Morocco Emerges as Key Fashion Manufacturing Hub for European Markets
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Salma Hossein
- . April 2, 2025
- . Update: April 2, 2025 9:05 pm
European brands choose Morocco over established Asian production hubs because they believe the country is an excellent option for their garment requirements. Morocco sends $3.6 billion worth of textile and clothing exports to the EU which makes up 34% of its total exports to the region. Morocco gains more European fashion market share at a steady pace because of this business location.
Multiple essential aspects make Morocco stand out as a leading clothing manufacturing country. The close location of Morocco to Europe enables faster shipment of goods at lower transportation expenses that benefit fashion makers who need fast deliveries to thrive.
European retailers gain major cost advantages when selling merchandise to Europe without trade duties through their EU-Morocco Free Trade Agreement. Morocco appeals as a production choice because its business model includes trained, affordable workers who uphold global production requirements.
The fashion sector of Morocco records its highest trading volume with Spain, France, Germany, and Italy because these nations benefit from the developing production strategies and practical standards of the country. The developed trade connections are enhanced when Morocco focuses on teaching its employees essential trade skills, including pattern creation, garment assembly, and product quality evaluation.
Morocco’s Free Trade Agreement with the United States has become effective since 2006 enabling a fourfold growth in trade with the US since then. Most tariffs on approved exports have been removed as this agreement entered full operation by January 2023.
Morocco stands ready with Egypt to take Asian manufacturing orders as companies move their products near their production centers because both countries offer low costs combined with local materials and existing trading routes.
