Canary Islands exported goods worth 72.5 million euros to Mauritania in 2025, 32.7% of the total Spanish sales to that country, while importing products worth 58.9 million, according to data from the Ministry of Economy.
This was detailed this Wednesday by the Deputy Director General of Mediterranean Countries, Africa and the Middle East of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Enterprise, Carla Cohí, during a business conference that brings together institutional representatives, economic promotion agencies, financial entities and companies from Spain, Senegal and Mauritania in Tenerife.
These conferences are organized by Casa África, the Chamber of Commerce of Santa Cruz de Tenerife and the Cabildo of Tenerife.
Canary Islands has 285 exporting companies to Mauritania, of which 108 do so regularly, and constitutes, according to Cohí, a logistical and business platform towards West Africa due to its proximity, connectivity and experience in the region.
The Ministry representative pointed out that business opportunities in both countries are found in sectors such as fish processing, water and sanitation, agribusiness, irrigation systems and greenhouses, as well as in renewable energies and services linked to the extractive industry.
In the energy sector, she highlighted the possibilities for collaboration in the maintenance of platforms and engineering, as well as in the development of renewable energies, especially in Mauritania, due to its sun and wind conditions.
According to data from the Secretariat of State for Trade, Spain mainly exports industrial goods, machinery and materials to Mauritania, which represented 43.3% of sales in 2025, followed by food products (25.3%) and fuels and lubricants (22.8%).
Conversely, Spanish imports from Mauritania are concentrated in seafood products, especially mollusks and crustaceans, which accounted for 82.5% of the total.
In Senegal, Spain mainly sells fuels, chemical products and construction materials, while it buys crude oil, fishery products, fruits and vegetables, and zirconium. The import of crude oil caused the first Spanish trade deficit with that country in 2025, as Cohí specified.
Spain was Senegal's fifth largest global customer in 2024 and eleventh supplier, while in 2025 it ranked first among European Union customers and third among its community suppliers.
Cohí has explained that Spanish commercial relations with Africa are mainly concentrated in the north of the continent, particularly in Morocco and Algeria, while South Africa stands out as a destination for Spanish investment.
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