US trade (export - import) with Mauritania in 2017
Published or Updated: Apr 17, 2018
The report on US foreign trade in goods with Mauritania in 2017: exports, imports, balance, product types and groups, dynamics.
US Trade with Mauritania
In 2017, US trade with Mauritania totaled $191.2 million, up 13.36% ($22.5 million) from 2016.
US exports to Mauritania in 2017 totaled $127.8 million, up 9.87% ($11.5 million) from 2016.
US imports from Mauritania in 2017 totaled $63.4 million, up 21.10% ($11.0 million) from 2016.
US trade surplus with Mauritania in 2017 was $64.4 million, a 0.67% increase ($0.4 million) over 2016.
Mauritania was the US 146th largest trading partner in 2017 (up from 150th in 2016), accounting for 0.0048% of US total trade (up from 0.0046% in 2016).
Mauritania was the US 134th largest export market in 2017 (up from 139th in 2016), accounting for 0.0083% of US total exports (up from 0.0080% in 2016).
Mauritania was the US 137th largest supplier in 2017 (just as in 2016), accounting for 0.0026% of US total imports (up from 0.0023% in 2016).
US Exports to Mauritania
The major share of US exports to Mauritania in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 73.23% of US total exports to Mauritania (64.05% in 2016);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 8.39% of US total exports to Mauritania (7.10% in 2016);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 7.83% of US total exports to Mauritania (13.53% in 2016);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 4.44% of US total exports to Mauritania (3.14% in 2016);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 3.35% of US total exports to Mauritania (3.56% in 2016);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 0.12% of US total exports to Mauritania (3.13% in 2016).
The largest gains in US exports to Mauritania in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $9,892.5 thousand;
- Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof (HS code 88) - an increase of $7,819.6 thousand;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $1,708.4 thousand;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $1,519.9 thousand;
- Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes (HS code 28) - an increase of $1,108.4 thousand;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $1,091.1 thousand;
- Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds (HS code 86) - an increase of $846.9 thousand;
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - an increase of $651.4 thousand;
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - an increase of $556.4 thousand;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $543.2 thousand.
The largest declines in US exports to Mauritania in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - a decrease of $5,326.1 thousand;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $3,590.9 thousand;
- Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials (HS code 68) - a decrease of $2,352.2 thousand;
- Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated sign illuminated nameplates and the like; prefabricated buildings (HS code 94) - a decrease of $1,226.8 thousand;
- Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles (HS code 85) - a decrease of $686.7 thousand;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $618.2 thousand;
- Miscellaneous articles of base metal (HS code 83) - a decrease of $556.0 thousand.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2017 (USD thousand) |
Share in total export (%) |
Value of exports in 2016 (USD thousand) |
Change in 2017 over 2016 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 8,567.6 | 6.70 | 13,893.7 | -38.33 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 0.0 | 0.00 | 618.2 | -100.00 |
| 10 | Cereals | 724.0 | 0.57 | 675.1 | 7.25 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 212.3 | 0.17 | 120.8 | 75.70 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 103.7 | 0.08 | 30.9 | 235.78 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 2.9 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 398.3 | 0.31 | 388.5 | 2.53 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 0.0 | 0.00 | 7.1 | -100.00 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 124.4 | 0.10 | 27.3 | 356.32 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 23.0 | 0.02 | 3,613.9 | -99.36 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 5,551.4 | 4.34 | 4,443.0 | 24.95 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 0.0 | 0.00 | 14.5 | -100.00 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 51.4 | 0.04 | 101.1 | -49.10 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 129.2 | 0.10 | 138.1 | -6.40 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 230.5 | 0.18 | 100.3 | 129.85 |
| 34 | Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modeling pastes, "dental waxes" and dental preparations with a basis of plaster | 138.8 | 0.11 | 75.1 | 84.86 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 85.0 | 0.07 | 58.1 | 46.18 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 0.0 | 0.00 | 102.5 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 262.0 | 0.21 | 341.6 | -23.29 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 1,936.4 | 1.52 | 2,259.3 | -14.29 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 2,331.4 | 1.82 | 623.0 | 274.22 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 0.0 | 0.00 | 15.0 | -100.00 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 13.0 | 0.01 | 2.8 | 366.65 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 28.0 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 52.6 | 0.04 | 103.8 | -49.32 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 361.1 | 0.28 | 9.3 | 3,791.10 |
| 50 | Silk | 0.0 | 0.00 | 11.7 | -100.00 |
