Applied tariffs
Simple average MFN applied
2023
12.0 %
Trade-weighted MFN average
2023
10.1 %
Share of MFN duty-free
2023
2.9 %
Bound tariffs
Simple average bound
20.8 %
Binding coverage
39.7 %
Share of bound duty-free
1.8 %
Imports
Total imports: 4,816.4 million USD in 2024
Imports by partner
European Union
36.8 %
1,772.6
million USD
United Arab Emirates
17.4 %
838.5
million USD
China
10.1 %
487.2
million USD
Brazil
6.5 %
313.1
million USD
Morocco
3.7 %
177.5
million USD
United States of America
3.7 %
176.5
million USD
Türkiye
2.7 %
131.8
million USD
Japan
2.4 %
113.2
million USD
Indonesia
2.2 %
105.3
million USD
Malaysia
1.9 %
90.9
million USD
Rest of the World
12.7 %
609.6
million USD
Imports by products HS 2017
271019
Medium oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, n.e.s.
30.6 %
1,474.8
million USD
170199
Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form (excl. cane and beet sugar containing added flavouring or colouring and raw sugar)
6.9 %
330.4
million USD
100199
Wheat and meslin (excl. seed for sowing, and durum wheat)
4.8 %
233.3
million USD
151190
Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined (excl. chemically modified and crude)
3.2 %
155.9
million USD
271012
Light oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals which >= 90% by volume "incl. losses" distil at 210°C "ASTM D 86 method" (excl. containing biodiesel)
2.9 %
137.4
million USD
843149
Parts of machinery of heading 8426, 8429 and 8430, n.e.s.
2.2 %
105.6
million USD
732690
Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)
1.8 %
85.5
million USD
300490
Medicaments consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic purposes, put up in measured doses "incl. those for transdermal administration" or in forms or packings for retail sale (excl. containing antibiotics, hormones or steroids used as hormones, alkaloids, provitamins, vitamins, their derivatives, antimalarial active principles and blinded clinical trial kits)
1.5 %
73.4
million USD
252310
Cement clinkers
1.3 %
62.6
million USD
870332
Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of <10 persons, incl. station wagons and racing cars, with only diesel engine of a cylinder capacity > 1.500 cm³ but <= 2.500 cm³ (excl. vehicles for travelling on snow and other specially designed vehicles of subheading 8703.10)
1.2 %
59.7
million USD
Rest of the products
43.6 %
2,097.7
million USD
Exports
Total exports: 4,149.5 million USD in 2024
Exports by destination
Canada
27.0 %
1,120.6
million USD
China
25.2 %
1,046.6
million USD
European Union
15.0 %
623.3
million USD
Switzerland
8.9 %
371.2
million USD
United Arab Emirates
3.5 %
146.9
million USD
Algeria
3.2 %
134.2
million USD
Japan
2.4 %
100.3
million USD
Côte d'Ivoire
2.3 %
96.9
million USD
Nigeria
1.6 %
67.2
million USD
Australia
1.5 %
62.9
million USD
Rest of the World
9.1 %
379.4
million USD
Exports by products HS 2017
710812
Gold, incl. gold plated with platinum, unwrought, for non-monetary purposes (excl. gold in powder form)
35.9 %
1,491.5
million USD
260111
Non-agglomerated iron ores and concentrates (excl. roasted iron pyrites)
28.3 %
1,173.2
million USD
030752
Octopus "Octopus spp.", frozen
9.2 %
383.8
million USD
260300
Copper ores and concentrates
5.0 %
205.6
million USD
030319
Frozen salmonidae (excl. trout and Pacific, Atlantic and Danube salmon)
4.2 %
175.4
million USD
710813
Gold, incl. gold plated with platinum, in semi-manufactured forms, for non-monetary purposes
3.5 %
146.1
million USD
030355
Frozen jack and horse mackerel "Trachurus spp."
1.9 %
79.2
million USD
030354
Frozen mackerel "Scomber scombrus, Scomber australasicus, Scomber japonicus"
1.9 %
79.0
million USD
230120
Flours, meals and pellets of fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, unfit for human consumption
1.9 %
78.8
million USD
030359
Frozen anchovies "Engraulis spp.", Indian mackerels "Rastrelliger spp.", seerfishes "Scomberomorus spp.", jacks, crevalles "Caranx spp.", silver pomfrets "Pampus spp.", Pacific saury "Cololabis saira", scads "Decapterus spp.", capelin "Mallotus villosus", Kawakawa "Euthynnus affinis", bonitos "Sarda spp.", marlins, sailfishes and spearfish "Istiophoridae"
1.3 %
54.9
million USD
Rest of the products
6.8 %
282.1
million USD
Preferential regimes provided by Mauritania
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Mauritania as a beneficiary based on other economies reported preferential regimes
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