Renault Production North Africa (Model) : 2015-19

There are three plants on the African continent, all of them in the Arabic North. There are two in Morocco, in Casablanca in which is located the larger facility (300,000 units) and Tangier (100,000). In Algeria the assembly operation is in Oran, on the north-west coast of the country.

Morocco. The Dacia and Renault brands are a very popular here, taking about 40% of the total market in 2019. Production is around the 400,000 mark, with four models made here. A planned increase in capacity has been suspended for now, with Renault reassessing its operations and reducing its staff levels.

Year/Model	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015
Total	394,901	402,086	376,290	345,079	288,050
Sandero	219,924	222,431	203,776	172,048	143,047
Dokker	95,556	96,627	91,815	80,783	71,515
Logan	45,504	49,545	39,232	55,143	40,825
Lodgy	33,829	33,483	41,467	37,105	32,663
Other	88

Algeria. The number if cars being made by Renault was increasing but slipped slightly in 2019, despite the introduction of the Clio in 2018. The country encouraged CKD assembly of cars which means assembly of kits. It's a complex situation that hasn't gone well.

From what I can gather, the government has now revoked the duty benefit for CKD cars that induced plants being set up. The problem seems to be that the assembly facilities haven't achieved what was hoped, in fact the opposite. How this new situation will affect the Renault operation will become apparent soon enough.

Year/Model	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015
Total	60,012	70,597	60,646	42,036	19,419
Sandero	23,026	33,302	30,458	6,425
Logan	18,836	23,837	30,131	35,611	19,419
Clio	18,150	13,458
Other			57

Data source: Renault Group.