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  • 13/03/2025
MEDI1TV Afrique : JT Economie - 12/03/2025

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00:00Hello and welcome, it's time for your Economy News.
00:11On the eve of our edition of this Wednesday, Morocco is still breaking records in the tourism field.
00:17Over the first two months of the year, arrivals at border posts reached 2.7 million,
00:24a growth of 24% compared to the same period of the previous year.
00:29According to the Ministry of Tourism, there are 521,000 additional arrivals compared to the same period of 2024.
00:38For the only month of February, arrivals at border posts reached 1.4 million, a 22% annual increase.
00:47This dynamic, according to the Ministry of Tourism, is carried out as much by foreign tourists at an increase of 18%
00:54than by Moroccans living abroad who have progressed by 26%.
00:59In Morocco, the aggregate income of companies listed on the Casablanca stock exchange has increased by 6% in 2024,
01:09reaching 316 billion dirhams.
01:14According to Tijari Global Research, these achievements are registered in a globally favorable context,
01:21marked in particular by the deceleration of inflation to 0.9% on average,
01:26the maintenance of an accommodating monetary policy and the dynamic of investment in Morocco.
01:32In this context, 11 sectors listed, representing 66% of the market capitalization,
01:39showed an increase in their annual turnover in 2024.
01:43These are among other industries, ports, mines and banks.
01:47On the other hand, two sectors listed, representing 13% of the global capitalization,
01:52experienced a drop in their sales, namely energy with 5.2% and agriculture with 1%.
02:02Internationally, Russian agricultural exports to African countries have increased by 19% in 2024,
02:09totaling $7 billion.
02:12According to the Federal Center for Agricultural Export Development,
02:16national food products have been delivered to 45 countries on the continent.
02:22Egypt retains its position as the first buyer.
02:25Russian agricultural exports to this country have increased by 21% in value last year.
02:32Countries such as Libya, Kenya and Tunisia also have a good place in terms of Russian agricultural deliveries.
02:39According to the same source, the basis of Russian agricultural exports to Africa
02:44are cereals, namely wheat, barley and corn,
02:47which together represent 87% of the value of food deliveries on the continent.
02:55Now let's go to Spain.
02:57The Central Bank has revised its growth forecast for gross domestic product for this year
03:03to 2.7% compared to 2.5% previously estimated.
03:09According to the Monetary Institute,
03:11the national GDP should record a 1.9% growth rate in 2026 and a 1.7% in 2027.
03:19In its quarterly report on the Spanish economy,
03:22the Central Bank attributed this revision to the dynamics of consumption
03:27and to the improvement of the labor market.
03:29However, the Central Bank emphasizes a persistent uncertainty
03:34related to the US tariff policy and the easing of European budgetary rules
03:39that could influence economic development in the coming years.
03:45We continue our journal in Almaty.
03:47The Volkswagen car manufacturer announced a drop of almost a third of its net profit in 2024,
03:54plagued by the decline of its sales in China and the increase in its costs.
03:59The group released a net profit of 12.39 billion euros last year,
04:04a 30.6% drop from 2023.
04:08In the midst of restructuring to try to restore its competitiveness,
04:13the European car leader announced this winter an unprecedented economic plan,
04:18including the removal of 35,000 jobs in Germany.
04:22The group saw its car deliveries drop by 2.3% last year.
04:27Sales growth in North America did not manage to compensate for the 9.5% drop in China.
04:35Volkswagen's main market, which makes up almost a third of its sales, is losing market share.
04:41We come to the end of our edition today.
04:44Thank you for following it. Good luck with the program on our antenna.