Trade Profiles
2021 Trade in commercial services
Transport
Travel Other commercial services
Industrial property
Merchandise trade Agricultural products Nonagricultural products
Mauritania
Mauritania
GDP (million current US$, 2020) GDP per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Current account balance (% GDP, 2020) Trade per capita (US$, 2017-2019) Trade (% GDP, 2017-2019)
8 176 1 902 -11.6 671 36.7
Rank in world trade, 2020 Merchandise excluding intra-EU trade Commercial services excluding intra-EU trade
Exports
128 103 179 153
Imports
143 117 140 114
MERCHANDISE TRADE Value
Million US$ Merchandise exports, f.o.b. Merchandise imports, c.i.f.
Annual percentage change
2020 2 830 2 745
2010-2020 3 4
2020 0.02
Share in world total imports (%)
Share in world total exports (%)
2019 10 11
2020 25 -22 2020 0.02
Breakdown in economy's total exports
Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main commodity group, % (2019)
By main commodity group, % (2019)
Agricultural products: 46
Fuels and mining products: 44.3
Agricultural products: 18.2
Fuels and mining products: 30.6
Manufactures: 1
Other: 8.6
Manufactures: 49.8
Other: 1.3
By main destination, % (2019)
By main origin, % (2019)
China: 38.6 Japan: 8.4 Côte d'Ivoire: 3.8
European Union: 29.9 Russian Federation: 7.1 Other: 12.2
European Union: 37.1 China: 10.7 United States of America: 3.4
United Arab Emirates: 13.3 Russian Federation: 4.1 Other: 31.4
Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS2104 HS0807 HS4103 HS0204 HS0810
2019 . 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2
Soups and broths Melons and papaws, fresh Other raw hides and skins Meat of sheep or goats, fresh Other fruit, fresh
Value
Top imported products (Million US$) HS1001 HS0402 HS1006 HS1701 HS1507
2019
Wheat and meslin Milk and cream, concentrated Rice Cane or beet sugar Soya-bean oil and its fractions
148 94 60 59 46
Share in economy's trade in agricultural products Exports 0%
20%
Imports 40%
0%
HS2104
HS1001
HS0807
HS0402
HS4103
HS1006
HS0204
HS1701
HS0810
HS1507
10%
20%
30%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2019 2 635
Annual percentage change
2010-2019 -25 7
2018 19 19
2019 -25 9
Non-Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS2601 HS0307 HS0303 HS2603 HS1504
Iron ores and concentrates Molluscs whether in shell or not Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillet Copper ores and concentrates Fats, oils of fish
2019
Top imported products (Million US$)
896 516 396 196 40
HS2710 HS8905 HS8431 HS8207 HS8703
Value 2019
Petroleum oils, other than crude Vessels not mainly for navigability Parts for machinery of 8425 to 8430 Interchangeable tools for hand tool Motor cars for transport of persons
987 178 152 70 57
Share in economy's trade in non-agricultural products Exports 0%
234
Imports 50%
0%
HS2601
HS2710
HS0307
HS8905
HS0303
HS8431
HS2603
HS8207
HS1504
HS8703
20%
40%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2019 2 265 2 885
Annual percentage change
2010-2019 3 9
2018 3 -14
2019 10 11
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Mauritania TRADE IN COMMERCIAL SERVICES Value
Million US$ Commercial services exports Commercial services imports
Annual percentage change
2020 110 789 2020 0.00
Share in world total exports (%) Breakdown in economy's total exports
2010-2020 0 2
2019 9 16
2020 -11 6 2020 0.02
Share in world total imports (%) Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main services item, % (2019)
By main services item, % (2019)
Transport: 57.9 Other commercial services: 33
Travel: 9 Goods-related services: 0
Transport: 42.5 Other commercial services: 52.8
By main destination
Travel: 4.2 Goods-related services: 0.5
By main origin
Value
FATS sales Inward (million US$) Outward (million US$)
Annual percentage change
2020 na na
2010-2020 na na
2019 na na
2020 na na
Transport Mauritania
World
500 0
2010
2013
2016
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
1000
2019 72 315
Exports By sea (2019) By air (2019) By other (2019)
2020
Transport exports (Index 2010=100)
Value
2010-2019 29 4
Share (%)
66 4 2
Annual percentage change 2018 -10 10
Imports By sea (2019) By air (2019) By other (2016)
91.3 5.4 3.1
2019 42 21
Value
Share (%)
284 30 5
90.3 9.6 2.8
Travel Mauritania
200
World
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
100 0
2010
2013
2016
2019 11 31
2010-2019 na na
Annual percentage change 2018 -81 -53
2019 163 134
2020
Travel exports (Index 2012=100)
Other Commercial Services and Goods-related Services Million US$
Exports of OCS by main item (2019) 3.6 2.7
Other commercial services Exports Imports
Other business services ICTs
30.6 63.1
Value
Personal & cultural
2019
2010-2019
41 391
na na
2019
Goods-related services Exports Imports
Other
Annual percentage change
2010-2019
0 4
na na
2018
2019
7 -15
-29 7
2018
2019
-35 -58
-100 129
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY Patent applications Residents
na
Trademark applications
Non-residents
na
Total
na
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Residents
na
Industrial design applications
Non-residents
na
Total
na
Residents
na
Non-residents
na
Total
na
235