Mauritania

Mauritania Exports 2023

Complete list of Mauritania's 137 export destinations and 100+ product categories. Sourced from CEPII BACI.

$4.94B
Total exports (2023)
#129
Global export rank
137
Destination countries
100+
Product categories tracked

Mauritania exported $4.94 billion of merchandise goods in 2023, making it the world's #129 largest exporter. Goods flowed to 137 destinations, with the top ten markets absorbing 84.2% of total export value. The leading export was non-agglomerated, valued at $1.65 billion 33.3% of the country's export portfolio.

The two tables below list every destination country and the most-traded product categories at the HS6 (Harmonized System 6-digit) level. All values come from the CEPII BACI database, which reconciles UN Comtrade declarations to produce cleaner bilateral flows.

All export destinations

137 countries and territories. Click any country for the full bilateral page.

#Destination2023 export value% of total
1China$1.17B23.59%
2Switzerland$672.87M13.62%
3Canada$599.08M12.13%
4United Arab Emirates$463.30M9.38%
5Spain$346.37M7.01%
6Algeria$332.00M6.72%
7Japan$208.95M4.23%
8Italy$146.99M2.98%
9Australia$124.33M2.52%
10Côte d'Ivoire$98.70M2.00%
11Norway$87.94M1.78%
12France$79.01M1.60%
13Ghana$53.64M1.09%
14Germany$49.93M1.01%
15Dem. Rep. of the Congo$45.78M0.93%
16Benin$39.46M0.80%
17Senegal$36.57M0.74%
18United Kingdom$34.62M0.70%
19Mexico$27.72M0.56%
20Portugal$25.47M0.52%
21India$25.12M0.51%
22Mali$22.67M0.46%
23Indonesia$22.08M0.45%
24Serbia$21.54M0.44%
25Rep. of Korea$20.30M0.41%
26Cameroon$15.61M0.32%
27Netherlands$14.57M0.29%
28Nigeria$14.51M0.29%
29Namibia$13.36M0.27%
30Togo$12.85M0.26%
31Liberia$10.84M0.22%
32Romania$10.22M0.21%
33Egypt$8.63M0.17%
34Greece$8.49M0.17%
35USA$8.12M0.16%
36Ukraine$7.72M0.16%
37Denmark$6.41M0.13%
38Bangladesh$6.19M0.13%
39Guinea$5.60M0.11%
40Morocco$5.24M0.11%
41Congo$4.71M0.10%
42Angola$4.59M0.09%
43Türkiye$4.52M0.09%
44Singapore$4.02M0.08%
45Other Asia, nes$2.74M0.06%
46Viet Nam$2.62M0.05%
47China, Macao SAR$1.88M0.04%
48Equatorial Guinea$1.54M0.03%
49Lebanon$1.20M0.02%
50Brazil$1.07M0.02%
51Tunisia$1.02M0.02%
52China, Hong Kong SAR$1.00M0.02%
53Slovenia$952,7460.02%
54South Africa$872,8930.02%
55Chile$844,9220.02%
56Guinea-Bissau$836,3700.02%
57Gabon$756,1220.02%
58Belgium$628,2860.01%
59Mozambique$608,7060.01%
60Burkina Faso$495,1960.01%
61Israel$474,0000.01%
62Malaysia$401,3450.01%
63Belarus$375,7450.01%
64Poland$305,1070.01%
65Austria$278,5240.01%
66Lithuania$243,4380.00%
67Latvia$234,5850.00%
68Mauritius$227,3030.00%
69Cyprus$226,0410.00%
70Finland$223,9750.00%
71Niger$166,9090.00%
72Saudi Arabia$152,6270.00%
73Rep. of Moldova$148,8570.00%
74Armenia$148,7590.00%
75Zambia$147,4670.00%
76Azerbaijan$132,7010.00%
77Luxembourg$131,5520.00%
78Libya$121,1810.00%
79Bulgaria$110,4550.00%
80Slovakia$108,0570.00%
81Seychelles$96,0000.00%
82Central African Rep.$95,0020.00%
83Cabo Verde$85,4190.00%
84Gambia$80,1010.00%
85Ecuador$76,1150.00%
86Bosnia Herzegovina$64,8160.00%
87Czechia$60,7100.00%
88Ethiopia$57,0460.00%
89Kuwait$56,3730.00%
90Sierra Leone$47,7170.00%
91Montenegro$35,8030.00%
92Thailand$34,5750.00%
93Russian Federation$34,0610.00%
94United Rep. of Tanzania$29,9140.00%
95Burundi$29,3780.00%
96Colombia$27,0380.00%
97Ireland$26,6020.00%
98Hungary$24,9730.00%
99Uganda$21,9100.00%
100Iceland$20,6430.00%
101Iraq$15,2550.00%
102Jordan$13,7000.00%
103Sweden$13,6910.00%
104Chad$13,3830.00%
105Bahrain$12,6420.00%
106Botswana$9,5460.00%
107Zimbabwe$9,2120.00%
108Oman$8,2890.00%
109Pakistan$8,0120.00%
110Dominican Rep.$7,5130.00%
111Guatemala$6,9890.00%
112Panama$6,9830.00%
113Kazakhstan$6,6440.00%
114New Zealand$6,2060.00%
115Sri Lanka$5,4180.00%
116Nicaragua$4,7500.00%
117Philippines$4,5970.00%
118Estonia$4,1870.00%
119Uruguay$2,6740.00%
120North Macedonia$2,6400.00%
121Madagascar$2,0260.00%
122Brunei Darussalam$1,8120.00%
123Uzbekistan$1,6720.00%
124El Salvador$1,6050.00%
125Comoros$1,3910.00%
126Peru$1,2860.00%
127Malawi$1,2630.00%
128Costa Rica$1,0530.00%
129Saint Barthélemy$8900.00%
130Kenya$6240.00%
131Qatar$5170.00%
132Eswatini$4230.00%
133Malta$3360.00%
134Cambodia$1840.00%
135Bolivia (Plurinational State of)$1540.00%
136Rwanda$1390.00%
137Honduras$980.00%

