MOROCCAN SMES EXPORTERS TO SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: AN ABSTRACT ON EXPORT RISKS SOURCE

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to identify different types of export risks usually encountered during
international engagement. The study is carried out on ten Moroccan SMEs exporters to sub-Saharan
Africa. Over the past decades, fifteen studies were conducted and we have identified the most
imminent risks affecting SMEs exporters from different sectors. Based on this study, we explored a
set of Moroccan companies from different activity sector and gave them a code to identify the risk
perceived by said companies. The results allowed us to conceptualise an export risk repository in the
African market and to show the sensitivity of the lack of information in several environmental sectors
intensifying these resulting risks.