Bashkir entrepreneurs met with Russian Federation Trade Representative in Morocco

Representatives of the Bashkir business took part in a meeting with the Trade Representative of the Russian Federation in Morocco, organized by the Republican Ministry of Foreign Affairs within the framework of the national project "International Cooperation and Export". According to the agency, since 2017, the region's turnover with the African country has grown 27 times, in 2022 - 3.3 times. At the same time, Bashkir exports consist exclusively of inorganic chemicals (soda, fertilizers, etc.).

“The Moroccan market is up-and-coming, and we want to show our entrepreneurs new sales markets in addition to our main partners in the form of the CIS countries and Asia,” the ministry said.

13 Republican companies expressed their interest.

Trade Representative of the Russian Federation in Morocco Aleksey Andreev told Bashkir entrepreneurs about the prospects for doing business with partners from Morocco, the main transport and logistics routes, the procedure for opening a representative office and a subsidiary, importing goods, participating in exhibition events and business missions.

The businessmen, in turn, asked the sales representative their questions.

As Bashinform News Agency reported, the foreign trade turnover of enterprises of the republic in 2022 increased by 10.5% compared to pre-COVID 2019. Compared to 2021, exports grew by 10% and imports - by 12%, while more than 65% of exports are non-commodity non-energy goods, that