Mauritania Economy - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

CNP: about $730 million (1982 est.), $460 per capita

Natural resources: iron ore, gypsum, fish

Agriculture: most Mauritanians are nomads or subsistence farmers; main products— livestock, cereals, vegetables, dates; cash crops—gum arabic

Fishing: catch, 353,800 metric tons (1983)

Major industries: mining of iron ore and gypsum, fish processing

Electric power: 131,000 kW capacity (1985); 114 million kWh produced (1985), 68 kWh tier capita

Exports $275 million (f.o.b., 1984); iron ore, processed fish, and small amounts of gum arabic and gypsum; also unrecorded but numerically significant cattle exports to Senegal

Imports: $215 million (f.o.b., 1984); foodstuffs and other consumer goods, petroleum products, capital goods

Major trade partners: France and other EC members, Senegal and US

Budget: $225 million budgeted in 1984; $184 million revenues (planned 1984^

Monetary conversion rate: 61 4 ouguiyas=US$l (30 July 1984)

Fiscal year: calendar year

NOTE: The information regarding Mauritania on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Mauritania 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Mauritania 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.