The Unier Group has drawn its attention to its results for the 2024 financial year, which were affected by the scarcity of the fishing resource.
“In a clear context, as in the first half of the year, due to the scarcity of the fishing resource (sardines), which in particular influences the activity of the canned goods, the Unimer Group expects the annual results of 2024 compared to its forecasts. “the company said in a press release. Unimer remains optimistic for 2025, “thanks to a resistant approach in combination with the growth dynamics, which is expected in other activities of the group”.
In 2024, the company recorded consolidated annual turnover of 1.29 billion DH compared to 1.39 billion DH in the previous year. For the only 4th quarter of 2024 alone, consolidated sales with 356 million DH around 384 million DH was set up in the same period of 2023, as can be seen from a press release published by the group. “This development is the direct consequence of the decline of the sardine landings on the various ports due to a late and irregular fishing campaign, which induced under activity in the production units of the canned goods, some of which are compensated for by the other activities of the group” “”explains the company.
With regard to consolidated investments, they set up 31.1 million DH around 23.8 million DH in the past financial year, with the funds mainly assigned to the modernization and optimization of industrial infrastructure performance. For its part, the debt falls back from 17%to 786 million DH compared to 947 million DH in 2023. According to the Unimer, this decline of withdrawal is “Testifies to the continuous group efforts in relation to financial optimization and strict management, which focuses on the cost reduction.”
