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Mauritius: Trade Statistics

Exporter Rank

104 / 127

Importer Rank

97 / 127

Trade Balance Rank

86 / 127

Total Trade [1]

Total Exports (2019) $1,876,368,427
Total Imports (2019) $5,601,184,454
Trade Balance (2019) ($3,724,816,027)
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP) (2020) [2] 30%
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) (2020) [2] 48.72%

Trade Partners [1]

Export Partners

Top 10 Export Countries

Country Export USD$
France $237,285,190
United Kingdom $208,750,918
United States $201,782,836
South Africa $195,976,207
Madagascar $131,827,313
Italy $102,636,263
Spain $82,773,927
Vietnam $74,354,577
Netherlands $73,250,659
Kenya $55,253,615

Import Partners

Top 10 Import Countries

Country Import USD$
China $935,035,277
India $776,317,927
South Africa $452,291,351
United Arab Emirates $407,625,081
France $392,907,043
Spain $174,785,903
Japan $172,799,210
United Kingdom $169,413,790
Germany $167,648,824
Italy $131,169,439

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

Top 10 Export Goods

HS Code Export USD$
(62) Apparel: Non Knit $283,177,220
(61) Apparel: Knit $260,797,498
(16) Prepared Meats $253,861,030
(17) Sugar & Confectionery $192,389,663
(03) Seafood $123,523,722
(71) Precious Stones & Metals $116,172,667
(52) Cotton $59,284,322
(90) Precision Instruments $45,880,484
(39) Plastics $44,954,254
(60) Knitted Fabrics $38,076,218

Top 10 Import Goods

HS Code Import USD$
(27) Oil & Mineral Fuels $1,038,152,436
(84) Industrial Machinery $442,132,368
(85) Electrical Machinery $412,041,717
(87) Motor Vehicles & Parts $403,620,426
(03) Seafood $262,239,655
(52) Cotton $161,922,703
(39) Plastics $156,669,444
(30) Pharmaceuticals $150,796,937
(71) Precious Stones & Metals $128,401,421
(73) Iron & Steel Articles $121,435,547

Sources:

  1. UN Comtrade (2019) except where stated otherwise.
  2. The World Bank. Accessed: 10/4/2021
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