Cameroon and Mauritania
What moves each way, the scams to watch for, and what to check before you trade.
Trade safely with Mauritania
The scams, documents and rules that matter on this corridor. Written and reviewed by our team, and dated.
Corridor-specific scam patterns and rules are still being reviewed by our team and will appear here once published.
- Confirm the company exists in an official register and that its name matches the one on the invoice.
- Before paying into a new or changed bank account, phone the company on a number you already hold, not one from the invoice or email.
- Test the container number, ship number, ports and dates on the bill of lading with the Document checker.
- Be wary of paying in advance for goods you have not seen, or of fees demanded to release a shipment.
- Ask the carrier directly to confirm the shipment exists and where it is.
In 2023, Cameroon sold Mauritania about $4 thousand of goods. The biggest products were taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances for…, umbrellas, sun umbrellas and articles of plastics and articles of other…, which together make up 99% of the total. More than half of this trade is one product (taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances for…), so it leans heavily on that one line. The total has fallen by about 83% a year since 2022.
In 2023, Cameroon bought about $51.7 million of goods from Mauritania. The biggest products were fish, frozen, fish, fresh or chilled and medicaments, which together make up 100% of the total. More than half of this trade is one product (fish, frozen), so it leans heavily on that one line. The total has fallen by about 9.2% a year since 2022. Among the leading products, medicaments is growing fastest, at about 322% a year.
Trade by year
Total trade each year, as reported in the tables below. A missing bar means no report for that year, not zero trade.
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| Year | Cameroon sells to Mauritania | Cameroon buys from Mauritania |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $27k | $57m |
| 2023 | $4k | $51.7m |
What Cameroon sells to Mauritania
Ranked by value in 2023, by 4-digit product code. Growth is the yearly rate since 2022.
| Product | Value | Share | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, including pressu… Product code 8481 · Machinery | $4k | 81.4% | n/a |
| Umbrellas (sun umbrellas (including walking stick umbrellas, garden umbrellas and similar umbrellas)) Product code 6601 · Umbrellas | $674 | 15.0% | n/a |
| Articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading no. 3901 to 3914, not listed elsewhere in chap… Product code 3926 · Plastics | $115 | 2.6% | n/a |
Biggest product groups: Machinery (81%), Umbrellas (15%), Plastics (3%), Paper and board (1%), Miscellaneous manufactured articles (0%) .
What Cameroon buys from Mauritania
Ranked by value in 2023, by 4-digit product code. Growth is the yearly rate since 2022.
| Product | Value | Share | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fish (frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304) Product code 0303 · Fish and seafood | $51.6m Mauritania reports $15.6m | 99.9% | -9.3% a year |
| Fish (fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304) Product code 0302 · Fish and seafood | $39k | 0.1% | +34.1% a year |
| Medicaments ((not goods of heading no. 3002, 3005 or 3006) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therape… Product code 3004 · Pharmaceuticals | $25k | 0.0% | +321.6% a year |
Biggest product groups: Fish and seafood (100%), Pharmaceuticals (0%), Machinery (0%), Footwear (0%) .
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Value is what was traded in the year, in US dollars. A big number means a big market, not necessarily an easy one to enter.
Share is that product's part of the total in the table above. A product with a large share is what this corridor already trades most of.
Growth is the average yearly change since the first year shown. A green figure means trade in that product is rising.
Product code is the international customs code (HS) for the product group. Your customs agent and the guide below will ask for it, and it decides the duty you pay.
These are totals reported by customs authorities, not prices or orders. Use them to see where demand exists, then check the rules and the company you plan to deal with.
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Trade figures are what each country reported to the UN (Comtrade), in US dollars. Imports are usually reported including freight and insurance, exports without, so the two sides of a corridor will not match exactly. Company counts are companies listed on ExporterIQ.