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Mauritania Trade Summary

2018

Mauritania exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR MAURITANIA 2018

Overall Exports and Imports for Mauritania 2018

Exports and imports of Mauritania in 2018 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 2,052 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 3,183 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 100 products were exported to 84 countries and 2,068 products were imported from 133 countries.

Mauritania top 5 Export and Import partners 2018

Top five countries to which Mauritania exported in 2018 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Mauritania exports to China worth US$ 654 million, with a partner share of 31.88 percent.
  2. Mauritania exports to Spain worth US$ 310 million, with a partner share of 15.11 percent.
  3. Mauritania exports to Switzerland worth US$ 193 million, with a partner share of 9.42 percent.
  4. Mauritania exports to Japan worth US$ 187 million, with a partner share of 9.11 percent.
  5. Mauritania exports to Russian Federation worth US$ 137 million, with a partner share of 6.68 percent.

Top five countries from which Mauritania imported goods in 2018 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Mauritania imports from United Arab Emirates worth US$ 458 million, with a partner share of 14.40 percent.
  2. Mauritania imports from Spain worth US$ 350 million, with a partner share of 10.99 percent.
  3. Mauritania imports from Belgium worth US$ 347 million, with a partner share of 10.91 percent.
  4. Mauritania imports from China worth US$ 242 million, with a partner share of 7.61 percent.
  5. Mauritania imports from United Kingdom worth US$ 199 million, with a partner share of 6.24 percent.

Mauritania Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2018

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

  1. Mauritania exported Agglomerated iron ores and concentrates , worth US$ 538,360.85 million.
  2. Mauritania exported Octopus (excl. live, fresh or chilled) , worth US$ 435,716.08 million.
  3. Mauritania exported Frozen salmonidae (excl. Pacific, Atlantic, Dan , worth US$ 362,662.91 million.
  4. Mauritania exported Gold in oth semi-manufactured forms,non-monetar , worth US$ 200,609.94 million.
  5. Mauritania exported Copper ores and concentrates , worth US$ 195,917.75 million.

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 US$ 999,468.64 million.
  2. Mauritania imported Parts of cranes, work-trucks, shovels, and othe , worth US$ 234,593.72 million.
  3. Mauritania imported Durum wheat , worth US$ 112,313.12 million.
  4. Mauritania imported Parts of boring or sinking machinery, whether o , worth US$ 69,947.62 million.
  5. Mauritania imported Reservoirs... and similar containers, capacity , worth US$ 62,426.61 million.

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2018

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2018 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2018

Tariffs imposed by Mauritania in 2018 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 20 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 12.55 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 8.03 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 272,611.58 and duty free tariff line items share was 8.23 percent.

Development Indicators 2018

Key Development Indicators of Mauritania in 2018 are below

  • Mauritania GDP in current US dollar was 7,474 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 1,710.00 .
  • Mauritania Trade balance: as % of GDP was -15.97.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -1,194.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 89.15 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 11.36 .

Trade Indicators 2018

Trade Indicators for Mauritania in 2018 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.12.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.69.
  • World Growth in percentage was 4.83 and Mauritania Country Growth was 4.73 .