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About

France-Mauritania Trade: In 2022, France exported $273M to Mauritania. The main products that France exported to Mauritania were Wheat ($30.3M), Packaged Medicaments ($30.3M), and Large Construction Vehicles ($14M). Over the past 5 years the exports of France to Mauritania have increased at an annualized rate of 4.46%, from $220M in 2017 to $273M in 2022.

In 2022, France did not export any services to Mauritania.

Mauritania-France Trade: In 2022, Mauritania exported $81.3M to France. The main products that Mauritania exported to France were Iron Ore ($61.2M), Fish oil ($12.9M), and Non-fillet Fresh Fish ($1.81M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Mauritania to France have increased at an annualized rate of 10.7%,  from $48.9M in 2017 to $81.3M in 2022.

In 2022, Mauritania did not export any services to France.

Comparison: In 2022,  France ranked 16 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 1.3), and 8 in total exports ($608B). That same year, Mauritania ranked 121 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -1.28), and 126 in total exports ($4.9B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2022, France exported $273M to Mauritania. The main products exported from France to Mauritania were Wheat ($30.3M), Packaged Medicaments ($30.3M), and Large Construction Vehicles ($14M). During the last 5 years the exports of France to Mauritania have increased at an annualized rate of 4.46%, from $220M in 2017 to $273M in 2022.

In 2017, Mauritania exported $81.3M to France. The main products exported from Mauritania to France were Iron Ore ($61.2M), Fish oil ($12.9M), and Non-fillet Fresh Fish ($1.81M). During the last 5 years the exports of Mauritania to France have increased at an annualized rate of 10.7%, from $48.9M in 2022 to $81.3M in 2017.

Exports from France (Flag) to Mauritania (Flag) (2022)

Exports from Mauritania (Flag) to France (Flag) (2022)

Latest Data

Trade between France (Flag) and Mauritania (Flag)

France Exports

Market Competitiveness

Color
France
Top Destination
Germany$78.3B
Mauritania
Top Destination
China$1.17B

This map shows whether countries import more from France or Mauritania. Each country is colored based on the difference in imports they receive from France and Mauritania or the difference in the growth in imports.

In 2022, countries that imported more from France than Mauritania included Germany ($78.3B), Italy ($56.4B), and United States ($50B).

In 2022, countries that imported more from Mauritania than France included Eswatini ($56.3M).

Difference in imports from Mauritania (Flag) and France (Flag) (2022)

Comparative Advantage France - Mauritania

Flow
Scale

This chart compares trade between France and Mauritania by product, considering products traded by both, France and Mauritania.

During 2022, France had a large net trade with Mauritania in the exports of Machines ($69.7M), Chemical Products ($52.9M), and Vegetable Products ($31.4M).

During 2017, Mauritania had a large net trade with France in the exports of Mineral Products ($61.6M), Animal and Vegetable Bi-Products ($12.9M), and Animal Products ($2.9M).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential France Mauritania+$3.77MRefined Petroleum
Top Product Potential Mauritania France+$3.58MIron Ore

We estimate the export potential of an economy for each product and destination using an extension of the bilateral relatedness model of Jun et al. (2019).This extended gravity model considers similarities among products and geographies and explains more than 50% of the variance in future trade flows.

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Economic Complexity

Competitive Landscape

This visualization shows the product space at the HS4 level with the flags of France and Mauritania. This means that a dot/product with the flag of France indicates it has a comparative advantage over Mauritania. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Mauritania indicates it has a comparative advantage over France.

Product Space of France (Flag) and Mauritania (Flag) (2022)

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