Asset × Country · Legal Status

Buying US Stocks from Morocco: Rules, Limits, Routes

Morocco restricts foreign exchange convertibility and dirham is not fully convertible. Capital repatriation requires proof that initial investment entered in foreign currency.

NVIDIA · NVDA-PERPUS equity · from Morocco

Price · 24h—

Max leverage20x

Funding · APR—

From MoroccoCrypto banned

Canborsa fee0.07% per side

Morocco · at a glance

Restricted

broker routesBuying US shares from Morocco

us marketsUS names and indices on Canborsa

0.07%

0.14% round-tripCanborsa fee per side

2 rails

2 blockedFunding routes from Morocco

What the law actually says

Access rules in Morocco

Morocco restricts foreign exchange convertibility and dirham is not fully convertible. Capital repatriation requires proof that initial investment entered in foreign currency. Tax applies on foreign investment income.

Local routes

Société Générale Maroc, BMCE Bank, Attijari Wafa Bank, Maroc Telecom Brokerage.

Regulator — Morocco

Websitewww.ammc.ma

CryptoBanned

Access · routes

Two ways to reach a US share price from Morocco

Each route below is open to residents today.

01.

Domestic broker with a US partner

Your local broker routes the order to a partner in the United States. You hold real shares with voting and dividend rights, under full identity verification.

Real shares 4 routes

02.

International broker account

You open the account offshore yourself and remit under your country’s rules. Ownership is the same, and the reporting duties sit with you.

Real shares Capital limit applies

Rails · funding routes

Rail

Status

Note

Bank Transfer

BLOCKED

Morocco's Office des Changes rules crypto transactions breach regulations and are punishable, closing bank transfers as a funding route.

Debit Card

BLOCKED

The same Office des Changes ruling against crypto transactions covers card-based funding of purchases.

Tax · by route

Tax

Shares held through a broker

Gains on US sharesCapital gains from shares: 20% tax

Capital limitMoroccan dirham is not fully convertible

What you holdThe share, with votes and dividends

Crypto-settled perpetuals

Tax in Morocco20% on net capital gains from cryptocurrency sales

What you holdA contract on the share price

Funding · APR—

Frequently asked questions

Can residents of Morocco buy US stocks?›

Yes, residents can trade US stocks through brokers such as Interactive Brokers, which serves clients in over 200 countries and territories, alongside the local brokerage Wafa Bourse.

Which brokers accept residents of Morocco?›

Interactive Brokers serves Moroccan residents for US stock trading, and Wafa Bourse is a Moroccan local brokerage dedicated to the online stock market.

Are there limits on sending money abroad from Morocco?›

Foreign investors are allowed, following the accomplishment of some formalities, to freely transfer abroad the whole proceeds of their investments in Morocco.

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