Mauritius Customs Status & U.S. Trade Treatment

At a glance

U.S. trade agreement

None

Average duty rate, August 2026

2.96%

Duty on U.S. imports

$448K

U.S. imports / exports

$14.0M / $4.3M a month

Agreements per the U.S. Trade Representative; customs territory per the European Commission. Duty is what the Census Bureau calculates for the month, not what was paid; a product's rate can differ widely from the country average.

Top U.S. imports from Mauritius

These 5 make up 60% of U.S. imports from Mauritius in the latest month.

1. Live Primates HS 010611$5.6M
2. Artists' & Students' Colors Not in Sets HS 321390$1.1M
3. Silver Jewelry and Parts Thereof HS 711311$627K
4. Nonindustrial Diamonds, Worked (Polished or Drilled) HS 710239$608K
5. Raw Cane Sugar, Solid Form, Without Added Flavoring or Coloring, NESOI HS 170114$510K

Top U.S. exports to Mauritius

These 5 make up 44% of U.S. exports to Mauritius in the latest month.

1. Cigarettes Containing Tobacco HS 240220$703K
2. Machines for Reception, Conversion, Transmission or Regeneration of Voice, Images, or Data HS 851762$342K
3. Automatic Data Processing Storage Units (NESOI) HS 847170$304K
4. Transmission & Reception Apparatus for Voice, Images & Data (Other) HS 851769$280K
5. Poultry-Keeping Machinery (Excluding Incubators and Brooders) HS 843629$257K

Trade overview

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.