Côte d'Ivoire 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 2025, Côte d'Ivoire sold Mauritania about $20.4 million of goods. The biggest products were builders' joinery and carpentry of wood, bananas, including plantains and extracts, essences, concentrates of coffee, which together make up 61% of the total. The total has grown by about 3.1% a year since 2022. Among the leading products, builders' joinery and carpentry of wood is growing fastest, at about 343% a year.
In 2025, Côte d'Ivoire bought about $119.9 million of goods from Mauritania. The biggest products were fish, frozen, insulated wire, cable and birds' eggs, in shell, fresh, 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 grown by about 7.5% a year since 2022. Among the leading products, millstones, grindstones, grinding wheels is growing fastest, at about 34% 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 | Côte d'Ivoire sells to Mauritania | Côte d'Ivoire buys from Mauritania |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $18.6m | $96.4m |
| 2023 | $12.4m | $90.5m |
| 2024 | $22.9m | $88.3m |
| 2025 | $20.4m | $119.9m |
What Côte d'Ivoire sells to Mauritania
Ranked by value in 2025, by 4-digit product code. Growth is the yearly rate since 2022.
| Product | Value | Share | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Builders' joinery and carpentry of wood, including cellular wood panels, assembled flooring panels, shingles a… Product code 4418 · Wood | $6.9m Mauritania reports none | 33.6% | +343.4% a year |
| Bananas, including plantains (fresh or dried) Product code 0803 · Fruit and nuts | $3.5m | 17.3% | +20.3% a year |
| Extracts, essences, concentrates of coffee, tea or mate (preparations with a basis of these products or with a… Product code 2101 · Miscellaneous food preparations | $2.0m Mauritania reports $61k | 10.0% | -4.0% a year |
Biggest product groups: Wood (40%), Fruit and nuts (17%), Cosmetics and perfumery (11%), Animal feed and food waste (10%), Miscellaneous food preparations (10%) .
What Côte d'Ivoire buys from Mauritania
Ranked by value in 2025, 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 | $119.4m | 99.7% | +7.5% a year |
| Insulated wire, cable and other electric conductors, connector fitted or not (optical fibre cables of individu… Product code 8544 · Electrical equipment | $114k | 0.1% | n/a |
| Birds' eggs, in shell (fresh, preserved or cooked) Product code 0407 · Dairy, eggs and honey | $106k | 0.1% | n/a |
Biggest product groups: Fish and seafood (100%), Electrical equipment (0%), Dairy, eggs and honey (0%), Salt, stone and cement (0%), Iron and steel articles (0%) .
Where the opportunities are
Products that are moving on this corridor. Only products of a meaningful size are listed. Treat these as leads to check, not promises: a fast rise can reverse.
Room to grow
Products that a market buys a lot of, where this corridor supplies only a small part. Shares are for the latest year both sides reported. A small share can also mean a hard market, so check the rules and the buyer first.
A free account shows the complete product lists, every fast-growing and new product, and the markets where this corridor supplies little. Accounts are checked by hand, so use your business email.
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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.
Next steps
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.