Annual is a settlement in northeastern Morrocco about 120 km west of Melilla. There, during the Rif War or War of Melilla, on July 22, Spanish army suffered a grave military defeat, known as the "Disaster of Annual", which led to a redefinition of Spanish colonial policy toward the Rif.
Morocco’s tariffs for barley, which can be as high as 35 percent, will be phased out in five years (barley for brewing) or 15 years (other barley), in equal annual installments.
Morocco’s tariff on soybeans imported for other forms of processing is 22.5 percent, and its tariffs on other oilseeds (e.g., rapeseed, colza seed, and sunflower seed) are as high as 37 percent.
The "Disaster of Annual" was a major military defeat suffered by the Spanish army on July 22, 1921 at Annual in northeastern Morocco during the Rif War or War of Melilla.
The over-extended Spanish military structure in the Western Spanish Protectorate in Morocco crumbled.
The Disaster of Annual seems to have been consciously erased from the collective Spanish memory, but two novels written in the immediate aftermath give a very good idea of the events: Iman, by Ramón J. Sender; and La Ruta by Arturo Barea.
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