ECONOMIC HEADLINES
| MOROCCO | PORT TRAFFIC | The ANP forecasts a growth of 3.6% in 2021
During its Board of Directors held on December 28th 2020, the National Ports Agency (ANP) announced its traffic forecasts for the year 2021. Indeed, the ANP expects an increase of 3.6% in port traffic during the year 2021 to 95 million tons. Recall that the port traffic in Morocco increased by 5.3% to 84.7 million tons at the end of November 2020.
Regarding investments, the ANP plans an amount of nearly MAD 2.2 Bn during the period 2021-2023.
| CÔTE D’IVOIRE | INDUSTRY | Production down 2.5% y-o-y in September 2020
According to the National Institute of Statistics, the Harmonized Industrial Production Index of Côte D’ivoire increased by 2.3% in September 2020, compared to the previous month. On a year-on-year basis, industrial production fell by 2.5%.
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