Morocco-India Partnership: Towards a new $2.6 billion commercial Eldorado

The Rabat-New Delhi axis is strengthening. Meeting on August 24, 2026 in Rabat for the 7th session of the Morocco-India Joint Commission, the two countries have confirmed the level of around $4 billion in bilateral trade in 2025-2026, while outlining an ambitious trajectory: to double this volume over the next five years, thanks to the intensification of industrial joint ventures and mutual investments.

Co-chaired by Omar Hejira, Secretary of State to the Minister of Industry and Trade, in charge of Foreign Trade, and Jitin Prasada, Indian Minister of Commerce and Industry, Electronics and Information Technology, this meeting consolidates a rapidly growing strategic alliance. The foundations of this rapprochement are deeply rooted in the visit made by King Mohammed VI to India in 2015, the momentum of which continues to bear fruit.

Despite a remarkable expansion of trade since 2021, the prospects for growth remain immense. Cross-analyses reveal an untapped $2.6 billion export potential, aimed at prioritizing the industrial and technological sectors of both nations – automotive, aerospace, textiles, pharmaceuticals, artificial intelligence, and digital economy.

Concretely, this windfall is divided between the partners: Moroccan operators have a potential of $1.4 billion in additional exports to the Indian market, while Indian companies can expect $1.2 billion in opportunities in Morocco – a combined potential of $2.6 billion – ensuring diversification and mutual strengthening of commercial flows. To materialize these ambitions, the two parties have agreed to establish a joint working group dedicated to bilateral trade and to explore the possibility of concluding a preferential trade agreement.