MAURITANIA BUSINESS PROFILE Country Official Name Islamic Republic of Mauritania Area 1,030,700 km2 Population 4,525,696 in 2019 Time GMT Capital Nouakchott Currency Mauritanian Ouguiya: USD 1 = 36.36 (MRO) in 2020 Language Arabic and French Major Cities Nouadhibou, Kiffa, Kaédi, Zouerate, Rosso OIC Member State Date 1969 Mauritania bilateral investment treaties Turkey, UAE, Algeria, Kuwait, Lebanon, Qatar, Cameroon, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Morocco, Tunisia. Within OIC Member States TPS/OIC and Protocols (PRETAS and Rules of PRETAS: Signed and Ratified, Origin) Rules of Origin: Signed, not Ratified WTO Member since May 1995 Regional and bilateral trade Agreements African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Greater Arab Free Trade Area (GAFTA), Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS) GDP growth (annual %) 5.931 % in 2019. Mining, Extractive Industries (Iron, Copper, Gold, and Gypsum); Fishing; Trade; Agricultural and Pastoral Economic Sectors Sector. 01 Free economic zone (Nouadhibou) 2019 World Exports USD 2,890 Millions World Imports USD 3,520 Millions Market Size USD 6,410 Millions Intra-OIC Exports USD 217 Millions Intra-OIC Exports share 7.51 % Top OIC Customers Cote d'Ivoire, Nigeria, Turkey, Maldives, Cameroon, Togo, Benin, Egypt, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Major Intra-OIC Exported Products Fish and crustaceans, mollusks, and other aquatic invertebrates; Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder; Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; Intra-OIC Imports USD 902 Millions Intra-OIC Imports share 25.62 % Top OIC Suppliers UAE, Morocco, Turkey, Algeria, Senegal, Maldives, Malaysia, Togo, Egypt, Indonesia Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement; Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; Major Intra-OIC imported products prepared edible fats; Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder; Cereals; Machinery, mechanical appliances, nuclear reactors, boilers; parts thereof; Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers. Intra-OIC Trade volume USD 1,119 Millions Intra-OIC Trade Share 16.57 % www.cciam.mr www.aeroport-nouakchott.com/fr/douanes_aeroport_nouakchott.php www.investinmauritania.gov.mr Useful links and sources www.commerce.gov.mr www.commerce.gov.mr Mauritania’s Export Potential Products See graph below