RABAT, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Morocco's trade deficit surged by 56.1 percent year on year to 214.76 billion dirhams (19.58 billion U.S. dollars) in the first eight months of this year, the country's foreign exchange regulator said Monday.
Morocco's exports reached 276.80 billion dirhams, up by 37 percent year on year, while the imports rose by 44.8 percent to reach 491.57 billion dirhams, the Exchange Control Office said in its periodical report.
