Trade partner
U.S. Imports
$14.0M
August 2026
U.S. Exports
$4.3M
August 2026
Trade deficit
$9.8M
August 2026 · U.S. imports more than it exports
In August 2026 the United States imported $14.0M from Mauritius and exported $4.3M to it, across 215 imported product categories.
Over the twelve months to August 2026, the U.S. imported $199.4M from Mauritius and exported $163.6M to it. In August 2026, the U.S. ran a monthly goods trade deficit of $9.8M with Mauritius, importing 3.3× as much as it exported. Compared with August 2025, U.S. goods imports from Mauritius in August 2026 (preliminary) were 42% higher. U.S. goods imports from Mauritius of $14.0M in August 2026 ran 17% below the year-to-date monthly average of $16.9M.
Mauritius has built a diversified export economy that supplies the United States with apparel and textile products, refined sugar, and seafood, alongside a growing financial and services sector. The island's apparel industry benefits from preferential access to certain markets and has attracted investment from global brands, making rules-of-origin compliance a recurring classification issue for US importers of Mauritian garments. Seafood — particularly tuna processed at Port Louis — is another commercially significant category, subject to FDA seafood HACCP requirements at US entry.
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Mauritius sources yarn and fabric from multiple countries before manufacturing finished garments, which can complicate substantial-transformation analysis under US rules of origin. Importers should obtain detailed production records from Mauritian suppliers — including fiber origin, fabric formation country, and cutting and sewing location — to support accurate country-of-origin declarations and avoid potential CBP enforcement issues.
Port Louis serves as a processing center for tuna caught across the Indian Ocean, meaning the fish's biological origin and the processing origin may differ. US importers must ensure that the level of processing performed in Mauritius meets the substantial-transformation standard for Mauritian origin, and that the processing facility complies with FDA's seafood HACCP regulations.
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Annual data from BEA | 2025
Services Exports
$359.0M
Services Imports
$205.0M
The top U.S. imports from Mauritius are Live Primates, Artists' & Students' Colors Not in Sets and Silver Jewelry and Parts Thereof, by value in the latest month.
| Rank | Product | Import value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $5.6M | |
| 2 | $1.1M | |
| 3 | $627K | |
| 4 | $608K | |
| 5 | $510K | |
| 6 | $408K | |
| 7 | $396K | |
| 8 | $393K | |
| 9 | $379K | |
| 10 | $318K |
| $304K |
| 4 | $280K |
| 5 | $257K |
| 6 | $255K |
| 7 | $167K |
| 8 | Low-Value Export Shipments & Canadian Estimated Late ReceiptsChapter 98 · Special Classification Provisions | $156K |
| 9 | $116K |
| 10 | $112K |