Madar (Rabat) - Morocco's Ministry Delegate in charge of Foreign Trade opened, from Thursday, November 12, 2026, an anti-dumping investigation into imports of ready-to-use tomato sauce, excluding ketchup, originating in Spain, according to Hespress, which reported it on Friday, November 13.
According to the same source, the investigation follows a request by the Moroccan federation of agricultural produce canning industries (FICOPAM) on behalf of three companies accounting for 90% of national output, under law No. 15-09 on trade defence measures, and after an opinion from the import monitoring commission.
The request cites a dumping margin described as high, well above the 2% de minimis threshold, based on a comparison of supermarket selling prices in Morocco and Spain in 2025, as well as a threat of material injury from rising Spanish imports since 2023 and price undercutting.
The dumping analysis covers July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026. Interested parties have 30 days, until December 18, 2026, to come forward. The investigation must be completed within 12 months, extendable to 18, and provisional measures are possible if the conditions are met. The source gave neither import volumes nor the estimated margin.
