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Mauritius: Trade Statistics

Exporter Rank

96 / 121

Importer Rank

93 / 121

Trade Balance Rank

77 / 121

Total Trade [1]

Total Exports (2017) $2,102,621,814
Total Imports (2017) $5,269,484,338
Trade Balance (2017) ($3,166,862,524)
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP) (2017) [2] 42.07%
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) (2017) [2] 55.06%

Trade Partners [1]

Export Partners

Top 10 Export Countries

Country Export USD$
France $332,715,093
United Kingdom $249,533,595
United States $235,424,263
South Africa $187,823,603
Italy $144,559,759
Madagascar $139,297,367
Spain $117,260,741
Netherlands $70,294,955
Vietnam $57,410,993
Kenya $53,570,638

Import Partners

Top 10 Import Countries

Country Import USD$
China $863,998,121
India $863,362,940
South Africa $448,553,838
France $422,625,007
Japan $176,058,727
Spain $170,091,026
Germany $141,124,233
United States $125,463,242
Italy $117,900,502
United Arab Emirates $112,485,301

Traded Goods [1] (at the 2-digit HS Code level)

Top 10 Export Goods

HS Code Export USD$
(61) Apparel: Knit $305,713,820
(62) Apparel: Non Knit $298,496,889
(16) Prepared Meats $296,161,009
(17) Sugar & Confectionery $254,585,934
(03) Seafood $118,895,476
(71) Precious Stones & Metals $111,367,691
(09) Coffee & Spices $55,247,101
(52) Cotton $44,757,953
(85) Electrical Machinery $44,587,089
(90) Precision Instruments $36,713,991

Top 10 Import Goods

HS Code Import USD$
(27) Oil & Mineral Fuels $889,982,065
(84) Industrial Machinery $439,840,131
(85) Electrical Machinery $377,071,107
(87) Motor Vehicles & Parts $357,465,046
(03) Seafood $345,392,992
(52) Cotton $171,124,888
(39) Plastics $140,092,464
(71) Precious Stones & Metals $133,229,306
(30) Pharmaceuticals $120,434,506
(10) Cereals $113,712,366

Sources:

  1. UN Comtrade (2017) except where stated otherwise.
  2. The World Bank. Accessed: 12/1/2018
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