Top export products (HS6)

100 product categories ranked by 2023 export value.

#HS6ProductValue% of total
1260111Iron ores and concentrates: non-agglomerated$1.65B33.30%
2710812Metals: gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder)$1.51B30.47%
3030752Molluscs: octopus (Octopus spp.), frozen$365.04M7.39%
4710813Metals: gold, semi-manufactured$226.00M4.57%
5260300Copper ores and concentrates$159.01M3.22%
6230120Flours, meals and pellets: of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates$110.24M2.23%
7150420Fats and oils and their fractions: of fish, (excluding liver-oils)$106.30M2.15%
8030355Fish: frozen, jack and horse mackerel (Trachurus spp.), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99$105.84M2.14%
9030354Fish: frozen, mackerel (Scomber scombrus, Scomber australasicus, Scomber japonicus), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99$84.13M1.70%
10030743Molluscs: cuttle fish and squid, whether in shell or not, includes flours, meals, and pellets of molluscs, fit for human consumption, frozen$52.89M1.07%
11030353Fish: frozen, sardines (Sardina pilchardus, Sardinops spp.), sardinella (Sardinella spp.), brisling or sprats (Sprattus sprattus), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99$51.00M1.03%
12080711Fruit, edible: watermelons, fresh$46.50M0.94%
13030319Fish: frozen, salmonidae, n.e.c. in item no. 0303.1, excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99$42.17M0.85%
14030289Fish: fresh or chilled, n.e.c. in heading 0302, excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0302.91 to 0302.99$36.20M0.73%
15030389Fish: frozen, n.e.c. in heading 0303, excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99$33.95M0.69%
16030359Fish: frozen, n.e.c. in item no. 0303.5, excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99$30.16M0.61%
17030729Molluscs: scallops, whether in shell or not, including queen scallops of the genera Pecten, Chlamys or Placopecten, dried, salted, in brine, or smoked, cooked or not before or during the smoking process$27.14M0.55%
18843143Boring or sinking machinery: parts of the machinery of item no. 8430.41 or 8430.41$21.46M0.43%
19030631Crustaceans: live, fresh or chilled, rock lobsters and other sea crawfish (Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.), in shell or not$16.07M0.33%
20902000Breathing appliances and gas masks: excluding protective masks having neither mechanical parts nor replaceable filters and excluding apparatus of item no. 9019.20$15.34M0.31%
21310530Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate)$14.25M0.29%
22030391Fish: frozen, livers, roes and milt$13.64M0.28%
23260112Iron ores and concentrates: agglomerated (excluding roasted iron pyrites)$13.07M0.26%
24030285Fish: fresh or chilled, seabream (Sparidae), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0302.91 to 0302.99$9.12M0.18%
25160420Fish preparations: fish minced or in forms n.e.c. in heading no. 1604, prepared or preserved$8.55M0.17%
26230990Dog or cat food: (not put up for retail sale), used in animal feeding$8.23M0.17%
27520100Cotton: not carded or combed$7.85M0.16%
28310100Fertilizers, animal or vegetable: whether or not mixed together or chemically treated: fertilizers, produced by the mixing or chemical treatment of animal or vegetable products$7.59M0.15%
29030611Crustaceans: frozen, rock lobsters and other sea crawfish (Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.), in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking: in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water$7.53M0.15%
30030339Fish: frozen, flat fish, n.e.c. in item no. 0303.3, excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99$7.20M0.15%
31261690Precious metal ores and concentrates: (excluding silver)$6.50M0.13%
32760200Aluminium: waste and scrap$6.44M0.13%
33841480Pumps and compressors: for air, vacuum or gas, n.e.c. in heading no. 8414$6.03M0.12%
34720449Ferrous waste and scrap: n.e.c. in heading no. 7204$5.70M0.12%
