The Democratic Republic of Mauritius is an island in South Africa and the Indian Ocean that houses 1.5 million people, has an area of 2040 square kilometers and is almost 3 times the size of the city of Tehran, and is only half an hour away from Tehran. English and French are common languages spoken by the people of this country, and about 17% of them are Muslims.

The economy of Mauritius is developing, which is based on agriculture, exports, financial services, and tourism is considered the fourth most economically active and effective industry in this country, and attractions such as 180 km of white sand beach next to the blue sea, rivers, marshes, etc. It has many animal and plant species, volcanic craters, waterfalls, etc.

According to the report of the Iran and Africa Merchants Club from the International Trade Center, the total trade of Mauritius in 2021 was more than 9 billion dollars, the share of goods exports from this country has reached 1.6 billion dollars, and the export of clothing, fish products. And sugar is at the top of the export products of Mauritius. In addition, the most exports of this country have been made to South Africa, France and England, respectively. In addition, the export of technical engineering services from Mauritius in 2020 has reached the amount of 1 billion 200 million dollars.

According to this report, the total value of imported goods destined for Mauritius in 2021 is more than 5 billion dollars, and the first 5 items of this country’s import list are fuel and oil products, machinery and mechanical equipment, vehicles, electronic devices and medicine. The first 3 countries supplying products to Mauritius were China, India, and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. The import of technical-engineering services to Mauritius in 2020 also amounted to 1 billion 300 million dollars.

According to the customs report of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the total trade between Iran and Mauritius in 2021 was worth 171 thousand dollars, of which 100 thousand dollars belonged to packaged saffron. The amount of imports from Mauritius to Iran in the same year included only one shipment of 46 thousand dollars, which belonged to a smoke or gas decomposition device.