MEDI1TV Afrique : JT Economie - 18/03/2025
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00:00Thank you for joining us on Medihand and welcome to this new economic bulletin.
00:12The commercial dynamic between Spain and Morocco continues to intensify in 2024.
00:17According to Eurostat, the Spanish Tax Control and Exchange Agency,
00:22Spanish exports to Morocco are expected to reach 12.859 billion euros in 2024,
00:29recording a 5% increase compared to 2023.
00:33The structure of Spanish exports remains varied and dominated by certain key sectors,
00:38such as fuels, mechanical devices, vehicles, electrical equipment and plastics.
00:44At the same time, Spanish imports from Morocco show a notable increase,
00:49reaching 9.834 billion euros the previous year,
00:54an increase of 9% compared to 2023.
00:57In 2024, Morocco represents 3.34% of Spanish exports.
01:04This performance places the kingdom in the seventh rank of customers in Spain,
01:09surpassing certain European partners such as Belgium and the Netherlands.
01:13As part of the European Union, Spain retains its role as the first commercial partner of Morocco.
01:18The previous year, Spain represented 37% of Moroccan imports from the European Union,
01:25far ahead of France, Germany and Italy.
01:30In national economic news,
01:33coastal and artisanal fishing landings in the Mediterranean ports reached 3,504 tonnes at the end of February,
01:41an increase of 9% compared to the previous year.
01:44According to the National Fisheries Office,
01:47these landings increased by 21%,
01:50thus reaching 192.24 million dirhams.
01:55On a national scale,
01:56the landings of coastal and artisanal fishing products
01:59totaled 67,644 tonnes,
02:03a 27% decline compared to the previous year,
02:06while their value increased by 13%,
02:09reaching more than 2.29 billion dirhams.
02:15Internationally,
02:16the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
02:19has revised its global growth forecast for this year
02:23to 3.1% compared to 3.3% previously,
02:27pulled down by projections of weaker growth in the United States and the euro zone.
02:33In the world,
02:34growth should be at 3% in 2026,
02:37against 3.3% projected last December,
02:41and will therefore fall by 0.2% compared to December forecasts.
02:45At the euro zone level,
02:47the OECD now has a growth rate of 0.7% this year and 1.2% next year.
02:54To explain this decline,
02:56the OECD puts forward the trade war between the United States and its partners,
03:00as well as geopolitical and political uncertainties
03:03that cross many countries.
03:05The United States should see its gross domestic product increase by 2.2% this year
03:11before 1.6% next year,
03:14according to the OECD.
03:15The international institution thus decreases respectively by 0.2% and 0.5%.
03:21These growth prospects are 2025 and 2026 for American economic activity.
03:30Let's now look at Italy,
03:32where inflation recorded a slight increase in February over a year
03:36of 1.6%,
03:38notably due to the increase in energy prices.
03:41According to the National Institute of Statistics,
03:44inflation in the peninsula was 1.5% over a year in January.
03:48For the whole of last year,
03:50it was 1% against 5.7% in 2023.
03:55In addition to the increase in energy prices,
03:59inflation is also due to the slowdown of the fall in unregulated energy prices
04:04as well as the increase in gross and transformed food prices.
04:08Note that the so-called Italy Bank
04:10recorded an inflation of 1.5% in 2025 and 2026.
04:18Finally, our newspaper in China,
04:20which presented an action plan
04:22aimed at restarting household consumption in Bern.
04:25According to official media,
04:26the plan, made public by the Council of State Affairs,
04:29aims to encourage a reasonable increase in wages
04:32by strengthening employment support in response to economic conditions.
04:36The plan also makes a link between household consumption
04:39and broader social objectives,
04:41such as an increase in pensions,
04:44the possible creation of a child welfare system
04:47and the legal protection of workers' rights to rest and holidays.
04:51According to official figures,
04:53China has an objective of 5% economic growth this year.
04:58This is the end of our edition today.
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