilities licensed by ONICL; providing a subsidy for millers and common wheat collectors at the rate of MAD 50 (USD 5.6) per tonne.