Investing In

Industry
In Souss Massa
Why Souss Massa?

Booming Diversified industrial

industrial region infrastructure

Abundant natural
resources
Souss New investment

Massa dynamics

Rich and qualified pool of

incentive
human resources
framework
Booming industrial region

New and renewable energies Plasturgy Automotive Agri-food & Seafood Processing

chemistry and pharmaceuticals Shipbuilding Metallurgy Building materials

Abundant natural resources
The Souss Massa region is renowned for its wealth of natural resources, which
revolve around 3 key historical sectors:

Fishing
180 Km of coastline
1st National region in terms of fish production

Mining
Significant mining resources (Agadir Ida
Agriculture
outanane, Taroudannt, Tata).
1st Primeur producing region in Morocco.
1423 Mining permits (Deposits of copper, silver,
1st Citrus-growing region in Morocco feldspar, gypsum, barite, iron oxide, manganese,

+800 Endemic species of medicinal and aromatic lead and talc).

plants. 1,6+ M tonnes of production/year.

REGION OF
SOUSS
MASSA
rich and qualified pool of human resources

Work value anchored in regional culture Rich, high-quality employment pool Diversified training offer

+18 000
GRADUATES/year
Including over 300 engineers

+140 000 2,8 MILLIONS

STUDENTS 2.8 million is the population of the
With a student body of over 140,000, Souss Massa region, including :+30%
Ibn Zohr University is the largest young people (aged between 15 and
university in Morocco in terms of student 35)
numbers. number of students..
RESSOUR
CES 950,000 working.
HUMAINE
S
3 000 162 FIELDS
PLACES 06 Engineering training
places at the CITY of Skills 50 Master's degrees
and Trade With 88 fields, 18 PHD training
including 21 in industry
Rich and qualified pool of human resources

Data on
jobseekers
in 2021 Jobseekers registered with Anapec in the Souss Massa region:
102,000

Number of new enrolments: 17,000

Number of graduates from Ibn Zohr University: 19,400
Professional training graduates: 8,800 (public) and 5,000 (private)

60% under the age of 25 and 80% under the age of 30

Baccalaureate holders: 21%
Professional training diplomas: 25%
University graduates: 26%

Number of industrial training graduates: 3,300

Registered jobseekers with industrial training: 5,000
Rich and qualified pool of human resources

City of Skills and Trade of Souss Massa

Industry Agriculture Fishing Agri-Business BTP

Mechanical engineering Organic farming

Maintenance: machinery, Hygiene & quality Food &
Greenhouse
Metal construction Beverage Production Machine Methods
navigation instruments,
Farming
Electrical engineering Operation & Maintenance Laboratory
rigging
Promotion of local products
Refrigeration and thermal eng. Joinery
Operation: feeder
Agricultural consultancy
Automotive maintenance
Agro-business
Shipbuilding

07 fields 145 PP/an 07 fields 220 PP/an 10 fields 420 PP/an 05 fields 180 PP/an
21 fields 760 PP/an

Possibility of developping customized training by the City of Skills and Trade

Diversified industrial infrastructure offer

The Souss Massa Region boasts a vast reservoir of industrial land that meets current
industrial operating standards, and is strategically positioned for the development
of industrial activities.

Agadir
Ida-ou Taroudannt
tanane Agadir port Agadir

Inezgane Airport
Ait Melloul
Haliopolis Agadir Park (150 Ha)
Chtouka Industrial Acceleration Zone (305 Ha)
Ait baha
Agadir Integrated Industrial Park (75 Ha)

Logistics Zone (45 Ha)

Tiznit Tata Ouled Teima Industrial Zone ( 105 Ha)
Ahl Rmel industrial zone (300 Ha)
Tiznit Industrial Zone (38 Ha)

Tata economic activity zone (11 Ha)

Diversified industrial infrastructure offer

Free Zone Souss Massa

The Free Zone of Souss Massa is designed for high value-added export industries that generate at
least 85% of their sales from exports

Tax and customs Proximity to a major Diverse and florissant Investment-friendly

advantages employment basin industrial ecosystem business climate

Free Zone
Of Agadir
Port Haliopolis
Agropôle Oulad
of Agadir Teïma

Sale price
Industrial Parc
Oulad Teïma :
Starting at

Airport of
Agadir 450 MAD/m²

Possibility of calling on real estate companies for the construction of industrial units
Diversified industrial infrastructure offer

ADVANTAGES OF
FREE ZONE:
Taxation:

Foreign Exchange Customs duty:

Office:

 Exemption from corporation tax for 5 years.

The FZ is considered a territory not
subject to not subject to foreign
exchange office rules...
 Exemption from withholding tax on dividends
repatriated abroad.
Exemption from import, circulation,
 Exemption from registration and stamp duties on consumption, production and export
incorporation, capital increases and land customs duties
acquired for project purposes.
 VAT exemption on goods imported into the FZ,
and on goods moving within and between the
FZ.
Dry port project

Agadir Atlantic Hub

1.2 billion Dirhams Impact

01 • Strengthening of the region's logistical
and industrial offering

10 000 jobs
02 • Consolidation of the region's
competitiveness as an economic hub in
the center of the Kingdom
03 Area 100 Ha
at the level of the Industrial
Acceleration Zone.
(Customs clearance areas,
industrial park and parking,
container parks, industrial and
activity zones, etc...)
Diversified industrial infrastructure offer

Haliopolis Park
The Haliopolis Park offers companies a pleasant environmentto
carry out and develop their activities.

