According to The Melilla Lighthousethe government delegate, Sabrina Moh, would have announced to certain local businessmen the reopening in the coming weeks of commercial customs with Morocco, closed unilaterally by the kingdom since August 2018. Morocco would have decided to export fruits and vegetables as well as fish in Melilla, and accepted the importation of certain well-defined products from the autonomous city.
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This reopening only concerns a category of goods whose list will be established by Morocco, it is specified, stressing that no measure has been announced with regard to the travelers regime. Several businessmen from Melilla have expressed fears about this reopening, citing the absence of an inspection and control point for Moroccan products at the Beni-Enzar border. According to these local entrepreneurs, Morocco is trying to obtain a customs agreement at the regional level to import products manufactured in Melilla.
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After the normalization of its relations with Spain in 2022, Morocco announced the reopening of commercial customs in Melilla and the creation of a customs in Sebta. But since then, it’s been the status quo. Moroccan authorities cited “technical issues” that would prevent customs from reopening. For their part, the Spanish authorities have assured that everything is ready for the reopening of customs.
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