MEDI1TV Afrique : JT Economie - 05/03/2025
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00:00Thank you for joining us on Medihand and welcome to the Economic News Journal.
00:13We start our edition of this Wednesday in Morocco with the latest bulletin from the
00:18Exchange Office on the monthly indicators of foreign exchanges.
00:23The travel revenues expect 8.78 billion dirhams at the end of January.
00:30These revenues have increased by 10.1%, or 808 million dirhams compared to the same period in 2024.
00:38Travel expenses amounted to 2.55 billion dirhams, recording a 23.8% increase.
00:46The balance sheet sales travel was thus established at 6.23 billion dirhams in January,
00:53an improvement of 5.4% compared to the previous year.
01:00On another record, the Moroccan funds transfers to foreigners exceeded 9.45 billion dirhams at the end of January,
01:09against 9.4 billion dirhams at the end of January 2024.
01:14This represents an increase of 0.5% compared to January 2024.
01:20According to the Exchange Office, the net flow of foreign direct investments expects more than 3.23 billion dirhams,
01:28a 16.9% increase compared to the previous year.
01:33As for the revenues and expenses related to these investments, they respectively increased from 24.1% to 4.94 billion dirhams and from 40.4% to 1.7 billion dirhams.
01:48As for direct Moroccan investments abroad, the net flow increased from 812 million dirhams,
01:55to 723 million dirhams, against a negative value of less than 89 million dirhams at the end of January 2024.
02:05Still with the latest bulletin from the Exchange Office, the commercial deficit rose to 24.48 billion dirhams at the end of January,
02:15or 13.3% more than the previous year.
02:19This progression is mainly due to an increase in imports of goods estimated at more than 3.4% and a decrease in exports at 2.4%.
02:30Imports have mainly increased due to the increase in several categories of products,
02:35including gross products with a 17.8%, finished products of equipment 10.8%, finished products of consumption 6.4% and food products 3.1%.
02:49However, exports have been supported by good performance in certain sectors, such as aeronautics 14.2%, textile and leather 5%, as well as other mining extractions 21.2%.
03:06Now let's move on to international economic news.
03:09Unemployment remained stable at 6.2% of the active population in January in the Eurozone.
03:16According to the European Office of Statistics, some 12.82 million people were unemployed in January
03:23among the 27 Member States, of which 10.65 million in the Eurozone.
03:29Unemployment is at 7.3% in France, 6.3% in Italy and 3.5% in Germany.
03:38The lowest rates in the European Union were recorded in the Czech Republic, Poland and Malta.
03:44The highest were recorded in Spain, Sweden, Greece and Finland.
03:49For the whole of the European Union, the unemployment rate reached 5.8% in January.
03:55It has also been stable since October at its lowest point in history.
04:01Direction now to the United States.
04:03After obtaining in February a surplus of one month, American imports from Mexico and Canada have been taxed since Tuesday at 25% and 10% for Canadian hydrocarbons.
04:16American President Donald Trump accuses his two partners in the North American Free Trade Treaty
04:23of not fighting enough against drug trafficking and illegal immigration.
04:28A total of 918 billion dollars in products are concerned,
04:33including, for example, lawyers produced in Mexico or cars of various brands,
04:38including American, assembled at the two neighbors of the United States.
04:43In retort, the Canadian Prime Minister announced the implementation on Tuesday of 25% customs rights on some American products.
04:51For a total amount of 155 billion Canadian dollars, the Mexican President assured that Mexico had a plan A, a plan B, a plan C and a plan D against these new taxes.
05:04After a first trend in early February imposing 10% of additional customs rights on imported products from China,
05:11the surtax went to 20% in a new decree signed by Donald Trump.
05:16China is the country with the most important trade surplus with the United States for goods, estimated at $ 295.4 billion in 2024, according to the US Department of Commerce.