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Join on Telegram Rabat – Copexhal, Almeria’s association of fruit and vegetable producers, has launched a heinous campaign against Moroccan-made products.
The board of directors of the company called for the boycott of all products from Morocco intended for consumers and Almeria and Spanish markets.
Copexhal addressed an open letter to supermarkets, saying it is “surprised to see products from Morocco on their shelves.”
The letter also used the ongoing tension between Morocco and Spain to justify its motives, claiming that Morocco “used minors and the elderly as a measure of pressure.”
The statement echoed remarks by Spanish officials who attempted to attribute tensions between Rabat and Madrid to the irregular migration crisis in Ceuta.
Over 9,000 irregular migrants crossed from Morocco to the Spanish enclave. Spain used the crisis to attack Morocco, accusing it of blackmail.
Morocco, however, argued that the tension is due to Spain’s apparent undermining of Morocco’s Western Sahara stance by sheltering the separatist leader of Polisario, Brahim Ghali.
The Almeria association said that the campaign aims to “educate consumers by showing them how they can identify Moroccan products in the supermarkets using the barcode 611.”
“It is an action open to the participation of other sectoral organizations, with whom we have already spoken,” Copexhal director Luis Miuel Fernandez said.
The association also invited people supporting the campaign to use #TagamOrigenMarruecos (We swallow Moroccan products) hashtag.
The campaign against Morocco comes amid good performance of Moroccan products in Almeria.
Between January and March 2021, Morocco exported approximately 25.8 million kilograms of vegetables to various companies based in the Spanish city of Almeria.
Morocco’s exports reached a total value of $37.9 million (MAD 335.6 million) for this year’s first three months, with an average price of $1.47 (MAD 13.05) per kilogram.
Data from Hortoinfo also indicate that Moroccan watermelons are taking over Almeria’s products in European markets, including France and the Netherlands.
Spanish producers were part of a group of European producers who expressed concerns following the remarkable growth of Morocco products in Europe.
FreshPlaza said the European countries met recently to discuss the growing number of Moroccan products exported to Europe. The group of producers also include growers from France, Italy, and Portugal.
