Home — Why Morocco
The sourcing case
The commercial case, not the postcard
Morocco is not the cheapest origin. It wins on a different equation: duty-free access, short freight, living craft skill and customisation no volume factory will touch.
Four advantages
Why buyers move sourcing here
The argument as a procurement manager would score it.
- 01EUR.1 = 0% duty to the EUThe association agreement removes tariffs on Moroccan-origin goods — a structural margin advantage over Asian origins.
- 02Casablanca–Europe in 3 daysSea freight measured in days, not weeks. Restocks and corrections happen inside a season.
- 03Living craft, not heritage theatreZellige, tanning and joinery are working industries here with real depth of skilled labour.
- 04Custom is normalWorkshops are built around made-to-order. A custom glaze or size is a conversation, not a 10,000-unit MOQ.
Honest limits
And what Morocco is not
It is not a place for injection-moulded consistency: handwork carries tolerance, and buyers who need machine sameness should buy machine-made. It is not the cheapest unit price on a spreadsheet that ignores duty and freight. And it is not fast for a first order — the sampling stage takes the weeks it takes, because that stage is what makes everything after it reliable.
Buyers who price the landed, duty-paid, corrected-for-quality cost are the ones who come back for a second container. That is the comparison we invite.
Ready to price your project?
Send drawings or a rough list — itemised quote within 48 hours.
Whatever you build, buy or specify — Morocco works for you
Six professions, one partner: workshop-direct pricing, samples before production and your own project manager on the ground in Morocco — negotiating, inspecting and reporting so you never manage a workshop from abroad.
- 48 hitemised quote
- 10 dayssample box on your desk
- 0%duty into the EU under EUR.1
- 1project manager in Fes
- 34containers shipped
Every one of these six professions can open a pro account. Architects, interior designers, contractors, importers, hotels and retailers all buy on trade terms: workshop-direct pricing, sample boxes credited in full and a named project manager in Fes.
Open your pro account →Free to open · approved in 24 h · no minimumSpec-grade material library, Pantone & RAL matching — a physical sample box on your desk, not a render on a screen.
- Up to 12 swatches picked to your scheme
- Line-by-line spec sheet, sizes in inches
- Photo approval before anything ships
Zellige layouts to your dimensions, CAD support and written tolerances — the whole schedule priced as one brief.
- Shop drawings returned in 5 working days
- Tolerances stated in inches, in writing
- Mock-up panel signed off before production
Site-phased deliveries, export crating, fumigation and papers handled — the site never waits on Morocco.
- Crates labelled and manifested by zone
- 10% overage held from the same firing batch
- Fumigation, EUR.1 and packing list included
Mixed containers across workshops, annual pricing locked per SKU — and 0% duty into the EU under EUR.1.
- One container, many workshops, one invoice
- Annual price lock per SKU from year two
- Loading photos before the doors close
Fit-outs specified room by room across every craft — one quote, one container, one contact to delivery.
- Room-by-room schedule, priced per key
- Contract-grade specs and repeat runs held
- Phased to your opening date
Private-label leather, baskets and décor from 50 units — labels and cartons applied at the bench, retail-ready.
- Your label stitched or stamped at the bench
- Barcoded cartons, retail-ready packing
- Colourways matched to your seasonal palette
Also behind these doors: landscape designers · restaurant groups · developers · event & set designers · museums & cultural institutions
Open a trade request → Talk to your project manager