# Mauritania to ARE HS 382499 new corridor signal

This page reviews a reported new-corridor signal for chemical products, mixtures and preparations: n.e.c. heading 3824. It separates reported trade observations from calculated indicators and access context.

## Signal summary

- Signal type: New corridor
- Signal strength: 85/100
- Reported period: 2024
- Buyer market imports: $428.6M
- Buyer market growth: +4.1%
- Current exporter share: 0.0%
- Share gap: 44.6%

## What the signal means

The signal points to a newly observed exporter-to-buyer relationship in the available reporting. It is a prompt for market research, not a forecast, order, or guarantee of commercial access. Compare demand, suppliers, access, and route history together before acting.

## Market opportunity

- Latest buyer imports: $428.6M
- Three-year buyer-import projection: $837.2M
- Supplier countries observed: 85
- Average buyer imports: $123.3M
- Historical buyer-import peak: $428.6M
- Full-history buyer-import CAGR: +38.6%
- Latest buyer-import annual change: +4.1%

## Competition landscape

- Top supplier: CHN
- Top supplier share: 44.6%
- Market concentration: 2,297
- Exporter share: 0.0%
- Share gap to peer benchmark: 44.6%

## Access profile

- Applied tariff: Not reported
- MFN tariff: Not reported
- Preferential tariff: Not reported
- Approximate distance: 7,257 km
- Trade agreement: Not reported
- Business entry time: 3.8 days
- Shared spoken language score: 0.7

## Buyer economy

- GDP per person: $36.3K
- GDP per-person growth: +11.2%
- Population: 9,991k
- GDP: $358.9B
- GDP five-year CAGR: Not reported
- Investment rate: 26.4%
- Savings rate: 61.5%

## Product-level history

| Year | Product exports | Year-on-year |
| ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2024 | $16.9K | +0.0% |

## Broader route context

Broader Mauritania to ARE route exports provide route context only; they are not presented as HS 382499 product-level trade.

| Year | Route exports | Year-on-year |
| ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1998 | $6.2K | +0.0% |
| 1999 | $1.5M | +24521.6% |
| 2000 | $24.8K | -98.4% |
| 2001 | $17.9K | -27.6% |
| 2002 | $2.2K | -88.0% |
| 2003 | $29.6K | +1274.2% |
| 2004 | $69.0K | +133.1% |
| 2005 | $1.1M | +1486.0% |
| 2006 | $261.0K | -76.2% |
| 2007 | $6.1M | +2243.2% |
| 2008 | $2.3M | -62.8% |
| 2009 | $2.0M | -14.1% |
| 2010 | $51.7M | +2546.1% |
| 2011 | $60.5M | +17.2% |
| 2012 | $55.2M | -8.8% |
| 2013 | $58.0M | +5.0% |
| 2014 | $60.6M | +4.6% |
| 2015 | $429.6K | -99.3% |
| 2016 | $9.8M | +2177.9% |
| 2017 | $39.7M | +305.9% |
| 2018 | $42.0M | +5.7% |
| 2019 | $7.1M | -83.2% |
| 2020 | $24.7M | +249.9% |
| 2021 | $5.0M | -79.7% |
| 2022 | $141.5M | +2710.3% |
| 2023 | $227.1M | +60.5% |
| 2024 | $141.2M | -37.8% |

## Related new-corridor signals

| Exporter to buyer | Product | Signal type | Buyer imports | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | ---: | --- |
| Mauritania to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | HS 852351 | New corridor | $15.6B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/mrt-usa-852351) |
| Mauritania to South Africa | HS 271012 | New corridor | $11.2B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/mrt-zaf-271012) |
| Mauritania to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | HS 841112 | New corridor | $9.9B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/mrt-usa-841112) |
| Mauritania to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | HS 940510 | New corridor | $4.5B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/mrt-usa-940510) |
| Mauritania to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | HS 848690 | New corridor | $4.5B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/mrt-usa-848690) |
| Mauritania to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | HS 843149 | New corridor | $4.3B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/mrt-usa-843149) |
| Mauritania to IRL | HS 854231 | New corridor | $4.2B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/mrt-irl-854231) |
| Mauritania to CHN | HS 880330 | New corridor | $3.0B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/mrt-chn-880330) |

## Frequently asked questions

### What does a new corridor signal mean?

It identifies an exporter, buyer market, and HS6 combination included in the available new-corridor signal set for 2024. It is a research prompt, not a guarantee of demand or sales.

### Is the market opportunity reported trade?

Reported buyer imports and exporter share are observations. Any projection or share-gap measure is calculated from the available data and should not be treated as an order or forecast.

### What should exporters check next?

Validate product fit, buyers, tariffs, standards, logistics, pricing, competition, and the depth of product-level history before pursuing the route.

## Method

The signal is a calculated research indicator based on available reported trade observations. It is not a confirmed order, sales forecast, or guarantee of market entry. Validate buyers, tariffs, standards, logistics, pricing, and competition before acting.

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-09-02). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

This page presents derived Yugalinks views of reported observations and calculated indicators.