Africa Business News
Morocco’s Argan oil industry
Morocco produces 4000 tonnes of vitamin-rich Argan oil every year – a third of which is exported, mostly to large global beauty brands in Europe.
At harvest time, that ‘s between July and October,thousands of Moroccan women get employed by argan cooperatives.
Argan oil is one of the most expensive plant oils in the world and the country targets to raise its annual production to 10,000 tonnes by 2020.