71148 v2 Mauritius: Trade At-A-Glance Dec-08 2007 GDP 2007 GDP 2007 Share 2007 Trade Membership No. of RTAs/ EIAs (millions) per capita in World Trade per capita GATT WTO Goods Services $7,145 $5,650 0.03% $7,454 1970 1995 2 0 Mauritius TRADE PERFORMANCE ‡ SSA Ranking Decile TP Upper mid inc TRADE POLICY (TP) (out of 125) 13 2 EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT (EE) (out of 126) 111 9 TO EE INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT (IE) (out of 181) 24 2 TRADE FACILITATION (TF) (out of 151) 133 9 TRADE OUTCOME (TO) (out of 161) 120 8 TF IE ‡ Rankings are based on the "representative" indicators (in bold) in each group below for the latest year Outer bound represents best value in latest year TRADE POLICY (TP)  1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ Trade Tariff Restrictiveness Index (MFN applied tariffs)& 23.6 2.4 3.1 * TTRI (applied tariffs including preferences) & .. 2.0 2.3 * TTRI Overall TRI (OTRI, applied tariffs incl. prefs.+NTMs)& .. 13.0 14.4 * (MFN) Other trade policy indicators MFN applied tariff - simple avg (%) 29.1 18.4 4.3 3.5 Applied Dispersion (coefficient of variation) 0.9 1.5 2.4 2.4 tariff (wgt avg) Maximum rate 80.0 80.0 72.6 79.3 Agriculture - simple avg (%) 23.3 19.5 8.4 7.4 Import Nonagriculture - simple avg (%) 30.0 18.3 3.7 2.9 duties MFN applied tariff - trade weighted avg (%) 22.5 13.0 2.8 2.0 MFN zero-duty imports (% in total imports) 40.3 56.1 87.4 88.6 * Applied tariff (incl. prefs.) - trade weighted avg (%) 22.2 13.0 1.7 1.6 Nontariff measures Agriculture 15.7 13.2 4.7 3.8 Nonagriculture 23.4 12.9 1.3 1.3 0 10 20 Applied tariff (incl. prefs.) - production weighted avg (%) .. 14.8 6.2 * SSA Upper mid inc Mauritius Applied tariff (incl. prefs.) escalation (finished% minus raw%) 18.3 3.9 3.1 Agriculture .. 13.0 6.6 5.7 Nonagriculture .. 23.4 5.6 4.6 Import duties (% of imports) 10.2 8.1 6.2 5.5 * Services commit. Tariff overhang (MFN bound less MFN applied rate,%) 59.7 70.9 87.4 88.5 Bound tariff frequency ratio (% of total lines) .. 17.7 17.9 17.8 * Specific tariffs frequency ratio (%) 0.0 0.1 4.1 5.9 0 40 80 Non-tariff measures frequency ratio (%) 16.3 .. .. .. SSA Upper mid inc Mauritius Overall GATS commitment index (0-100, best) .. 9.2 9.2 EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT (EE)  1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ MA-TTRI (applied tariffs incl. prefs.)& 4.2 0.8 * MA-OTRI (applied tariffs incl. prefs.+NTMs)& 40.3 28.8 * MA-TTRI Other external environment indicators ROW applied tariff (incl. prefs.) - weighted avg (%) 16.1 12.5 15.2 2.1 * MFN duty free Agriculture 53.0 64.2 57.8 0.8 * (exports) Nonagriculture 3.0 4.1 2.5 2.2 * MFN zero-duty exports (% of total exports) 4.1 6.4 12.9 13.5 * Value of prefer Exports with FTA / CU partners (% of total exports) 5.4 8.6 9.1 8.4 * Preferences (EU+U.S.) utilization rate (%) .. .. 98.3 96.7 * 0 1 Lowest Highest Preferences (EU+U.S.) actual value (% of exports) .. .. 21.9 21.7 * SSA Upper mid inc Mauritius Real effective exchange rate (% change,+ =apprec.) .. .. .. .. ^ Indicators shown are period averages, incl. growth rates. Latest indicates 2008; when not available, 2006 or 2007 is used(noted by *). For more infor., see User's Guide at http://www.worldbank.org/wti2008. ŸMFN: most favored nation; NTM: nontariff measures; MA: market access; ROW: rest of the world; FTA: free trade agreement; CU: customs union; WTO: World Trade Organization GATT: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; WGI: World Government Indicators; ".." indicates missing value; RTA/EIA: regional trade arrangement / economic integration arrangement; & 2007 are preliminary estimates Mauritius Trade At-A-Glance Dec-08 INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT (IE) 2004 2006 2007 2008 Ease of Doing Business (rank out of 181) .. .. 