Thus, despite the current climatic conditions and geopolitical factors, Morocco is no longer content to rely on traditional sources of grain imports, a significant portion of which came from Europe and North America.
In this sense, and until the end of February 2022, Argentina and Brazil accounted for 41% of cereal imports, according to data provided by the Ministry of Agriculture. The Ministry of Agriculture estimated that, thanks to the strategy of diversifying the sources of grain supply, Morocco was able to be sheltered from the repercussions of external fluctuations, due to the ongoing war between Russia and the Ukraine, which are respectively the second and the third supplier of soft wheat to the Kingdom.
Morocco imported 5.6 million quintals of common wheat and 500,000 quintals of Ukrainian barley, on the usual share of Ukraine on the national market, which amounts to approximately 8.7 million quintals of common wheat and 670,000 quintals of barley, according to data provided by the Ministry of Agriculture in response to the written question.
The same ministry confirmed that the rest of the soft wheat and barley quota that Morocco used to import from Ukraine can be covered smoothly from other sources, including the European Union and the Argentina, thanks to the strategy of diversifying grain supply sources.