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Mauritania Trade Summary

2009

Mauritania exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR MAURITANIA 2009

Overall Exports and Imports for Mauritania 2009

Exports and imports of Mauritania in 2009 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 1,387 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 1,337 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 33 products were exported to 44 countries and 1,871 products were imported from 94 countries.

Mauritania top 5 Export and Import partners 2009

Top five countries to which Mauritania exported in 2009 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Mauritania exports to Unspecified worth US$ 405 million, with a partner share of 29.22 percent.
  2. Mauritania exports to China worth US$ 231 million, with a partner share of 16.68 percent.
  3. Mauritania exports to Switzerland worth US$ 167 million, with a partner share of 12.06 percent.
  4. Mauritania exports to Italy worth US$ 126 million, with a partner share of 9.12 percent.
  5. Mauritania exports to Spain worth US$ 116 million, with a partner share of 8.40 percent.

Top five countries from which Mauritania imported goods in 2009 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Mauritania imports from France worth US$ 246 million, with a partner share of 18.39 percent.
  2. Mauritania imports from China worth US$ 106 million, with a partner share of 7.96 percent.
  3. Mauritania imports from Russian Federation worth US$ 92 million, with a partner share of 6.90 percent.
  4. Mauritania imports from Unspecified worth US$ 80 million, with a partner share of 5.95 percent.
  5. Mauritania imports from Belgium worth US$ 72 million, with a partner share of 5.39 percent.

Mauritania Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2009

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

  1. Mauritania exported Frozen salmonidae (excl. Pacific, Atlantic, Dan , worth 231,950.36 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Mauritania exported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 217,912.87 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Mauritania exported Gold in oth semi-manufactured forms,non-monetar , worth 167,162.40 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Mauritania exported Copper ores and concentrates , worth 153,790.09 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Mauritania exported Molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepa , worth 2,523.87 (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 249,940.32 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Mauritania imported Durum wheat , worth 77,743.59 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Mauritania imported Broken rice , worth 70,642.49 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Mauritania imported Parts of cranes, work-trucks, shovels, and othe , worth 52,963.47 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Mauritania imported Cane or beet sugar, containing added flavouring , worth 46,251.54 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2009

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2009 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2009

Tariffs imposed by Mauritania in 2009 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 20 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 9.57 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 8.68 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 181,823.43 and duty free tariff line items share was 16.20 percent.

Development Indicators 2009

Key Development Indicators of Mauritania in 2009 are below

  • Mauritania GDP in current US dollar was 4,715 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 1,480.00 .
  • Mauritania Trade balance: as % of GDP was -7.52.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -354.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 82.01 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was not available .

Trade Indicators 2009

Trade Indicators for Mauritania in 2009 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.19.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.77.
  • World Growth in percentage was -12.22 and Mauritania Country Growth was -11.76 .