The French are in first place in Morocco for foreign direct investment (FDI) at the end of June 2020. This is indicated by data from the foreign exchange office.
With 1.92 billion dirhams, the French are Morocco’s leading foreign investors. France thus regains first place followed by Spain (1.15 billion dirhams), Mauritius (618 million dirhams), Great Britain (552 million dirhams), Italy (440 million dirhams). dirhams), Germany (420 million dirhams), Qatar (419 million), United Arab Emirates (378 million dirhams), United States (252 million dirhams), and Ireland (217 million of dirhams).
India (157 million dirhams), China (152 million dirhams) and Turkey (117 million dirhams) close the rear of the podium. In total, FDI received by Morocco amounts to 8.24 billion dirhams. With an investment flow of around 2.82 billion dirhams, the manufacturing industry came first in the ranking by sector of activity at the end of June 2020 followed by real estate activities (1.94 billion dirhams), trade, distribution of cars and motorcycles (1.51 billion dirhams).
As for the revenues generated by foreign direct investments in Morocco during the same period, they revolve around 12.87 billion dirhams including 3.58 billion dirhams from France: 6.39 billion dirhams from equity securities, 3.21 billion dirhams of reinvested profits, and 3.26 billion dirhams of debt instruments.
