MOROCCO: Morroco's Textile is the Most Dynamic Sector with High Potential.

Largest employer of transformation industries (41% of the total workforce), it represents:

• 9% of investments in the national industry
• 5% of industrial production
• 25% of industrial exportations
• 14% of the added value of the national industry

Clothing industry (ready to wear & hosiery)
Ready-to-wear cloths activity is the main activity of this sector with 979 units. This branch is known for its dynamism that results in the repositioning of the sector which moves towards co-contracting instead of sub-contracting and towards fashion and FAST FASHION products with high added value.

The ready-to-wear industry presents a diversified range of products: pants, jackets, skirts, shirts, blouses, suits, dresses, and others, in addition to jeans and sportswear, considered as the locomotive and the most dynamic activity of this industry.

As for the hosiery industry, it is marked by a strong integration and a diversified range of items made in both "basic" supports (jersey, interlock, flannelette, ...) and fantasy (polar, loop,...), in addition to "fine mesh": jogging, sweatshirt, t-shirts, socks, woman lingerie, swimwear, polo shirts and also in the large mesh: pullover ...

Ready-to-wear cloths branch is the first export product with 71% of the industry's total sales abroad.

The Spanish market is the first customer in terms of this product followed by France.
Exportations of hosiery items made in the context of sub-contracting represent less than 27% of the sector's total exportations. France is our first market, followed by Spain, the United Kingdom, Germany and Italy.

Basic textiles

Basic textiles, mainly weaving, spinning and dry filling industries, occupy a privileged position among textile and clothing industries with 480 units.

The range of products offered by this branch is very diverse and consists mainly of cloth fabrics, household linen, upholstery, curtains and blankets...

Upholstery is the most important activity in terms of production, size of domestic market and variety of items (fabrics, Moroccan living room...).

Cotton fabrics present (51%) of the total exportations of this branch, followed by synthetic fiber fabrics (28%), household linen (14%) and blankets (5%).

Assets of textile and clothing sector:
Know-how, workmanship quality and the high level of technicality of its companies make of Morocco, in this sector, an attractive and ideal platform for foreign investors and prime contractors due mainly to:

· An incentive system that includes a package of investment fiscal, financial, legal and social incentives
· Customs procedures that meet the reactivity requirements
· Basic infrastructure available at competitive prices and in constant development
· Training institutes ensuring the continuous improvement of skills enabling thus companies to benefit from a qualified workforce and skilled designers, stylists and engineers
· Geographic proximity to European markets for a high reactivity of textile production
· International experience of Moroccan companies, working in the sector, which promote business requirements and technical standards of foreign markets