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  • 08/03/2025
MEDI1TV Afrique : JT Economie - 08/03/2025

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00:00Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for joining us on Mediain in this weekly edition of the
00:15Economic News Journal in Morocco.
00:17The production of phosphate derivatives increased by 22% at the end of November, against a drop
00:23of 3.7% a year earlier.
00:26According to the study and financial forecasts, the production of phosphate, a major component
00:34of the extractive sector, has progressed by 24.5% in the first 11 months of the year, against
00:41a drop of 10.8% during the year 2023.
00:45Regarding the external demand in the sector, the volumes exported of raw phosphate and
00:50its derivatives continue their growth at two figures at the end of 2024, with a consolidation
00:56of 49% and 13.9% respectively.
01:00Regarding their value, it recorded a progression of 10.1% and 13.5% after
01:07respective contractions of 42.2% and 32.5% a year earlier.
01:14As for the revenue from phosphate and derivatives generated at the end of 2024, they increased
01:20to 86.8 billion dirhams, or 13.1% more than at the end of 2023.
01:27In national economic news, the consolidated turnover of the National Deport Agency
01:37reached 3.1 billion dirhams at the end of December 2024, or a progression of 11.9%
01:45compared to 2023.
01:47The port activity managed by the agency reached a level of traffic of almost 26.1 million
01:54tons in the fourth quarter, or 5.8% more than the same period of the year 2023.
02:01As for investments, they reached 133 million dirhams in the fourth quarter of the year
02:082024, or a progression of 11.1% compared to the fourth quarter of the year 2023.
02:13And then the economic news of this week, it is also the last bulletin of the
02:20Exchange Office on the monthly indicators of foreign exchanges.
02:24The revenues from the trips reached 8.78 billion dirhams at the end of January.
02:31These revenues increased by 10.1%, or 808 million dirhams compared to the same period in 2024.
02:39Travel expenses amounted to 2.55 billion dirhams, recording a progression of 23.8%.
02:48The balance sheet salary for this trip was thus established at 6.23 billion dirhams in January 2025,
02:56an improvement of 5.4% compared to the previous year.
03:01In our sector, these figures also increased in January in Morocco.
03:06This is participatory financing aimed at the inhabitant, in particular through real estate profit.
03:13According to the Central Bank, this credit mode reached 25.1 billion dirhams at the end of January,
03:19recording a progression of 2% compared to 21.8 billion dirhams the previous year.
03:26Household loans increased by 2%, mainly due to an improvement of 1.9% of house loans and 1.8% for consumption.
03:37The Bank Al-Marah al-Iban survey indicates that in the fourth quarter of 2024,
03:4375% of industrialists believe that access to bank financing is normal,
03:48while 16% find it difficult.
03:52Regarding the cost of credit, 87% of companies consider it stable and 10% see a rebound.
04:02Direction now the United States.
04:04After obtaining in February a surplus of one month,
04:07American imports from Mexico and Canada have been taxed since Tuesday at 25% and 10% for Canadian hydrocarbons.
04:18US President Donald Trump accuses his two partners within the North American Free Trade Treaty
04:25of not fighting enough against drug trafficking and illegal immigration.
04:30A total of $918 billion in products are concerned,
04:34including, for example, lawyers produced in Mexico or cars of various brands,
04:40including American assembled at the two neighbors of the United States.
04:44In retort, the Canadian Prime Minister announced the implementation as early as Tuesday of 25% customs rights
04:51on certain American products for a total amount of $155 billion.
04:57The Mexican president assured that Mexico had a plan A, a plan B, a plan C and a plan D against these new taxes.
05:05After a first train in early February imposing 10% of additional customs rights on imported products from China,
05:11the surtax went to 20% in a new decree signed by Donald Trump.
05:16Note that China, the country with the largest trade surplus with the United States for goods,
05:22estimated $295.4 billion in 2024, according to the US Department of Commerce.
05:34This weekly edition in China continues.
05:37Manufacturing activity has progressed in February after plunging in January
05:42on the brink of commercial tensions with Washington, according to official statistics.
05:48The second world economy continues to face a persistent crisis in the real estate sector,
05:53a strong debt of local communities and an astonishing internal consumption.
05:58What does this add to? The threat of an aggravation of the trade war with the United States under the presidency of Donald Trump.
06:05The index of activity of the key buyers of the industrial world was set at 50.2 in February, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.
06:14This index shows an expansion of manufacturing activity when it is higher than 50 and below a contraction.
06:22The February figure is higher than the 49.1 recorded in January, when industrial activity declined for the first time in four months.
06:34We are coming to the end of our edition. Thank you for following this series of programs on Median.