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About

Mauritania-Saudi Arabia Trade: In 2022, Mauritania exported $167k to Saudi Arabia. The main products that Mauritania exported to Saudi Arabia were Other Plastic Products ($86.7k), Non-fillet Frozen Fish ($45.1k), and Animal Food ($18.7k). Over the past 5 years the exports of Mauritania to Saudi Arabia have decreased at an annualized rate of 13%, from $335k in 2017 to $167k in 2022.

In 2022, Mauritania did not export any services to Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia-Mauritania Trade: In 2022, Saudi Arabia exported $13.8M to Mauritania. The main products that Saudi Arabia exported to Mauritania were Cement ($4.64M), Concentrated Milk ($2.73M), and Ethylene Polymers ($1.82M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Saudi Arabia to Mauritania have decreased at an annualized rate of 7.22%,  from $20M in 2017 to $13.8M in 2022.

In 2022, Saudi Arabia did not export any services to Mauritania.

Comparison: In 2022,  Mauritania ranked 121 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -1.28), and 126 in total exports ($4.9B). That same year, Saudi Arabia ranked 35 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 0.78), and 23 in total exports ($362B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

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In 2022, Mauritania exported $167k to Saudi Arabia. The main products exported from Mauritania to Saudi Arabia were Other Plastic Products ($86.7k), Non-fillet Frozen Fish ($45.1k), and Animal Food ($18.7k). During the last 5 years the exports of Mauritania to Saudi Arabia have decreased at an annualized rate of 13%, from $335k in 2017 to $167k in 2022.

In 2017, Saudi Arabia exported $13.8M to Mauritania. The main products exported from Saudi Arabia to Mauritania were Cement ($4.64M), Concentrated Milk ($2.73M), and Ethylene Polymers ($1.82M). During the last 5 years the exports of Saudi Arabia to Mauritania have decreased at an annualized rate of 7.22%, from $20M in 2022 to $13.8M in 2017.

Exports from Mauritania (Flag) to Saudi Arabia (Flag) (2022)

Exports from Saudi Arabia (Flag) to Mauritania (Flag) (2022)

Latest Data

Trade between Mauritania (Flag) and Saudi Arabia (Flag)

Saudi Arabia Exports

Market Competitiveness

Color
Mauritania
Top Destination
China$1.17B
Saudi Arabia
Top Destination
China$68B

This map shows whether countries import more from Mauritania or Saudi Arabia. Each country is colored based on the difference in imports they receive from Mauritania and Saudi Arabia or the difference in the growth in imports.

In 2022, countries that imported more from Mauritania than Saudi Arabia included Algeria ($160M), Eswatini ($56.3M), and Ghana ($29.5M).

In 2022, countries that imported more from Saudi Arabia than Mauritania included China ($68B), India ($46.2B), and Japan ($36.5B).

Difference in imports from Saudi Arabia (Flag) and Mauritania (Flag) (2022)

Comparative Advantage Mauritania - Saudi Arabia

Flow
Scale

This chart compares trade between Mauritania and Saudi Arabia by product, considering products traded by both, Mauritania and Saudi Arabia.

During 2022, Mauritania had a large net trade with Saudi Arabia in the exports of Plastics and Rubbers ($86.7k), Animal Products ($47.1k), and Foodstuffs ($18.7k).

During 2017, Saudi Arabia had a large net trade with Mauritania in the exports of Mineral Products ($4.71M), Animal Products ($3.71M), and Plastics and Rubbers ($2.56M).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential Mauritania Saudi Arabia+$7kGold
Top Product Potential Saudi Arabia Mauritania+$5.27kRefined Petroleum

We estimate the export potential of an economy for each product and destination using an extension of the bilateral relatedness model of Jun et al. (2019).This extended gravity model considers similarities among products and geographies and explains more than 50% of the variance in future trade flows.

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Economic Complexity

Competitive Landscape

This visualization shows the product space at the HS4 level with the flags of Mauritania and Saudi Arabia. This means that a dot/product with the flag of Mauritania indicates it has a comparative advantage over Saudi Arabia. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Saudi Arabia indicates it has a comparative advantage over Mauritania.

Product Space of Mauritania (Flag) and Saudi Arabia (Flag) (2022)

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