AreaMorocco

Commodity GroupGrains

CommodityWheat

Date23/06/2023

Policy CategoryTrade

Policy InstrumentImport subsidy

DescriptionAnnounced a programme to support wheat imports to ease the impact of a devastating drought by providing subsidies to importers every month from 1 July to 30 September. The subsidy will cover the difference between the cost of wheat and the reference import price of MAD 270 per quintal (USD 271.6 per tonne). The subsidy will facilitate imports of up to 2.5 million metric tonnes of milled wheat.