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Mauritius Trade Summary

2008

Mauritius exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR MAURITIUS 2008

Overall Exports and Imports for Mauritius 2008

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

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 2,401 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 4,670 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,509 products were exported to 148 countries and 3,932 products were imported from 185 countries.

Mauritius top 5 Export and Import partners 2008

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

  1. Mauritius exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 709 million, with a partner share of 29.54 percent.
  2. Mauritius exports to France worth US$ 353 million, with a partner share of 14.71 percent.
  3. Mauritius exports to Bunkers worth US$ 314 million, with a partner share of 13.09 percent.
  4. Mauritius exports to United States worth US$ 140 million, with a partner share of 5.83 percent.
  5. Mauritius exports to Madagascar worth US$ 123 million, with a partner share of 5.14 percent.

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

  1. Mauritius imports from India worth US$ 1,117 million, with a partner share of 23.91 percent.
  2. Mauritius imports from China worth US$ 539 million, with a partner share of 11.53 percent.
  3. Mauritius imports from South Africa worth US$ 377 million, with a partner share of 8.08 percent.
  4. Mauritius imports from France worth US$ 364 million, with a partner share of 7.79 percent.
  5. Mauritius imports from Japan worth US$ 190 million, with a partner share of 4.06 percent.

Mauritius Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2008

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

  1. Mauritius exported T-shirts, singlets and other vests, of cotton, , worth US$ 319,933.11 million.
  2. Mauritius exported Raw cane sugar, in solid form , worth US$ 290,191.32 million.
  3. Mauritius exported Prepared or preserved tuna, skipjack and bonito , worth US$ 213,612.96 million.
  4. Mauritius exported Men's or boys' shirts of cotton , worth US$ 123,433.62 million.
  5. Mauritius exported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth US$ 80,526.60 million.

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

  1. Mauritius imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 846,915.88 million.
  2. Mauritius imported Frozen yellowfin tunas , worth US$ 108,484.33 million.
  3. Mauritius imported Frozen skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito , worth US$ 92,434.90 million.
  4. Mauritius imported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth US$ 87,502.36 million.
  5. Mauritius imported Portland cement (excl. white) , worth US$ 83,637.95 million.

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 Mauritius in 2008 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 143 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 4.79 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 2.16 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 4,055,705.21 and duty free tariff line items share was 73.36 percent.

Development Indicators 2008

Key Development Indicators of Mauritius in 2008 are below

  • Mauritius GDP in current US dollar was 9,990 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 7,380.00 .
  • Mauritius Trade balance: as % of GDP was -13.35.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -1,334.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 115.49 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 44.68 .

Trade Indicators 2008

Trade Indicators for Mauritius in 2008 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.13.
  • Index of export market penetration was 2.89.
  • World Growth in percentage was 7.43 and Mauritius Country Growth was 2.82 .