Speaking before the Committee of Finance and Economic Development at the House of Representatives (Lower House), Jouahri noted that by sector of activity, the postponement requests mainly touched on trade (18%), transport and communications (13%), industry (12%), construction (8%) and hotels and restaurants (3%).

As for the postponement of bank due dates for households, nearly 471,742 requests have been made by the end of September, while 669,300 applications have been submitted by the end of August in the area of micro-loans, he added.

On the exceptional loans guaranteed by the State, the official stressed that Damane Oxygène has benefited 41,142 companies by the end of October, noting that the amount committed to this product totaled MAD 16.5 billion, while the amount disbursed reached MAD 13.7 billion.

As for the guaranteed loans under "Damane Relance", "TPE Relance" and "Damane Relance hôtellerie", they benefited nearly 25,103 companies by the end of October, Jouahri explained, adding that the amount committed to these products reached MAD 30.3 billion while the disbursed amount totaled some MAD 13.5 billion.

A total of 2,875 self-employed entrepreneurs benefited from the special products offered as part of programs to mitigate the impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic. The amount committed to these products reached MAD 33.7 billion while the disbursed amount totaled some MAD 31.2 billion, he concluded.