Mauritania | Imports and Exports | World | ALL COMMODITIES | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2010 - 2021

Exports structure from Mauritania in 2021 represented by the following main commodity groups:

• 62% (2.04 billion US$): 26 - Ores, slag and ash
• 21% (693 million US$): 03 - Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates
• 9.91% (323 million US$): 71 - Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin
• 3.69% (120 million US$): 23 - Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed
• 0.724% (23 million US$): 15 - Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes
• 0.348% (11.3 million US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
• 0.314% (10.2 million US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
• 0.287% (9.37 million US$): 16 - Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates
• 0.227% (7.43 million US$): 31 - Fertilizers
• 0.139% (4.54 million US$): 39 - Plastics and articles thereof

What did Mauritania export in 2021?

Mauritania's Top Exports in 2021:

• 54% ($1.78 billion): 2601 - Iron ores and concentrates, including roasted iron pyrites
• 11.2% ($368 million): 0307 - Molluscs; whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked molluscs, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process
• 9.91% ($323 million): 7108 - Gold (including gold plated with platinum) unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form
• 8.54% ($279 million): 0303 - Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 03.04.
• 7.88% ($257 million): 2603 - Copper ores and concentrates
• 3.67% ($120 million): 2301 - Flours, meals and pellets, of meat or meat offal, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, unfit for human consumption; greaves.
• 0.724% ($23 million): 1504 - Fats and oils and their fractions, of fish or marine mammals, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
• 0.619% ($20 million): 0306 - Crustaceans; in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking; in shell, steamed or boiled, whether or not chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine
• 0.39% ($12.7 million): 0302 - Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304
• 0.363% ($11.8 million): 0304 - Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh, chilled or frozen.

Imports structure to Mauritania in 2021 represented by the following main commodity groups:

• 26% (1.01 billion US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
• 10.1% (391 million US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
• 7.53% (290 million US$): 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
• 6.71% (259 million US$): 30 - Pharmaceutical products
• 6.48% (250 million US$): 10 - Cereals
• 4.84% (186 million US$): 15 - Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes
• 4.36% (168 million US$): 17 - Sugars and sugar confectionery
• 3.6% (139 million US$): 71 - Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin
• 3% (115 million US$): 85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
• 2.92% (112 million US$): 07 - Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers

What did Mauritania import in 2021?

Mauritania's Top Imports in 2021:

• 24% ($964 million): 2710 - Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparations n.e.c. containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; these being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils
• 5.69% ($219 million): 1001 - Wheat and meslin.
• 4.3% ($166 million): 1701 - Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form
• 4.07% ($157 million): 3003 - Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 30.02, 30.05 or 30.06) consisting of two or more constituents which have been mixed together for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, not put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale
• 3.71% ($143 million): 1507 - Soya-bean oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
• 3.59% ($138 million): 7108 - Gold (including gold plated with platinum) unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form
• 3.53% ($136 million): 8703 - Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 87.02), including station wagons and racing cars
• 3.33% ($128 million): 8431 - Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machinery of headings 84.25 to 84.30
• 2.2% ($85 million): 3004 - Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 30.02, 30.05 or 30.06) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses (including those in the form of transdermal administration systems) or in forms or packings for retail sale
• 2.07% ($80 million): 8704 - Motor vehicles for the transport of goods