Profile of the environmental business sector in Morocco

In addition, Morocco is diversifying its product sources away from its traditional French suppliers, and liberalizing important aspects of its economy, allowing more foreign ownership and expatriation of profits. Against this background of change, this document discusses environmental market developments of interest to American exporters and investors. To assess the potential of the current environmental sector, Project in Development and the Environment (PRIDE) interviewed 43 environmental companies. The survey summary shows that all of those interviewed agree that the regulations and standards needed to drive the market will be forthcoming, and forecast much expansion and diversification. They do not, however, agree on what is the most serious environmental problem in Morocco, but when combining their responses (air pollution, surface water, ground water, and coastal pollution), it is clear that air and water are the primary concerns. Wastewater treatment and collection will lead the way in dollar volume, but several other markets will grow as well. The report includes market projections for environmental business in the following subsectors: (1) municipal wastewater; (2) industrial wastewater; (3) waste recycling; (4) water purification; (5) municipal solid and hazardous waste collection and disposal; (6) renewable energy; (7) air and water monitoring and testing; (8) air pollution control; and (9) environmental consulting.