Morocco may impose ADD up to 144% on carpet from China, Egypt & Jordan

The ministry had initiated an anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of carpets and other mechanically produced textile floor covering originating in China, Egypt or Jordan.

“At the end of the final determination, the ministry, on a definitive basis, considers that the conditions applicable to an anti-dumping measure are met and, it will submit to the opinion of the Import Surveillance Commission the recommendation to apply anti-dumping duty,” the ministry said in a notification last month.

Moroccan authorities have recommended anti-dumping duty of 144 per cent on carpets originating from China, and 35.33 per cent on supplies from Egypt and Jordan. However, no ADD has been recommended on Arab weavers and some other categories of carpets originating from Jordan.

Morocco imported floorings, including carpets, worth $80.407 million in 2021. Its total home textiles imports were valued at $260.957 million during the year, according to Fibre2Fashion’s market insight tool TexPro. China was the second largest supplier for Morocco with 17.17 per cent share of its total home textiles import. Egypt and Jordan were minor suppliers of home textiles with share of 6.97 per cent and 2.46 per cent, respectively.

Fibre2Fashion News Desk (KUL)