# Mauritania to South Africa HS 271012 new corridor signal

This page reviews a reported new-corridor signal for hs 271012. It separates reported trade observations from calculated indicators and access context.

## Signal summary

- Signal type: New corridor
- Signal strength: 6/100
- Reported period: 2024
- Buyer market imports: $11.2B
- Buyer market growth: -19.7%
- Current exporter share: 0.0%
- Share gap: 24.6%

## 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: $11.2B
- Three-year buyer-import projection: $19.8B
- Supplier countries observed: 80
- Average buyer imports: $4.0B
- Historical buyer-import peak: $16.0B
- Full-history buyer-import CAGR: +20.9%
- Latest buyer-import annual change: -19.7%

## Competition landscape

- Top supplier: ARE
- Top supplier share: 24.6%
- Market concentration: 1,581
- Exporter share: 0.0%
- Share gap to peer benchmark: 24.6%

## Access profile

- Applied tariff: Not reported
- MFN tariff: Not reported
- Preferential tariff: Not reported
- Approximate distance: 6,851 km
- Trade agreement: Not reported
- Business entry time: 40 days
- Shared spoken language score: 0

## Buyer economy

- GDP per person: $7.0K
- GDP per-person growth: -2.8%
- Population: 60,042k
- GDP: $419.9B
- GDP five-year CAGR: Not reported
- Investment rate: 19.8%
- Savings rate: 19.2%

## Product-level history

| Year | Product exports | Year-on-year |
| ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2024 | $1.0 | +0.0% |

## Broader route context

Broader Mauritania to South Africa route exports provide route context only; they are not presented as HS 271012 product-level trade.

| Year | Route exports | Year-on-year |
| ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2000 | $24.7K | +0.0% |
| 2001 | $70.7K | +186.1% |
| 2002 | $68.3K | -3.4% |
| 2003 | $145.3K | +112.8% |
| 2004 | $66.1K | -54.5% |
| 2005 | $45.2K | -31.6% |
| 2006 | $84.7M | +187522.7% |
| 2007 | $159.2K | -99.8% |
| 2008 | $168.7K | +6.0% |
| 2009 | $200.4K | +18.8% |
| 2010 | $2.9M | +1355.2% |
| 2011 | $24.5M | +739.5% |
| 2012 | $9.6M | -60.7% |
| 2013 | $152.7K | -98.4% |
| 2014 | $666.6K | +336.5% |
| 2015 | $31.2K | -95.3% |
| 2016 | $4.2M | +13275.9% |
| 2017 | $1.7M | -59.8% |
| 2018 | $1.3M | -25.5% |
| 2019 | $8.0M | +536.6% |
| 2020 | $757.7K | -90.5% |
| 2021 | $1.6M | +113.8% |
| 2022 | $6.6M | +306.4% |
| 2023 | $807.1K | -87.7% |
| 2024 | $2.1M | +157.8% |

## 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 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) |
| Mauritania to Germany | HS 853669 | New corridor | $2.3B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/mrt-deu-853669) |

## 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.