Summary
- Largest supplier: China
- 17%
- Concentration (HHI)
- 766
- Products with a supplier above 50%
- 201
- Products with a supplier above 75%
- 106
Concentration index (HHI): 766 out of 10,000; equivalent to splitting purchases among 13 suppliers of the same size
Trend
Trend in shares
France went from 26.2% to 5.9% of what Mauritania buys
Share (%)
- China 17%
- United Arab Emirates 15.7%
- Morocco 7.2%
- Spain 5.9%
- France 5.9%
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Largest supplier | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | France | 26.2% |
| 1996 | France | 33.3% |
| 1997 | France | 27.5% |
| 1998 | France | 25.4% |
| 1999 | France | 25.9% |
| 2000 | France | 29.3% |
| 2001 | France | 25.2% |
| 2002 | France | 20.9% |
| 2003 | France | 19.6% |
| 2004 | Norway | 38.6% |
| 2005 | United Kingdom | 22.6% |
| 2006 | France | 14.5% |
| 2007 | France | 14% |
| 2008 | France | 13.7% |
| 2009 | France | 13.6% |
| 2010 | France | 11.7% |
| 2011 | United Arab Emirates | 15.5% |
| 2012 | United Arab Emirates | 15.3% |
| 2013 | Hungary | 13.9% |
| 2014 | United States | 16.1% |
| 2015 | United States | 18.2% |
| 2016 | China | 22.2% |
| 2017 | China | 15.1% |
| 2018 | China | 22.4% |
| 2019 | China | 20.7% |
| 2020 | China | 18.5% |
| 2021 | China | 16% |
| 2022 | United Arab Emirates | 14.2% |
| 2023 | China | 17.2% |
| 2024 | China | 17% |
Its suppliers
Some of these goods may have been produced in another country: countries record origin in different ways.
Products with a dominant supplier
Of the 378 products Mauritania buys for more than $1 million in 2024, these are the highest-value ones with a dominant supplier.
| Product | Supplier | Share | Second | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Refined petroleum | United Arab Emirates | 67.1% | Spain · 12.5% | $1 billion |
| Cane and beet sugar | Brazil | 77.3%over 75% | Morocco · 8.2% | $288 million |
| Palm oil | Malaysia | 51.5% | Indonesia · 43.9% | $149 million |
| Cement | Algeria | 69.9% | Egypt · 15% | $64 million |
| Other iron or steel articles | China | 80.8%over 75% | Belgium · 2.9% | $64 million |
| Rayon fabric | China | 99%over 75% | India · 0.92% | $54 million |
| Cables and wire | Morocco | 66% | China · 10.5% | $54 million |
| Tea | China | 97.6%over 75% | Sri Lanka · 1.6% | $49 million |
| Natural gas and LPG | United Arab Emirates | 95.4%over 75% | Portugal · 3.9% | $48 million |
| Prepared fish and caviar | Morocco | 79%over 75% | Spain · 9.4% | $39 million |
| Onions and garlic | Netherlands | 65.6% | Morocco · 18.2% | $32 million |
| Cameras and broadcast equipment | China | 50.9% | Finland · 15.3% | $28 million |
| Rubber and plastic footwear | China | 83.8%over 75% | Senegal · 9.9% | $26 million |
| Tractors | China | 52.9% | United States · 13.3% | $25 million |
| Furniture | China | 56.6% | Morocco · 14.4% | $24 million |
| Cargo and cruise ships | Angola | 79.5%over 75% | Côte d'Ivoire · 19.2% | $22 million |
| Buses | China | 79.8%over 75% | Japan · 14.8% | $22 million |
| Cigarettes and cigars | United Arab Emirates | 51.4% | Serbia · 39.5% | $19 million |
| Woven carpets | Turkey | 82.6%over 75% | Egypt · 10.5% | $19 million |
| Soap | Indonesia | 61.5% | Malaysia · 24.4% | $17 million |
| Generating sets | China | 50.4% | Turkey · 16.7% | $17 million |
| Steel kitchenware and household articles | China | 90.5%over 75% | India · 6.7% | $17 million |
| Synthetic filament fabric | China | 78.3%over 75% | Morocco · 10.6% | $17 million |
| Air conditioners | China | 70.8% | United Arab Emirates · 5.2% | $15 million |
| Tufted carpets | Turkey | 95.5%over 75% | China · 1.3% | $14 million |
and 176 more
A product has a dominant supplier when a single country sells more than 50% of what is bought of it; we flag it separately above 75%.
