THE PLASTICS INDUSTRY IN MOROCCO

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THE PLASTICS INDUSTRY IN MOROCCO
A SECTOR OF GROWTH

• Plast Eurasia Istanbul
• November 2008

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The Moroccan Plastics Association presents

• The Kingdom of Morocco
• Economic data
• Main resources
• Infrastructure
• The Plastics Industry in Morocco
• Imports of raw materials
• Production of finished products
• Strengths
• Outlook

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The Moroccan Plastics Association presents

• The Morrocan Plastics Association
• Mission
• Supporting sectoral organisations
• PLASTEXPO 09

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The Kingdom of Morocco A connecting
platform between Europe, Africa, the Arabian
countries and the Americas

• Area 710,850 km² (264,000 km² desert)
• Population (2006) 32.8 million (48 in
  rural areas)
• Average age 71 young
• Density of population 39.1 inhab./km²
• GDP per capita (2006) 1,526
• Real increase in GDP 4 p.a. since 1984

MAROC
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The Kingdom of Morocco A connecting
platform between Europe, Africa, the Arabian
countries and the Americas

• Inflation under 10 and around 1.7 for the last
  13 years since 1985
• Substantial development of infrastructure (road
  system, telecommunications, airports, ports,
  ...)
• Free trade agreement with the EU and the USA
  encourages restructurations and competitiveness.
• 3 hours by plane within reach of most European
  capitals

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Moroccos main resources

• Textiles knitwear
• Agriculture food products
• Automotive Industry
• Plasturgy
• Handicraft
• 900.000 m² of carpets
• Exports valuing 16 million
• Fishing
• over 3000 km of coastline
• 1.025.000 tons of catch

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Moroccos main resources

• Phosphates
• Biggest global exporter
• National production 30.5 million tons
• Exports over 12 million tons
• Tourism
• 6.8 million (4,45 million from abroad)
• Forecast for 2010 10 million
• Transfers by RMEs (Moroccans living abroad)
• 4.5 billion
• Chemical and Para-chemical products
• Export of Acide Sulfurique and Phosphorique
• Export of fertilizers

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Infrastructure

• Telecommunications
• 3 mobile operators 8 million subscribers
• 3 fixed operators 5.6 million subscribers
• Harbours
• 10 international harbours of which TangerMed is
  the number 1 in the region. Mohammédia (petrol)
  and Jorf Lasfar (chemicals) are considered as
  leading in their domain in Africa
• Airports
• 12 international airports
• 10 million passengers in 2006
• 135,000 plane movements in 2006
• Road system
• 1,760 km of highways (2,300 km planned for 2010)
• 59,000 km of national roads
• Railway network
• 1,900 km (mainly for the transport of 27,000 tons
  of phosphates)

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Moroccan Plasturgy

• Consumption per capita / p.a. 17
  kg
• Number of enterprises
  500
• Output value 560 million
• Transformation 450,000 tons
• Directly employed 25,000
• Indirectly employed 10,000

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Import of plastic materials

• Increase by 60 between 2001 and 2006
• Forecast 2007 - 2010 15 p.a.

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Transformation to end products
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Strengths of the Moroccan Plastics Industry

• Available workforce, qualified and flexible
• Professional training in the sector
• Free trade agreements between the EU, the USA,
  the Maghreb, Saudi-Arabia, UEMOA, Turkey, Jordan,
  
• Advantageous investment code
• Withholding of tariffs for raw materials
• 500 transformers installed
• Available production capacity 30
• gt A Moroccan growth sector!

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Perspectives

• Main factors contributing to the development of
  Plasturgy
• Agriculture additional 250.000 ha of irrigated
  land envisioned for the quinquennial Development
  plan plus 3 bn from the state for the "Plan
  Vert"
• Development of the pipe system for drinking water
  
• Automotive industry Redynamisation of the
  automotive sector (esp. the assembling of the
  Renault Logan) and the construction of the most
  modern site of Renault-Nissan.
• Tourism 10 million tourists in 2010, 15 million
  expected by 2015
• Aviation Great interest from leading global
  manufacturers
• Improvement of the quality of life of Moroccan
  consumers
• Outsourcing towards Morocco in particular in
  automotive, industrial packaging and technical
  parts.

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Advantages for producing in Morocco

• Investment funds
• Fond Hassan II for investments into the
  conserving of the environment through the
  treatment and recycling of industrial waste
• FODEP Industrial Decontamination Fund
• Partnership 4 foreign credit lines are available
  for Moroccan SMBs for the financing of capital
  investments at medium term (France Italy
  Portugal Germany)
• Exemption of taxes as well as financial
  advantages according to the Moroccan investment
  code

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The Mission of the Moroccan Plastics Association

• Representing the interest of the sector in
  Morocco and abroad
• Representing the national producers vis-à-vis the
  administration, the public authorities and
  foreign organisations
• Establishing partnerships with similar
  associations abroad
• Contributing to reaching the international
  standard of the sector
• Promoting the development of the sector

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Supporting organisations

• Centre Technique de Plasturgie et de Caoutchouc
  (CTPC) Technical Centre for Plasturgy and Rubber
• Centre Marocain de Formation en
  PlasturgieMoroccan Training Centre for Plasturgy

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PLASTEXPO 09June 2 - 5, 09 in Casablanca

• Exhibition program
• Raw materials, chemicals and auxiliaries
• Plastic packaging machinery and technology,
  equipment and services
• Machines and equipment for preprocessing and
  recycling
• Machinery and plant for processing
• Post processing machines
• Machinery and plant for finishing, decorating,
  printing and marking

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PLASTEXPO 09

• Exhibition program
• Welding Machines
• Molds and dies
• Ancillary equipment
• Measuring, control and test equipments
• Parts and Components
• Semi-finished products, technical parts and
  reinforced plastics
• Plastics finished products
• Services

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PLASTEXPO 09Why participate?

• Moroccos and North Africas leading showcase of
  technological innovations, developments and
  trends
• You are a manufacturer of machines or a supplier
  of raw materials or services
• PLASTEXPO 09 is your occasion to be present at
  the centre of business for the whole of Northern
  Africa.
• PLASTEXPO 09 offers you the opportunity to get in
  contact with the most important North African
  plastics producers.

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PLASTEXPO 09Why participate?

• You are a subcontractor
• PLASTEXPO 09 gives you the unique occasion
  to enter a high potential subcontracting market
  with the reputation of being a MCC Most
  Competitive Country.
• You are a plast producer
• PLASTEXPO 09 allows you to make new contacts
  with customers in the Maghreb.
• PLASTEXPO 09 is a chance to position your
  company in the Maghreb, a market in full swing,
  and to identify new opportunities for
  partnerships and joint ventures.

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PLASTEXPO 09Factors of Success

• Guaranteeing Success
• The Moroccan Ministry of Industry, Trade and New
  Technology
• The Moroccan Plastics Association
• A Team of Professional Organisers
• The Moroccan Plastics Association
• Forum7
• fairtrade
• A First-Choice Platform
• Morocco - Maghreb North Africa
• An emerging growth market
• Economic and political stability

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PLASTEXPO 09Excellent Synergies

• Held in conjunction with
• chimiexpo 1st International Exhibition for
  the Chemical and Para-chemical Industry
• alitec 11th International Food Technology
  Exhibition
• printpack expo 2nd International Printing and
  Packaging Technology Exhibition

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Thank you for your attention

• E-mail amplasturgie_at_menara.ma