Mauritania and Senegal
What moves each way, the scams to watch for, and what to check before you trade.
Trade safely with Senegal
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, Mauritania sold Senegal about $17.8 million of goods. The biggest products were fish, frozen, pumps, for liquids and gypsum, anhydrite; plasters, which together make up 86% 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 13% a year since 2022. Among the leading products, fish, frozen is growing fastest, at about 39% a year.
In 2025, Mauritania bought about $24.7 million of goods from Senegal. The biggest products were portland cement, aluminous cement, machinery parts and monumental or building stone, worked, which together make up 33% of the total. The total has fallen by about 21% a year since 2022. Among the leading products, compression-ignition internal combustion piston… is growing fastest, at about 397% 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 | Mauritania sells to Senegal | Mauritania buys from Senegal |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $12.4m | $51m |
| 2023 | $10m | $24.8m |
| 2024 | $16.7m | $23.8m |
| 2025 | $17.8m | $24.7m |
What Mauritania sells to Senegal
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 | $12.6m | 70.5% | +39.4% a year |
| Pumps (for liquids, whether or not fitted with measuring device, liquid elevators) Product code 8413 · Machinery | $1.4m Senegal reports $14k | 7.9% | n/a |
| Gypsum (anhydrite, plasters (consisting of calcined gypsum or calcium sulphate), coloured or not, with or with… Product code 2520 · Salt, stone and cement | $1.3m | 7.4% | +12.5% a year |
Biggest product groups: Fish and seafood (73%), Machinery (16%), Salt, stone and cement (8%), Iron and steel articles (2%), Fruit and nuts (1%) .
What Mauritania buys from Senegal
Ranked by value in 2025, by 4-digit product code. Growth is the yearly rate since 2022.
| Product | Value | Share | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portland cement, aluminous cement (ciment fondu), slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar hydraulic ceme… Product code 2523 · Salt, stone and cement | $3.2m | 12.9% | n/a |
| Machinery parts (used solely or principally with the machinery of heading no. 8425 to 8430) Product code 8431 · Machinery | $2.6m Senegal reports $16k | 10.4% | +245.2% a year |
| Monumental or building stone, worked (except slate) and articles thereof (not of heading no. 6801) mosaic cube… Product code 6802 · Stone and cement articles | $2.4m Senegal reports none | 9.8% | +35.9% a year |
Biggest product groups: Machinery (28%), Salt, stone and cement (14%), Stone and cement articles (10%), Iron and steel articles (3%), Fuels and oils (3%) .
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.
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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.