The Customs and Indirect Tax Administration (ADII) has just published a circular on the customs provisions of the finance law for the 2025 budget year, including increases in import duties for certain products.
The planned measures aim to support local production, protect Moroccan operators against dumping and guarantee the viability and sustainability of national investments in the sectors concerned.
Here are the products affected by the increase in the amount of import duty:
• from 30% to 40% for the safran falling under tariff headings Nos. 0910.20.00.10 and 0910.20.00.90, in order to strengthen the protection of saffron grown nationally which faces significant competition from imported saffron;
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• from 10% to 17.5% for vegetable fats and oils in packaging with a net content less than or equal to 20 kg falling under tariff heading No. 1516.20.25.00, in order to align the rate of import duty applicable to them with that applied to these same products presented in packaging with a net content greater than 20 kg;
• from 2.5% to 10% for polyester staple fiberof a fineness greater than or equal to 3.78 decitex and less than 22.22 decitex, falling under tariff heading No. 5503.20.00.20, in order to encourage the local production of discontinuous polyester fiber for padding at using PET bottle waste and thus strengthening the development of the circular economy;
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• from 10% to 17.5% for fiber optic cables falling under tariff headings 8544.70.00.10 and 8544.70.00.90, to support local production of optical fibers and create more jobs in this sector;
• 200% for cannabis and hemp productsfalling under chapters 04, 09, 12, 13,15, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 29, 33, 34, 42, 53 and 56 of the TDI, in order to ensure protection socio-economic status of cannabis farmers, as well as the viability and sustainability of national investments undertaken in this new sector.
