The Maghreb region remains one of the U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council’s most successful and mature regional programs. Through more than 25 years of sustained engagement in Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria, the Council has built strong partnerships with government agencies, feed manufacturers, livestock producers, industry associations, and research institutions to improve feed manufacturing practices, expand market opportunities for U.S. corn and co-products, and strengthen the competitiveness of the region’s livestock and poultry industries.
Morocco: A Model Market for U.S. Corn
In Morocco, the Council has helped build one of Africa’s strongest markets for U.S. corn. Through sustained technical assistance, policy engagement, and support for the U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement — which eliminated import duties on U.S. corn — Morocco imported 807 TMT of U.S. corn in MY 2024/25. Beyond trade, the Council’s long-standing partnership with Morocco’s poultry industry has fueled sector growth, while its partnership with COPAG has established commercial dairy and beef feedlots that continue to model U.S. feed grain use in dairy and beef rations.
Tunisia: Regional Technical Hub
Tunisia has become the Council’s technical hub for the Middle East and Africa through the Center for Feed Manufacturing at the National Agronomic Institute of Tunisia (INAT). The Center has trained hundreds of feed mill managers, nutritionists, producers, and officials across North Africa, the Middle East, and Sub-Saharan Africa on feed formulation, storage, quality control, and nutrition. These efforts have driven measurable results: Tunisia imported more than 12 TMT of U.S. corn gluten meal and became one of the first regional markets to import U.S. corn fermented protein (CFP), while U.S. corn captured approximately 30 percent of Tunisia’s corn market in 2025 — the highest share since 2016.
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