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: 4,815.6 million USD in 2023
Imports by partner
European Union
37.6 %
1,809.4
million USD
United Arab Emirates
18.4 %
888.4
million USD
China
8.0 %
386.0
million USD
Morocco
4.7 %
225.0
million USD
Brazil
4.6 %
223.4
million USD
United States of America
3.9 %
185.5
million USD
Indonesia
3.3 %
158.2
million USD
Malaysia
3.2 %
151.7
million USD
India
2.2 %
105.6
million USD
Japan
2.1 %
100.6
million USD
Rest of the World
12.1 %
581.8
million USD
Imports by products HS 2017
271019
Medium oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, n.e.s.
31.5 %
1,518.7
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)
6.3 %
301.8
million USD
100199
Wheat and meslin (excl. seed for sowing, and durum wheat)
4.2 %
202.3
million USD
150790
Soya-bean oil and its fractions, whether or not refined (excl. chemically modified and crude)
3.7 %
178.4
million USD
151190
Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined (excl. chemically modified and crude)
3.2 %
155.4
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 %
139.6
million USD
843149
Parts of machinery of heading 8426, 8429 and 8430, n.e.s.
2.7 %
128.8
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)
2.0 %
97.5
million USD
252310
Cement clinkers
1.3 %
61.9
million USD
271113
Butanes, liquefied (excl. of a purity of >= 95% of N-butane or isobutane)
1.3 %
61.4
million USD
Rest of the products
40.9 %
1,969.9
million USD
Exports
Total exports: 4,065.2 million USD in 2023
Exports by destination
Canada
24.4 %
993.8
million USD
China
22.7 %
922.3
million USD
European Union
15.7 %
638.1
million USD
Algeria
8.2 %
332.0
million USD
Switzerland
7.4 %
299.0
million USD
United Arab Emirates
5.6 %
226.4
million USD
Japan
3.5 %
142.6
million USD
Australia
2.6 %
106.3
million USD
Côte d'Ivoire
1.7 %
70.5
million USD
Democratic Republic of the Congo
1.1 %
45.8
million USD
Rest of the World
7.1 %
288.4
million USD
Exports by products HS 2017
260111
Non-agglomerated iron ores and concentrates (excl. roasted iron pyrites)
34.7 %
1,409.8
million USD
710812
Gold, incl. gold plated with platinum, unwrought, for non-monetary purposes (excl. gold in powder form)
31.8 %
1,291.8
million USD
030752
Octopus "Octopus spp.", frozen
7.7 %
313.7
million USD
710813
Gold, incl. gold plated with platinum, in semi-manufactured forms, for non-monetary purposes
5.6 %
226.0
million USD
260300
Copper ores and concentrates
3.1 %
127.5
million USD
030355
Frozen jack and horse mackerel "Trachurus spp."
2.7 %
108.1
million USD
230120
Flours, meals and pellets of fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, unfit for human consumption
2.3 %
93.4
million USD
730419
Line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines, seamless, of iron or steel (excl. products of stainless steel or of cast iron)
1.7 %
70.6
million USD
030354
Frozen mackerel "Scomber scombrus, Scomber australasicus, Scomber japonicus"
1.4 %
55.3
million USD
030319
Frozen salmonidae (excl. trout and Pacific, Atlantic and Danube salmon)
1.0 %
42.6
million USD
Rest of the products
8.0 %
326.4
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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