29 24 Starting a business (rank) .. .. 8 7 Enforcing contracts (rank) .. .. 73 7 Ease of Doing Closing a business (rank) .. 69 76 Business Other institutional environment indicators WGI - Regulatory Quality (-2.5 to +2.5, best) 0.71 0.57 0.60 .. 0 80 160 WGI - Rule of Law (-2.5 to +2.5, best) 0.88 0.73 0.79 .. SSA Upper mid inc Mauritius WGI - Control of Corruption (-2.5 to +2.5, best) 0.30 0.36 0.41 .. TRADE FACILITATION (TF) 1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ Logistics Performance Index (LPI, 1 to 5 best) .. .. 2.1 2.1 * Efficiency of customs and other border procedures .. .. 2.0 2.0 * Logistic Index Quality of transport and IT infrastructures .. .. 2.3 2.3 * International transportation costs .. .. 2.2 2.2 * Logistics competence .. .. 1.8 1.8 * Trading Trackability of shipments .. .. 2.3 2.3 * Across Borders Domestic transportation costs .. .. 2.7 2.7 * Timeliness of shipment .. .. 2.3 2.3 * Other trade facilitation indicators UNCTAD Shipping Doing Business - Trading Across Borders (rank out of 181) .. 16 20 No. of documents required for exports .. .. 5 5 No. of days process required for exports .. .. 18 18 Telephones Cost to export (US$ per container) .. .. 698 725 per 100 No. of documents required for imports .. .. 7 6 No. of days process required for imports .. .. 16 16 Secondary Cost to import (US$ per container) .. .. 680 677 enrollment Liner shipping connectivity index (0-100 best) .. .. 12.3 17.2 Telephones and mobiles per 100 people 22.5 56.5 85.9 90.1 * 0 Lowest 1 Highest Average cost of 3-minute call to U.S. (US$) 4.4 2.7 1.6 .. SSA Upper mid inc Mauritius Internet usage (per 100 people) 2.0 11.6 25.5 26.9 * Secondary gross school enrollment (%) 73.7 81.7 88.4 .. TRADE OUTCOME (TO) ## 1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ Real growth in trade of goods and services (%) 6.2 1.3 6.5 4.0 10 9.1 Exports 6.2 1.6 6.6 3.1 8 8.0 7.9 7.4 7.1 6.2 6.4 6.5 Imports 6.2 1.1 5.9 4.9 6 5.9 Other trade outcome indicators 4 4.0 Trade integration (trade as % of GDP) 126.5 120.6 132.5 121.5 2 1.3 FDI inflow (% of GDP) 0.8 1.5 2.1 5.6 0 1995-99 2000-04 2005-07 2008 World trade share growth (%) -1.0 -3.8 -3.1 -4.6 Trade Growth Rate Exports 0.0 -3.3 -5.0 -6.3 Mauritius SSA Upper mid inc Imports -1.7 -4.1 -1.4 -3.2 Merchandise share in total exports (%) 64.3 59.0 58.7 62.3 Exports Share (2005-07) Agriculture 18.0 14.5 18.3 16.9 * Manufacturing 45.8 43.9 37.9 40.1 * Agric, 18.3 Mining, fuel and others 0.5 0.6 1.4 1.3 * Service share in total exports (%) 35.7 41.0 41.1 37.1 Service, 41.1 Tourism 19.1 22.0 24.1 25.1 * Transportation 8.1 9.5 9.6 9.0 * Other services 8.5 9.5 8.6 7.6 * Export product concentration index (0 to 100, highest) 37.4 34.0 29.1 28.3 * Manuf, Mining, 37.9 Export market concentration index (0 to 100, highest) 43.6 42.6 44.5 39.4 * 1.4 Top 5 exports share (% of merchandise exports) .. .. 64.6 63.0 * Top 5 exports (SITC Rev. 2; 3 digit) 0.0 ^ Indicators shown are period averages, incl. growth rates. Latest indicates 2008; when not available, 2006 or 2007 is used (noted by *). For more info., see User's Guide at http://www.worldbank.org/wti2008 ## Most outcome indicators (mostly through 2007) are from the WDI (World Bank, Data Group), UNCTAD or COMTRADE; for filling gaps and 2008, data from the Prospects Group are used.