35854810Waste and scrap of primary cells, primary batteries and electric accumulators: spent primary cells, spent primary batteries and spent electric accumulators$4.67M0.09%
36160555Mollusc preparations: octopus, prepared or preserved$4.57M0.09%
37730840Iron or steel: structures and parts thereof, props and similar equipment for scaffolding, shuttering or pit-propping$4.41M0.09%
38731100Containers for compressed or liquefied gas, of iron or steel$4.34M0.09%
39740400Copper: waste and scrap$4.31M0.09%
40847990Machines and mechanical appliances: parts, of those having individual functions$3.90M0.08%
41030333Fish: frozen, sole (Solea spp.), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99$3.82M0.08%
42030223Fish: fresh or chilled, sole (Solea spp.), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0302.91 to 0302.99$3.76M0.08%
43030254Fish: fresh or chilled, hake (Merluccius spp., Urophycis spp.), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0302.91 to 0302.99$3.31M0.07%
44030369Fish: frozen, of Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae, Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae, Muraenolepididae, other than cod, haddock, coalfish, hake, Alaska pollack, blue whitings, not fillets, meat of 0304, and edible offal of 0303.9$3.18M0.06%
45030449Fish fillets: fresh or chilled, other than fish of heading 0304.4$3.16M0.06%
46030219Fish: fresh or chilled, salmonidae, n.e.c. in item no. 0302.1, excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0302.91 to 0302.99$2.95M0.06%
47730511Iron or steel (excluding cast iron): line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines (not seamless), longitudinally submerged arc welded, having circular cross-sections, external diameter exceeds 406.4mm$2.87M0.06%
48854460Insulated electric conductors: for a voltage exceeding 1000 volts$2.77M0.06%
49410120Raw hides and skins: whole, unsplit, of bovine or equine animals, of a weight per skin not exceeding 8kg when simply dried, 10kg when dry-salted or 16kg when fresh, wet-salted or otherwise preserved$2.64M0.05%
50260120Iron pyrites: roasted$2.55M0.05%
51730429Iron or steel (excluding cast iron or stainless steel): seamless, casing and tubing, of a kind used in drilling for oil or gas$2.39M0.05%
52030349Fish: frozen, tuna, n.e.c. in item no. 0303.4, excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99$2.26M0.05%
53730419Iron or steel (excluding cast iron or stainless steel): seamless, line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines$2.15M0.04%
54030366Fish: frozen, hake (Merluccius spp., Urophycis spp.), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99$2.15M0.04%
55847989Machines and mechanical appliances: having individual functions, n.e.c. or included in this chapter$2.04M0.04%
56853110Signalling apparatus: electric, sound or visual, burglar or fire alarms and similar, other than those of heading no. 8512 or 8530$1.99M0.04%
57030614Crustaceans: frozen, crabs, in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking: in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water$1.90M0.04%
58030742Molluscs: cuttle fish and squid, whether in shell or not, live, fresh or chilled$1.76M0.04%
59890790Floating structures: tanks, coffer-dams, landing stages, buoys and beacons$1.53M0.03%
60730424Steel, stainless: seamless, casing and tubing, of a kind used in drilling for oil or gas$1.38M0.03%
61150410Oils of fish: fish-liver oils and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified$1.38M0.03%
62030571Fish: edible offal, shark fins$1.36M0.03%
63854430Insulated electric conductors: ignition wiring sets and other wiring sets of a kind used in vehicles, aircraft or ships$1.31M0.03%
64310520Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: containing the three fertilizing elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium$1.26M0.03%
65030229Fish: fresh or chilled, flat fish, n.e.c. in item no. 0302.2, excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0302.91 to 0302.99$1.13M0.02%
66842951Front-end shovel loaders$1.08M0.02%
67391590Plastics n.e.c. in heading no. 3915: waste, parings and scrap$1.05M0.02%
