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Mauritania Trade Summary

2008

Mauritania exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR MAURITANIA 2008

Overall Exports and Imports for Mauritania 2008

Exports and imports of Mauritania in 2008 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 1,627 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 1,638 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 33 products were exported to 44 countries and 1,934 products were imported from 95 countries.

Mauritania top 5 Export and Import partners 2008

Top five countries to which Mauritania exported in 2008 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Mauritania exports to Unspecified worth US$ 464 million, with a partner share of 28.52 percent.
  2. Mauritania exports to France worth US$ 266 million, with a partner share of 16.34 percent.
  3. Mauritania exports to Germany worth US$ 134 million, with a partner share of 8.21 percent.
  4. Mauritania exports to China worth US$ 127 million, with a partner share of 7.80 percent.
  5. Mauritania exports to Switzerland worth US$ 121 million, with a partner share of 7.42 percent.

Top five countries from which Mauritania imported goods in 2008 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Mauritania imports from France worth US$ 268 million, with a partner share of 16.34 percent.
  2. Mauritania imports from Unspecified worth US$ 190 million, with a partner share of 11.58 percent.
  3. Mauritania imports from Russian Federation worth US$ 184 million, with a partner share of 11.23 percent.
  4. Mauritania imports from Netherlands worth US$ 125 million, with a partner share of 7.66 percent.
  5. Mauritania imports from Belgium worth US$ 100 million, with a partner share of 6.09 percent.

Mauritania Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2008

The top five exported HS 6 digit level products to world by Mauritania along with trade value are:

  1. Mauritania exported Non-agglomerated iron ores and concentrates , worth 773,625.39 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Mauritania exported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 326,449.46 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Mauritania exported Frozen salmonidae (excl. Pacific, Atlantic, Dan , worth 181,332.39 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Mauritania exported Copper ores and concentrates , worth 128,119.81 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Mauritania exported Gold in oth semi-manufactured forms,non-monetar , worth 120,801.30 (US$ Thousands).

The top five imported HS 6 digit level products from world by Mauritania along with trade value are

  1. Mauritania imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 545,513.92 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Mauritania imported Durum wheat , worth 108,748.43 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Mauritania imported Broken rice , worth 72,315.43 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Mauritania imported Soya-bean oil (excl. crude) and fractions , worth 51,607.07 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Mauritania imported Cane or beet sugar, containing added flavouring , worth 47,127.87 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2008

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2008 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2008

Tariffs imposed by Mauritania in 2008 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 20 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 9.44 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 9.29 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 168,440.61 and duty free tariff line items share was 17.63 percent.

Development Indicators 2008

Key Development Indicators of Mauritania in 2008 are below

  • Mauritania GDP in current US dollar was 5,206 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 1,400.00 .
  • Mauritania Trade balance: as % of GDP was -10.91.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -568.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 94.12 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was not available .

Trade Indicators 2008

Trade Indicators for Mauritania in 2008 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.18.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.80.
  • World Growth in percentage was -59.29 and Mauritania Country Growth was 20.54 .