Some of these goods may have been produced in another country: countries record origin in different ways.
Selling: who it relies on
- Largest customer: China
- 31.3%
- Concentration (HHI)
- 1,461
Concentration index (HHI): 1,461 out of 10,000; equivalent to splitting sales among 7 customers of the same size
Trend in shares
China went from 0.08% to 31.3% of what Mauritania sells
Share (%)
- China 31.3%
- Canada 16.1%
- Spain 8.9%
- Switzerland 8.5%
- United Arab Emirates 3.4%
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Largest customer | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Japan | 28.3% |
| 1996 | Japan | 27.7% |
| 1997 | Japan | 21.1% |
| 1998 | Japan | 17% |
| 1999 | Japan | 17.9% |
| 2000 | Japan | 18.5% |
| 2001 | Italy | 15.6% |
| 2002 | Italy | 15.8% |
| 2003 | Japan | 16.4% |
| 2004 | Japan | 21.6% |
| 2005 | Japan | 18.2% |
| 2006 | China | 23% |
| 2007 | China | 28.2% |
| 2008 | China | 35.4% |
| 2009 | China | 36.8% |
| 2010 | China | 37.9% |
| 2011 | China | 40.1% |
| 2012 | China | 42.6% |
| 2013 | China | 52.4% |
| 2014 | China | 36.2% |
| 2015 | China | 30.9% |
| 2016 | China | 35.3% |
| 2017 | China | 22.9% |
| 2018 | China | 26.9% |
| 2019 | China | 32.3% |
| 2020 | China | 31.9% |
| 2021 | China | 41% |
| 2022 | China | 23.9% |
| 2023 | China | 23.9% |
| 2024 | China | 31.3% |
23 of the 30 products Mauritania sells for more than $1 million have a customer buying more than 50% of what Mauritania sells of that product; in 13, more than 75%. In those products, sales to each one’s dominant customer add up to 56% of what Mauritania sells.
| Product | Customer | Share | Second | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron ore | China | 64.3% | Algeria · 8.7% | $1.5 billion |
| Gold | Canada | 57.7% | Switzerland · 30.4% | $1.2 billion |
| Prepared shellfish | Spain | 58.4% | Japan · 24.4% | $433 million |
| Copper ore | China | 100%over 75% | Canada · 0% | $221 million |
| Meat and fish meal | China | 82.5%over 75% | Turkey · 6.9% | $100 million |
| Mollusks (squid, mussels, oysters) | Spain | 51% | China · 39.8% | $77 million |
| Fresh fish | Spain | 89.1%over 75% | France · 3.2% | $49 million |
| Fish oil and marine fats | Norway | 56.5% | France · 28.2% | $48 million |
| Crustaceans (shrimp, lobster, crab) | China | 58.1% | Spain · 32.4% | $18 million |
| Niobium, tantalum, vanadium and zirconium ore | China | 100%over 75% | — | $14 million |
| Raw cotton | Bangladesh | 60.4% | India · 31.5% | $10 million |
| Ferrous scrap | India | 100%over 75% | Thailand · 0.04% | $10 million |
| Pet and animal feed | China | 93%over 75% | Nigeria · 3.8% | $9 million |
| Other fresh fruit (berries, kiwi) | France | 99.4%over 75% | Austria · 0.48% | $9 million |
| Aluminum scrap | India | 89%over 75% | South Korea · 6.4% | $8 million |
and 8 more
Concentration compared
The closest countries in the concentration ranking (HHI, highest first).
| Rank | Country | HHI |
|---|---|---|
| 170 | United Arab Emirates | 781 |
| 171 | Montenegro | 768 |
| 172 | Mauritania | 766 |
| 173 | Mauritius | 748 |
| 174 | Niger | 741 |
| 175 | United States | 741 |
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Sources and method
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
The data come from CEPII BACI (Etalab 2.0 licence), which reconciles what the exporting and the importing country report, in current USD, FOB. Data up to 2024.
Dependence is the share of a country’s imports (or exports) that each partner accounts for. It does not measure whether a product has a substitute or how much it would cost to change supplier.
The concentration index (HHI) adds up the square of each partner’s share, in percent: it runs from 0 to 10,000. Its equivalent is 10,000 ÷ HHI, the number of partners of the same size that would give that value.
Products are HS4 headings of the 1992 nomenclature (some combine different goods), with a floor of $1 million per product and country.
The EU is the 27 current members in every year; the United Kingdom is outside the EU throughout the series.
Re-exports: countries that act as redistribution hubs carry their notice and the figures are not corrected.