The automotive industry is Morocco’s largest export sector. It exported MAD 159.2 billion in 2025, almost exactly 2024’s MAD 159.6 billion, against MAD 99.7 billion for phosphates and derivatives, according to the Office des Changes’ 2025 annual foreign trade report. It is built around two assembly hubs, Renault Tanger-Méditerranée (Melloussa) and Stellantis Kénitra, and a dense network of tier suppliers in the free zones Tanger Automotive City (TAC), Tanger Free Zone (TFZ), Atlantic Free Zone (AFZ) at Kénitra, and Nouaceur near Casablanca.
Exports by segment
Office des Changes figures, in MAD million. The report names three automotive segments; they don’t add up to the sector total.
| Segment | 2024 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Automotive, all segments | 159,625 | 159,228 | -0.2% |
| Vehicle construction | 70,955 | 61,389 | -13.5% |
| Wiring | 55,448 | 60,464 | +9.0% |
| Powertrain | 11,877 | 12,332 | +3.8% |
Wiring and powertrain grew while vehicle construction fell.
Players
- OEMs, Renault Tangier, Stellantis Kénitra.
- Tier-1 suppliers, Yazaki, Sumitomo, Lear, Valeo, Aptiv, Denso, Faurecia, Delphi, JTEKT, GMD, Saint-Gobain Sekurit, Gestamp, Adient.
- Industry federation, AMICA.
- Training, IFMIA (Tangier, Kénitra, Casablanca).
Industrial zones
- Tangier, Renault ecosystem plus wiring, seats and stamping tier 1;
- Kénitra, Stellantis ecosystem plus tier 1;
- Casablanca-Nouaceur, tier 2/3, R&D, logistics;
- Tetouan Park and Skhirate for complementary activities.
Hiring roles
- Production, quality (IATF 16949), methods, logistics and maintenance engineers;
- Higher technicians in electromechanics, automation, plastics, stamping;
- Skilled assembly-line operators;
- Buyers, supply-chain planners, logistics coordinators;
- Workshop supervisors, team leaders.
Training
IFMIA for technical trades; EMI, ENSA, ENSAM, ENIM Rabat, Centrale Casablanca for engineers; ESITH Casablanca for wiring and automotive textiles; OFPPT for technicians.