MEDI1TV Afrique : JT Economie - 22/01/2025
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00:00Hello everyone, and thank you for joining us in this new edition of your Economy newspaper.
00:13Morocco reached record numbers in 2024, with 17.4 million tourists visiting the kingdom,
00:21an increase of 20% compared to 2023 and 35% compared to 2019.
00:27These are the words of the Minister of Tourism, Crafts and Social and Solidarity Economy.
00:32Tourist revenues should exceed 110 billion dirhams in the previous year.
00:38According to the same source, the tourist sector currently employs 827,000 people,
00:43with the creation of 25,000 new jobs in the space of a year.
00:49In Morocco, the Renault-Maroc group has just unveiled its annual balance sheet.
00:54In 2024, the automotive manufacturer has managed to confirm its industrial and commercial leadership, both at the world and national level.
01:02The production of the two Renault Group factories in Morocco, namely Tangier and Casablanca, increased by 8% compared to the previous year,
01:10reaching a total of 413,614 vehicles manufactured, an absolute record according to the group's management.
01:18In terms of exports, Renault-Maroc exported more than 89% of the production of these two factories,
01:24i.e. 370,165 units to 68 destinations.
01:30Sales of the group in Morocco reached 67,686 vehicles last year,
01:36representing a share of the local market of 38.4%, with a turnover of 63.1 billion dirhams,
01:44representing 3% of Renault-Maroc's GDP and the first private company in the country.
01:49The group aims to reach 80% of the local integration rate by 2030 and 33 billion dirhams of local supply.
01:58In national economic news, also, the gross commercial margin levels released in the third quarter of 2024
02:08by the nine gas and petrol distribution companies are relatively higher than the average recorded in the second quarter of 2024,
02:18but remain globally aligned with the proposals observed in the first half of the previous year.
02:24The operators carried out in the third quarter an average gross gross margin of nearly 1.46 dirhams per litre for gas and 2 dirhams per litre for petrol,
02:34indicates the Competition Council in its relative report following commitments made by the distribution companies.
02:42The proportions observed in the first half of the year are close to 1.34 dirhams per litre for gas
02:50and about 1.93 dirhams per litre for petrol.
02:54The report reveals that the average gross gross margin of the third quarter released on the sale of gas
03:01fluctuates between a minimum of 1.35 dirhams per litre and a maximum of 1.59 dirhams per litre.
03:09In international economic news, Spain recorded a new record by welcoming 105.6 million international air passengers the previous year,
03:20an increase of 11.1% compared to 2023.
03:24According to the Tourism Institute of Spain, Tour España, this progression confirms the strong recovery of international tourism,
03:32mainly due to the flows from Europe, which represent 86.1% of the total, and by a notable growth of arrivals from Asia at 22.8%.
03:44The United Kingdom consolidated its position as the first emitter market the previous year with more than 23 million passengers,
03:5121.8% of the total, followed by Germany with 14.6 million travelers.
03:58Italy recorded a remarkable increase of 15% of arrivals the previous year.
04:05We remain still in Europe.
04:07The European Union announced a 60 million euro aid in favor of Lebanese armed forces,
04:13while the country is in crisis and is trying to put in place a fragile truce between Israel and Hezbollah.
04:19The aid announced by the European Union is the last in date emanating from the West Bank to strengthen the Lebanese army.
04:26Last week, the United States had announced its intention to unlock more than 117 million dollars,
04:32that is, 113 million euros in aid to security in Lebanon.
04:37We continue our daily news in the United Kingdom.
04:41Unemployment slightly increased to 4.4% during the three months ended in November 2024,
04:48against 4.3% for the quarter completed in October of the same year.
04:52According to the National Office for Statistics, this news is in line with the expectations of analysts,
04:58who see in Laos patronal contributions, planned in the budget of the British Minister of Finance, a potential recruitment barrier.
05:06In addition, the figures of the National Institute for Statistics also show an increase of 5.6% of unpaid wages,
05:14which may have an influence on the interest rates of the Bank of England,
05:19which sees the growth of wages as an indicator of inflationary pressure.