68392310Plastics: boxes, cases, crates and similar articles for the conveyance or packing of goods$1.04M0.02%
69392690Plastics: other articles n.e.c. in chapter 39$1.01M0.02%
70030343Fish: frozen, skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito, excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99$1.00M0.02%
71080719Fruit, edible: melons, other than watermelons, fresh$994,3810.02%
72854420Insulated electric conductors: co-axial cable and other co-axial electric conductors$916,9090.02%
73848140Valves: safety or relief valves, for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like$909,3380.02%
74621010Garments: of felt or non-wovens (not knitted or crocheted)$896,1460.02%
75780200Lead: waste and scrap$891,1090.02%
76730520Iron or steel (excluding cast iron): casing of a kind used in drilling for oil or gas (not seamless), having circular cross-sections, external diameter exceeds 406.4mm$847,6130.02%
77732690Iron or steel: articles n.e.c. in heading 7326$834,0350.02%
78871640Trailers and semi-trailers: n.e.c. in item no. 8716.3$801,2930.02%
79030617Crustaceans: frozen, shrimps and prawns, excluding cold-water varieties, in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking: in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water$785,1090.02%
80252020Plasters: (consisting of calcined gypsum or calcium sulphate), whether or not coloured, with or without small quantities of accelerators or retarders$778,8990.02%
81890200Fishing vessels, factory ships and other vessels: for processing or preserving fishery products$763,5240.02%
82840999Engines: parts for internal combustion piston engines (excluding spark-ignition)$762,8580.02%
83842539Winches: capstans: not powered by an electric motor$756,3720.02%
84030569Fish: salted or in brine, not dried or smoked, other than edible fish offal, n.e.c. in item no. 0305.6$724,4640.01%
85870120Tractors: road, for semi-trailers$707,8440.01%
86030489Fish fillets: frozen, of fish n.e.c. in heading 0304.8$694,2920.01%
87050800Animal products: coral and similar materials, shells of molluscs, crustaceans, echinoderms, cuttle-bone, unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape, powder and waste thereof$689,3140.01%
88030559Fish: dried, whether or not salted but not smoked, other than edible fish offal, n.e.c. in item no. 0305.5$648,5760.01%
89490700Unused postage, revenue or similar stamps of current or new issue in the country in which they have, or will have, a recognised face value: stamp-impressed paper: cheque forms: banknotes, stock, share or bond certificates and the like of similar title$630,7840.01%
90030572Fish: edible offal, fish heads, tails and maws$627,9030.01%
91030249Fish: fresh or chilled, n.e.c. in item no. 0302.4, excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0302.91 to 0302.99$580,4160.01%
92271000Petroleum 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$574,8870.01%
93902690Instruments and apparatus: parts and accessories for those measuring or checking the flow, level, pressure or other variables of liquids or gases (excluding those of heading no. 9014, 9015, 9028 or 9032)$566,1830.01%
94720421Ferrous waste and scrap: of stainless steel$541,9840.01%
95848180Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances: for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, including thermostatically controlled valves$509,3760.01%
96710691Metals: silver, unwrought, (but not powder)$500,2090.01%
97481930Paper and paperboard: sacks and bags of paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding or fibres, having a base of a width of 40cm or more$487,7700.01%
98030792Molluscs: n.e.c. in heading 0307, whether in shell or not, includes flours, meals, and pellets of molluscs, fit for human consumption, frozen$482,1000.01%
99030192Fish: live, eels (Anguilla spp.)$481,2260.01%
100410510Tanned or crust skins of sheep or lambs, without wool on, whether or not split, but not further prepared, in the wet state (including wet-blue)$469,2530.01%