Summary
- China → Mauritania
- $906million
- Mauritania → China
- $1.4billion
- China’s balance
- -$465million
Balance
China’s trade balance with Mauritania
Trade between China and Mauritania grew 69.9-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). China’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 0.9
- Imports 1.4
- Balance -0.5
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $32 million | $513 thousand | $32 million |
| 1996 | $13 million | $197 thousand | $13 million |
| 1997 | $11 million | $413 thousand | $11 million |
| 1998 | $10 million | $1 million | $8 million |
| 1999 | $18 million | $5 million | $13 million |
| 2000 | $23 million | $7 million | $15 million |
| 2001 | $27 million | $6 million | $21 million |
| 2002 | $39 million | $11 million | $28 million |
| 2003 | $53 million | $14 million | $39 million |
| 2004 | $56 million | $52 million | $4 million |
| 2005 | $79 million | $12 million | $67 million |
| 2006 | $117 million | $402 million | -$285 million |
| 2007 | $153 million | $570 million | -$417 million |
| 2008 | $202 million | $1 billion | -$841 million |
| 2009 | $256 million | $855 million | -$599 million |
| 2010 | $280 million | $1.2 billion | -$893 million |
| 2011 | $388 million | $1.5 billion | -$1.1 billion |
| 2012 | $463 million | $1.8 billion | -$1.3 billion |
| 2013 | $568 million | $2.6 billion | -$2.1 billion |
| 2014 | $707 million | $1.6 billion | -$899 million |
| 2015 | $778 million | $977 million | -$199 million |
| 2016 | $802 million | $1.1 billion | -$323 million |
| 2017 | $765 million | $812 million | -$47 million |
| 2018 | $961 million | $1.3 billion | -$292 million |
| 2019 | $973 million | $1.5 billion | -$566 million |
| 2020 | $674 million | $1.3 billion | -$675 million |
| 2021 | $814 million | $1.8 billion | -$961 million |
| 2022 | $821 million | $1.2 billion | -$390 million |
| 2023 | $942 million | $1.2 billion | -$275 million |
| 2024 | $906 million | $1.4 billion | -$465 million |
What they sell each other
What China sells to Mauritania
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What Mauritania sells to China
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
How it travels
The estimated sea route between Shanghai and Nouadhibou is 11,993 nautical miles (22,212 km) long: ≈ 28–35.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Because of the 2024 disruptions, traffic is split: 85% via the Strait of Malacca and Singapore and the Cape of Good Hope (11,993 nautical miles); and 15% via the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, the Suez Canal and the Strait of Gibraltar (10,418 nautical miles).
Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.
Split by transport mode
Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.
How much each matters to the other
Mauritania was China’s 118th largest trading partner (0% of its trade), and China was Mauritania’s largest (23%).
- Mauritania in China’s trade
- 0%
- Mauritania’s rank among China’s partners
- 118th
- China in Mauritania’s trade
- 23.4%
- China’s rank among Mauritania’s partners
- 1st
Compare with
Other partners of China
Sources and methodology
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- World Bank, Global Shipping Traffic Density · CC BY 4.0 (route network derived by this site)
- World Port Index (NGA) · Public domain (US Government work)
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.