Madar (Rabat) - Morocco's national customs brigade has begun extensive checks on 87 import files belonging to 39 companies, cleared through the ports of Tanger Med and Casablanca and Mohammed V airport, amid suspicions of inaccurate declarations on the origin of goods, news site Hespress reported on Sunday, November 8, 2026, citing well-informed sources.
The checks target the validity of origin certificates and commercial documents submitted to obtain customs exemptions and reductions under free-trade agreements between Morocco and several trading partners. Preferential origin certificates, in particular EUR.1 forms, are being matched against invoices, customs declarations and shipping documents.
According to the sources, the audits cover imports from Turkey, the European Union and other countries with preferential trade deals with Morocco, tracing goods that passed through intermediate markets to make sure re-exports or changes of destination were not used to give preferential origin to products made in third countries.
Investigators are also reviewing the tariff classification of imported products under the Harmonised System, to detect goods declared under headings that do not match their characteristics and so paying lower duties than legally due.
The operations fall under post-clearance controls provided for in article 86 bis of the customs and indirect taxes code and are expected to include verification requests to customs authorities in exporting countries, Hespress said. The source did not name the companies or the amounts involved.
