A Study on logistics performance and trade relations of Morocco and its trading partners in the Mediterranean and Africa

Logistics play a decisive role in the development of world trade. Infrastructure, such as logistics management, are key to facilitate trade, reduce costs and ensure quality of service for international trade. Logistics may constitute a competitive factor for a country; both a vector of cooperation with its trading partners. While Morocco continues its opening and development of external trade policy, it is important to track logistics performance with a view to assessment, diagnosis and management, placing this performance against trends global and regional. This article focuses on the analysis of the logistics performance of Morocco while comparing it to those of its main trading partners, in particular those in Africa and the Mediterranean. Different aspects of this performance will be the subject of this analysis to identify components that require strengthening or consolidation and also to locate the Morocco within its African and Mediterranean environment and detect the potential of logistics development bilateral trade.

The methodology is based primarily on the use of statistics developed by international institutions including the World Bank and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development IBRD.