Mauritania — Trade & Compliance
Mauritania's trade profile consolidates its merchandise flow from CEPII BACI, the preferential agreements it has entered from the World Bank, the international cargo conventions it has ratified from the UN Treaty Collection, and its applied tariff, VAT and currency of record from the World Bank, the EU and ISO 4217.
Every figure is shown as its named source records it and dated where the source dates it; trade partners and product codes link to their own pages where logibook profiles them.
Memberships & standing
Trade Flow
- 1China27.9%
- 2Switzerland16.0%
- 3Canada15.2%
- 4Spain8.2%
- 5United Arab Emirates3.1%
- 1China19.5%
- 2United Arab Emirates15.5%
- 3Morocco7.4%
- 4France5.8%
- 5Spain4.7%
- 1Ores, slag, ash36.5%
- 2Pearls, precious stones & metals34.3%
- 3Fish & seafood22.5%
- 4Food residues, animal feed2.3%
- 5Animal/vegetable fats & oils1.0%
- 1Mineral fuels & oils18.4%
- 2Machinery & mechanical appliances8.3%
- 3Vehicles6.2%
- 4Sugars5.4%
- 5Electrical machinery5.4%
- 1Switzerland+8.94pp
- 2Côte d'Ivoire+3.01pp
- 3Algeria+2.83pp
- 1Türkiye−6.29pp
- 2United Arab Emirates−5.88pp
- 3Spain−2.03pp
- 1Fish & seafood+5.62pp
- 1Pearls, precious stones & metals−2.19pp
- 2Food residues, animal feed−1.84pp
- 3Ores, slag, ash−1.62pp
Showing the leading partners and product groups by trade share; the full bilateral flow matrix is in — CEPII BACI · 2024
Preferential Trade Agreements
International Cargo Treaties
- ✓Convention on the International Maritime Organization. Geneva, 6 March 1948
- ✓Agreement relating to the implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982. New York, 28 July 1994
- ✓Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction. New York, 19 June 2023
- ✓United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. Vienna, 11 April 1980
Fiscal & Tariffs
Sanctions & restrictive measures
5 entities on UN/EU restrictive-measures lists — full lists: UN Security Council Consolidated List · 2026-04 · EU Consolidated Sanctions List
Key commodities
Top item per category of 55 commodities tracked — full lists: FAOSTAT · 2026-05 · British Geological Survey · U.S. EIA