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Who buys Mauritania’s iron ore? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Mauritania exported $1.5 billion of iron ore (14.5 million tonnes), 0.9% of the world total. China bought 64% of the total, followed by Algeria (9%) and Australia (7%). Mauritania was the world’s 11th-largest exporter of iron ore.

Summary

Value
$1.5billion
Tonnes
14.5million tonnes
Share of world total
0.9%
World rank
11th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 19 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
China988Tonnes: 9,377,107USD per tonne: $10564.3%Sea
Algeria133Tonnes: 1,143,054USD per tonne: $1168.7%Sea
Australia115Tonnes: 993,351USD per tonne: $1167.5%Sea
Italy109Tonnes: 1,022,474USD per tonne: $1077.1%Sea
Germany55Tonnes: 656,797USD per tonne: $843.6%Sea
United Kingdom24.6Tonnes: 248,684USD per tonne: $991.6%Sea
Japan23.6Tonnes: 194,829USD per tonne: $1211.5%Sea
Indonesia20.9Tonnes: 177,797USD per tonne: $1181.4%Sea
France19.9Tonnes: 202,191USD per tonne: $981.3%Sea
Egypt16.4Tonnes: 139,745USD per tonne: $1171.1%Sea
Turkey15.8Tonnes: 165,619USD per tonne: $951%Sea
Belgium re-exports5.9Tonnes: 54,338USD per tonne: $1090.39%Sea
Poland5.3Tonnes: 60,500USD per tonne: $870.34%Sea
Singapore re-exports2.6Tonnes: 48,251USD per tonne: $550.17%Sea
Netherlands re-exports1.8Tonnes: 20,833USD per tonne: $850.12%Sea
Iran< 0.01Tonnes: 6USD per tonne: $2170%Sea
Canada< 0.01Tonnes: 3USD per tonne: $2830%Sea
South Korea< 0.01Tonnes: 1USD per tonne: $1,1340%Sea
South Africa< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $1,0660%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

China has been its main destination since 2007

Value in USD billions. The five largest destinations in 2024.

  • China 0.99
  • Algeria 0.13
  • Australia 0.11
  • Italy 0.11
  • Germany 0.05

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China00.99
Algeria< 0.010.13
Australia00.11
Italy0.080.11
Germany0.020.05

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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