Rabat – In spite of EU sales of agricultural products to the North African country falling sharply in recent months, Morocco’s agri-food exports to the European Union continued to grow in the first seven months of 2026.
The EU imported €2.66 billion worth of Moroccan agri-food products between January and July, up 1% from €2.621 billion during the same period last year, according to the European Commission’s latest report on EU agri-food trade, published on September 28.
The increase amounts to €39 million and comes after a strong performance in 2025, when the value of Moroccan agri-food exports to the EU rose by 8.5% year on year.
Morocco supplied €3.753 billion worth of agri-food products to the EU in 2025, compared with €3.460 billion in 2024.
The figures place Morocco among the EU’s leading external agri-food suppliers. The kingdom held a 2% share of total EU agri-food imports in 2025, which put it in 12th place. Based on the January-July 2026 figures, Morocco ranks 13th.
Brazil remained the EU’s largest external supplier in 2025, with €18.6 billion in exports and a 10% share of the bloc’s agri-food imports. The United Kingdom followed with €16 billion, ahead of the United States at €13.2 billion, Ukraine at €10.6 billion, and China at €9.9 billion.
EU agri-food exports to Morocco take a different path
Trade in the opposite direction has followed a different trajectory this year.
EU agri-food exports to Morocco fell to €1.99 billion between January and July 2026, down from €2.212 billion during the same period in 2025. The difference of €223 million represents a 10% decline.
The drop comes after moderate growth in 2025. EU agri-food exports to Morocco reached €3.785 billion last year, compared with €3.634 billion in 2024, an increase of 4%.
Morocco accounted for 2% of the EU’s total agri-food exports in 2025. The United Kingdom was the bloc’s largest market, with €55.7 billion, or 23% of total exports. The United States followed at €28.6 billion (12%), then Switzerland at €13.1 billion (6%) and China at €12.6 billion (5%).
The contrasting figures point to a wider shift in EU-Morocco agri-food trade during the first part of 2026: Moroccan sales to the European market have held onto their growth, while European sales to Morocco have recorded a notable decline.
EU agri-food trade remains in surplus
The figures also come against a softer backdrop for EU agri-food trade as a whole.
The bloc exported €138.7 billion in agri-food products during the first seven months of 2026, down 1% from the same period a year earlier. EU agri-food exports reached €239 billion across the full year in 2025.
The European Commission also reported changes in the value of several major agricultural commodities. Lower cocoa prices contributed to a decline in the value of EU imports, while the bloc’s imports of coffee, tea, cocoa and spices fell by €4.8 billion, or 19%.
Other categories also recorded declines. Cereal imports fell by €609 million, while dairy imports dropped by €308 million. Fruit and nut imports moved in the opposite direction, with their value rising by €587 million, or 3%.
Against this backdrop, Morocco’s €2.66 billion in agri-food sales to the EU through July marks a modest but continued increase from last year and extends the growth recorded across 2025.