| 52 | Cotton | 779.2 | 0.61 | 659.2 | 18.22 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 27.0 | 0.02 | 91.7 | -70.59 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 74.4 | 0.06 | 133.3 | -44.19 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 7.9 | 0.01 | 15.9 | -50.70 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 0.0 | 0.00 | 4.4 | -100.00 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 0.0 | 0.00 | 5.5 | -100.00 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 36.7 | 0.03 | 27.4 | 34.03 |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 0.0 | 0.00 | 13.2 | -100.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 55.7 | 0.04 | 12.3 | 353.08 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 133.5 | 0.10 | 50.2 | 165.75 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 3,132.9 | 2.45 | 3,042.8 | 2.96 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 17.2 | 0.01 | 73.8 | -76.73 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 10.7 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 0.0 | 0.00 | 5.0 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 304.8 | 0.24 | 2,657.1 | -88.53 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 25.0 | 0.02 | 46.3 | -46.06 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 45.4 | 0.04 | 99.5 | -54.35 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 0.0 | 0.00 | 214.1 | -100.00 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 737.6 | 0.58 | 194.4 | 279.43 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 3,858.7 | 3.02 | 2,338.8 | 64.99 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 29.4 | 0.02 | 38.5 | -23.66 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 16.7 | 0.01 | 91.2 | -81.72 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 85.7 | 0.07 | 21.6 | 296.19 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 12.4 | -100.00 |
| 79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2.9 | -100.00 |
| 80 | Tin and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 8.5 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 774.9 | 0.61 | 218.5 | 254.67 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 168.5 | 0.13 | 724.5 | -76.74 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 28,049.2 | 21.95 | 18,156.7 | 54.48 |
| 85 | Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles | 4,227.9 | 3.31 | 4,914.5 | -13.97 |
| 86 | Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds | 1,930.0 | 1.51 | 1,083.1 | 78.19 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 3,154.4 | 2.47 | 3,044.7 | 3.60 |
| 88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 54,244.4 | 42.45 | 46,424.7 | 16.84 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,967.8 | 1.54 | 876.8 | 124.44 |
| 93 | Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 12.8 | -100.00 |
| 94 | Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated sign illuminated nameplates and the like; prefabricated buildings | 652.5 | 0.51 | 1,879.3 | -65.28 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 81.3 | 0.06 | 128.7 | -36.80 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 10.3 | 0.01 | 48.6 | -78.73 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 6.8 | 0.01 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 1,814.9 | 1.42 | 1,163.4 | 55.99 |
US Imports from Mauritania
The major share of US imports from Mauritania in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 89.16% of US total imports from Mauritania (95.77% in 2016);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 3.57% of US total imports from Mauritania (1.57% in 2016);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 2.84% of US total imports from Mauritania (0.02% in 2016).
The largest gains in US imports from Mauritania in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $6,379.0 thousand;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $1,771.4 thousand;
- Commodities not specified according to kind (HS code 99) - an increase of $1,557.8 thousand;
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - an increase of $1,511.6 thousand.
The largest declines in US imports from Mauritania in 2017 over the 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed (HS code 23) - a decrease of $241.0 thousand.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2017 (USD thousand) |
Share in total import (%) |
Value of imports in 2016 USD thousand) |
Change in 2017 over 2016 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 1,769.5 | 2.79 | 258.0 | 585.93 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 493.3 | 0.78 | 320.9 | 53.72 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 0.0 | 0.00 | 241.0 | -100.00 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 10.1 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 56,528.2 | 89.14 | 50,149.2 | 12.72 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 0.0 | 0.00 | 8.9 | -100.00 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 30.3 | 0.05 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 1,771.4 | 2.79 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 0.5 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0.4 | 0.00 | 1.4 | -71.77 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 0.0 | 0.00 | 23.7 | -100.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0.3 | 0.00 | 18.6 | -98.45 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 0.5 | 0.00 | 3.4 | -85.53 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0.4 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 0.0 | 0.00 | 24.2 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 0.0 | 0.00 | 7.4 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 6.3 | 0.01 | 3.7 | 68.46 |
| 85 | Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles | 41.8 | 0.07 | 57.4 | -27.16 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 16.7 | 0.03 | 55.7 | -70.00 |
| 94 | Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated sign illuminated nameplates and the like; prefabricated buildings | 0.0 | 0.00 | 9.0 | -100.00 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 8.6 | 0.01 | 4.0 | 114.37 |
| 99 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 2,735.6 | 4.31 | 1,177.8 | 132.26 |