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Mauritania’s trade: exports, imports and the trade balance

Mauritania’s goods trade from official statistics: exports, imports and the balance.

Updated November 5, 2026

Fishing boats in the artisanal port of Nouadhibou, in 2010
Fishing boats in the artisanal port of Nouadhibou, in 2010. Photo: Bertramz / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

This page gathers the latest figures on this topic, each checked against its official source, and every Alama Report story on it. It is updated as new data comes out.

Latest figures

Goods exports, 2025
$4.3bn · 2025
Source: North Africa Post, citing the BCM annual report 2025
Trade balance (goods), 2025
−$23.0mn · 2025
Source: La Presse (Tunisia), citing the BCM Rapport annuel 2025

Figures checked against their source.

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