- commodities:

machinery and equipment, petroleum products, capital goods,
foodstuffs, consumer goods

Imports - partners:

France 16.5%, China 8.1%, Spain 6.7%, US 6.1%, Belgium 5.8%, Brazil
5.7% (2007)

Economic aid - recipient:

$190.4 million (2005)

Debt - external:

NA

Market value of publicly traded shares:

$NA

Currency (code):

ouguiya (MRO)

Currency code:

MRO

Exchange rates:

ouguiyas (MRO) per US dollar - NA (2007), 271.3 (2006), 267.04
(2005), 265.8 (2004), 263.03 (2003)

Communications
Mauritania

Telephones - main lines in use:

34,900 (2006)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

1.3 million (2007)

Telephone system:

general assessment: limited system of cable and open-wire lines,
minor microwave radio relay links, and radiotelephone communications
stations; mobile-cellular services expanding rapidly
domestic: Mauritel, the national telecommunications company, was
privatized in 2001 but remains the monopoly provider of fixed-line
services; fixed-line teledensity 1 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular
network coverage extends mainly to urban areas with a teledensity
approaching 40 per 100 persons; mostly cable and open-wire lines; a
domestic satellite telecommunications system links Nouakchott with
regional capitals
international: country code - 222; satellite earth stations - 3 (1
Intelsat - Atlantic Ocean, 2 Arabsat)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 1, FM 14, shortwave 1 (2001)

Radios:

410,000 (2001)

Television broadcast stations:

1 (2002)

Televisions:

98,000 (2001)

Internet country code:

.mr

Internet hosts:

34 (2008)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

5 (2001)

Internet users:

30,000 (2006)

Transportation
Mauritania

Airports:

25 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 8
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5 (2007)

Airports - with unpaved runways:

total: 17
1,524 to 2,437 m: 9
914 to 1,523 m: 7
under 914 m: 1 (2007)

Railways:

717 km
standard gauge: 717 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)

Roadways:

total: 11,066 km
paved: 2,966 km
unpaved: 8,100 km (2006)

Ports and terminals:

Nouadhibou, Nouakchott

Military
Mauritania

Military branches:

Mauritanian Armed Forces: Army, Mauritanian Navy (Marine
Mauritanienne; includes naval infantry), Islamic Air Force of
Mauritania (Force Aerienne Islamique de Mauritanie, FAIM) (2008)

Military