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About

Italy-Mauritania Trade: In 2022, Italy exported $38.7M to Mauritania. The main products that Italy exported to Mauritania were Electric Generating Sets ($3.77M), Iron Wire ($1.82M), and Cranes ($1.65M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Italy to Mauritania have decreased at an annualized rate of 14%, from $82.3M in 2017 to $38.7M in 2022.

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

Mauritania-Italy Trade: In 2022, Mauritania exported $126M to Italy. The main products that Mauritania exported to Italy were Iron Ore ($104M), Processed Crustaceans ($11.5M), and Non-fillet Frozen Fish ($5.5M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Mauritania to Italy have decreased at an annualized rate of 7.69%,  from $187M in 2017 to $126M in 2022.

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

Comparison: In 2022,  Italy ranked 17 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 1.29), and 7 in total exports ($634B). 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, Italy exported $38.7M to Mauritania. The main products exported from Italy to Mauritania were Electric Generating Sets ($3.77M), Iron Wire ($1.82M), and Cranes ($1.65M). During the last 5 years the exports of Italy to Mauritania have decreased at an annualized rate of 14%, from $82.3M in 2017 to $38.7M in 2022.

In 2017, Mauritania exported $126M to Italy. The main products exported from Mauritania to Italy were Iron Ore ($104M), Processed Crustaceans ($11.5M), and Non-fillet Frozen Fish ($5.5M). During the last 5 years the exports of Mauritania to Italy have decreased at an annualized rate of 7.69%, from $187M in 2022 to $126M in 2017.

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

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

Market Competitiveness

Color
Italy
Top Destination
Germany$78.5B
Mauritania
Top Destination
China$1.17B

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

In 2022, countries that imported more from Italy than Mauritania included Germany ($78.5B), United States ($68.2B), and France ($63.8B).

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

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

Comparative Advantage Italy - Mauritania

Flow
Scale

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

During 2022, Italy had a large net trade with Mauritania in the exports of Machines ($18.9M), Metals ($5.01M), and Chemical Products ($2.71M).

During 2017, Mauritania had a large net trade with Italy in the exports of Mineral Products ($104M), Foodstuffs ($13.9M), and Animal Products ($7.39M).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential Italy Mauritania+$1.99MPackaged Medicaments
Top Product Potential Mauritania Italy+$10.7MMolluscs

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 Italy and Mauritania. This means that a dot/product with the flag of Italy indicates it has a comparative advantage over Mauritania. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Mauritania indicates it has a comparative advantage over Italy.

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

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