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Mauritania Trade Summary

2023

Mauritania exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR MAURITANIA 2023

Overall Exports and Imports for Mauritania 2023

Exports and imports of Mauritania in 2023 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 4,065 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 4,818 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 300 products were exported to 97 countries and 2,448 products were imported from 131 countries.

Mauritania top 5 Export and Import partners 2023

Top five countries to which Mauritania exported in 2023 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Mauritania exports to Canada worth US$ 994 million, with a partner share of 24.45 percent.
  2. Mauritania exports to China worth US$ 922 million, with a partner share of 22.69 percent.
  3. Mauritania exports to Algeria worth US$ 332 million, with a partner share of 8.17 percent.
  4. Mauritania exports to Switzerland worth US$ 299 million, with a partner share of 7.36 percent.
  5. Mauritania exports to Spain worth US$ 250 million, with a partner share of 6.16 percent.

Top five countries from which Mauritania imported goods in 2023 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Mauritania imports from United Arab Emirates worth US$ 888 million, with a partner share of 18.44 percent.
  2. Mauritania imports from Spain worth US$ 615 million, with a partner share of 12.77 percent.
  3. Mauritania imports from Belgium worth US$ 520 million, with a partner share of 10.79 percent.
  4. Mauritania imports from China worth US$ 386 million, with a partner share of 8.01 percent.
  5. Mauritania imports from France worth US$ 334 million, with a partner share of 6.94 percent.

Mauritania Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2023

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 1,409,814.91 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Mauritania exported Gold in unwrought forms non-monetary , worth 1,291,798.55 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Mauritania exported Molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepa , worth 317,604.32 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Mauritania exported Gold in oth semi-manufactured forms,non-monetar , worth 226,002.20 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Mauritania exported Frozen fish, nes , worth 141,453.24 (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 1,658,542.41 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Mauritania imported Cane or beet sugar, in solid form, nes , worth 301,758.37 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Mauritania imported Spelt, common wheat and meslin , worth 202,325.20 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Mauritania imported Soya-bean oil (excl. crude) and fractions , worth 178,431.80 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Mauritania imported Palm oil (excl. crude) and liquid fractions , worth 155,427.27 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2023

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2023 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2023

Tariffs imposed by Mauritania in 2023 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 35 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 13.01 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 9.59 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 472,073.21 and duty free tariff line items share was 3.31 percent.

Development Indicators 2023

Key Development Indicators of Mauritania in 2023 are below

  • Mauritania GDP in current US dollar was 10,652 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 2,130.00 .
  • Mauritania Trade balance: as % of GDP was -14.89.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -1,587.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 91.47 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 11.75 .

Trade Indicators 2023

Trade Indicators for Mauritania in 2023 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.13.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.67.
  • World Growth in percentage was -3.13 and Mauritania Country Growth was -1.34 .