Export revenues from the Export Processing Zone (EPZ) in 2000 amounted to 75% of total exports; and over $1.2 billion in receipts. Over half of Mauritius' exports are comprised of clothes and textiles (69%), while the majority of the remainder belongs to the sugar trade (14%). The breakdown for types of garments (as a percentage of total garment exports) is as follows:
Knitted undergarments | 35% |
Knit non-elastic outerwear | 19% |
Non-knit undergarments | 17% |
Non-knit men's outerwear | 17% |
Non-knit women's outerwear | 13% |
In 2000 Mauritius's imports were distributed among the following categories:
Consumer goods | 11.6% |
Food | 13.2% |
Fuels | 11.7% |
Industrial supplies | 42.0% |
Machinery | 14.9% |
Transportation | 6.6% |
Principal trading partners in 2000 (in millions of US dollars) were as follows:
COUNTRY | EXPORTS | IMPORTS | BALANCE |
United Kingdom | 431 | 90 | 341 |
France | 327 | 201 | 126 |
United States | 305 | 61 | 244 |
Madagascar | 76 | 34 | 42 |
Germany | 56 | 79 | -23 |
Italy | 58 | 69 | -11 |
South Africa | 9 | 310 | -301 |
China (inc. Hong Kong) | 8 | 229 | -221 |
Japan | 7 | 85 | -78 |
Australia | 4 | 72 | -68 |
India | 3 | 183 | -180 |