MEDI1TV Afrique : JT Economie - 29/10/2024
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00:00Hello and welcome to this new edition of the Média1 newspaper.
00:13On the eve of our edition, this Tuesday, Morocco's airports recorded a new record of 24.2 million passengers welcomed at the end of September,
00:23an increase of 19.66% compared to the same period a year earlier.
00:29According to the National Office of Airports, this increase concerns the majority of airports,
00:35of which Rabassalé, Agadir, Dakhla, Marrakech, Titoan and Tongi.
00:40In terms of previous traffic, it reached 2.5 million passengers welcomed at the end of September of this year,
00:47an improvement of 28.82% compared to the same period of the previous year.
00:54As for international air traffic, it recorded an increase of 18.67% compared to the end of September 2023,
01:0321.7 million passengers welcomed.
01:07Note that this evolution is attributed to the good performance of the markets of Europe with more than 19.86%,
01:15of Africa with more than 17.6% and of the Middle East and Far East with more than 11.98%.
01:24Still in Morocco, production anticipated for the school sector this year rises to 950,000 tonnes.
01:31According to the estimates of the Ministry of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Development and Waters and Forests,
01:38this volume of production represents a drop of 11% compared to the previous season and 40% compared to a normal year.
01:46According to the Ministry of Health, the sector has been affected by successive years of drought.
01:52The increase in temperatures during the flowering period has impacted yields,
01:57even in irrigated areas, thus contributing to a drop in production.
02:01Note that the production of olive oil should reach 90,000 tonnes,
02:06while the average national consumption oscillates between 130 and 140,000 tonnes.
02:12In addition to national news, the government also aims to reach 1.7 billion cubic meters of saltwater per year.
02:21According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries,
02:25access to these resources is part of the pursuit of efforts to strengthen food security through the Generation Gouline strategy.
02:34Despite the low rainfall in recent years,
02:38markets have not experienced disruption in the supply or shortage of food products.
02:44According to the same source, Morocco has been able, thanks to various agricultural plans,
02:48in particular the Green Morocco Plan, to consolidate the basics of food security.
02:53Now let's move on to international economic news.
02:57The first European Volkswagen car group wants to close at least three factories
03:03and remove tens of thousands of jobs in Germany.
03:07This is according to the Business Committee of the Builder of a Historical Social Plan.
03:12This also envisages a reduction of 10% of all salaries and their yields in 2025 and 2026.
03:19The car manufacturer also talks about transferring abroad many activities and departments of the group,
03:26currently based in Germany.
03:28The management of the automobile giant had caused a shockwave in early September
03:33by announcing its restructuring project in Germany,
03:36abruptly breaking the employment guarantee in force for German employees for 30 years.
03:43In international economic news,
03:46Boeing, currently paralyzed by a strike that is accumulating losses,
03:50announced the launch of an increase in capital of around $19 billion to strengthen its treasury.
03:58The American aircraft carrier has just recorded its worst quarterly loss in four years,
04:03with more than $6 billion in accidents and repeated incidents affecting its aircraft.
04:10Boeing will offer on the market 90 million ordinary shares,
04:14valued at around $13.9 billion at present.
04:19In addition to $5 billion in deposit certificates.
04:23The group has announced in recent weeks measures to preserve its treasury,
04:28including a reduction of 10% of its global cash flows.
04:32The group is still affected by a large social movement.
04:36Employees in the Seattle region have rejected the last social agreement project proposed by the American aircraft carrier
04:42and resumed last week the strike that has paralyzed two crucial factories for more than a month.
04:48This is the end of our edition today.
04:50Thank you for following it.
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