Local services
A one-stop shop bringing together the main key government
departments and facilitating procedures for investors: branch
of the RIC – Regional Investment Center- Commune, ANAPEC,
etc.
Surface Selling price: Vocation : Industry
0
area : Starting at
Agro-business
150 Ha 500 MAD/m² 1
Area operation services

0 Infrastructure maintenance, security, upkeep of green

spacesparking, phytosanitary treatments, health and hygiene
services, etc.
2
27 km from the port of Agadir 0
16 km from the airport of Agadir 88% 3 Business services
Business center, post office, hotel, restaurant, gas
station.
4 km from the A7 highway

The Haliopolis Park boasts an overall

occupancy rate of 88%, with lots still
available for services.
Diversified industrial infrastructure offer

Integrated Industrial Park Part III

Surface area : Selling price: Vocation : Multi-

27 Ha Ecosystems
24 km from the port of Agadir

14 km from the airport of Agadir

6 km from the A7 highway

Diversified industrial infrastructure offer

Surface Selling price Vocation : Multi-

area : starting at: Ecosystems
105 Ha 250 MAD/m²

48 km from the port of Agadir

32 km from the airport of Agadir

79%

22 km from the A7 highway Occupancy rate

Diversified industrial infrastructure offer

Ahel Rmel Industrial Park

Surface area : 300 Ha

Vocation : Energy plants, metallurgical, chemical and

parachemical industries

The Ahl Rmel Industrial Zone offers land suited to a type of industry with specific
environmental and safety expectations,These include industries sensitive to the need for
space and safety standards.

67 km from the port of Agadir

40 km from the airport of Agadir

Diversified industrial infrastructure offer

Selling price
Surface Area :
starting at:
38,8 Ha 250 MAD/m²

98 km from the port of Agadir

87 km from the airport of Agadir

91 km from the A7 highway

Focus on the port of Agadir
Traffic by type of flow
Global traffic
5.6 MT
(2021)

2.8 2.5 0.3

12,5 MT 6,5 MT 23 MT MT MT
Capacity Global Trafic of Connected
of the Port the port in 2022 ports
Import Export Cabotage

49.8% 44.4% 5.8%

Main strategic traffic trends 2021

Fishing traffic Dockside Productivity Dockside Productivity 2020 2021 Var (in %)
34 280 Millions of Tonnes 980 Tonnes / Day
14.9 Boxes / Hours Containers Clinker 1.137.023 952.168 -16.3%
-9.8% citrus and early produce
+0.3%
350 856 KMAD +16% -16% Cereals 945.523 646.917 -31.6%

Livestock
311.308 258.516 -17.0%
feed

Containers
1.848.372 1.745.754 -5.6%
(In Tonnes)

Containers
173.774 173.066 -0.4%
(in TEU)

Commerce traffic Hydrocarbons 851.096 975.391 14.6%

5,6 Millions of Tonnes Ship Repair Dockside Productivity

Argumes &
64.192 85.722 33.5%
-6.6% Primeurs
650
4 224 Tonnes / hour cereals
943 Stopovers -9.8%
+5.6% Feldspaths 99.219 220.399 122.1
-2.6% %
Connected Region
Strategic location in the center of Morocco

50 Regular air transport of passengers 800 7 Regular for sea freight

Paved roads
lines and goods.
km lines

3 days to Europe by boat 3rd Airoport nationwide in passenger

trafic
1 day to South Europe
+25 Airlines linking Agadir to 50
~ 2,400 km to Dakar destinations

3-4 H from the main European and African 1055 km expressway linking Agadir to
capitals Dakhla
Incentive framework: New investment charter

The new investment charter provides for 3 categories of bonuses for investment projects
5/6 territories in the Souss Massa Region benefit from the territorial bonus provided for in
the new charter.

01 Territorial Bonus: 05 Common bonuses:

01 Sectoral Bonus: 5%
Applicable aux territoires suivants:

Digital Tourism and leisure • Employment ratio /CAPEX (from 5% to 10%)

AAggaaddirr 10
Iddaa-oouu
taannaannee
% • Ratio of gender in employment (3%)
Industry Renewable energy 10 InInezegzgaann
AAititMMeleloloulul T aroudant

%
Aquaculture Cultural industry
CChhtoouukkaa
AAitt bbaahhaa • Future-oriented and upscale professions (3%)
10
Logistics and %
TTizznnitt
• Sustainable Development (3%)
transports
Outsourcing T ata

15 15 • Local integration(3%)
Transformation and valorization of % %
waste

Bonuses combinable up to 30%

Regional Incentive Framework

Subsidy to support the Employment incentive Subsidy for the acquisition

acquisition of industrial land of industrial equipment

Eligibility criteria defined in the specifications

Incentive framework: ANAPEC

Pre-employment Recruitment Post-Recruitment

Pre-selection of Pre- Recruitment

Sourcing Training support for
candidates employment ince incentives emerging sectors
ntives

Source : ANAPEC
Incentive framework: ANAPEC

Eligible ecosystems

Aeronautics Automobile Electronics Renewables

40 000 33 000
Dhs Dhs

Pre-employment Training Continuous Training

Incentive of up to 40.000 Dhs per person trained Incentive of up to 33.000 Dhs per person trained

Source : ANAPEC
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