of reported merchandise exports
Entrepreneur · Author · StrategistFrance · Mauritius
The futuretakes shape.Beyond the shore.
A perspective. A trajectory.
Connecting the living world, enterprise
and the strategic horizons
of the Indian Ocean.
A question to understand, an idea to test, a decision to prepare.
Compose your own path ↗
ONE PROJECT · A THOUSAND HORIZONS
L’Archipel
des Airs
From Mauritius, imagine a sky that brings us together.
Explore the project in depth Festival in development · artist’s impressionThe current essay 01 / 22
The West, at Last in the Dock
A civilisation summoned before the principles it helped give to the world.
Read the complete essay (FR)
22PAGES
Borders
delineate the world.
Ideas set it in motion.
Build. Think. Connect.
Make insularity a crucible of invention. Bring permacircular and ecomodernist innovation, the blue economy and strategic reflection together, turning constraints into the capacity to act.
Discover the vision ↗
Patrice LebonThought engaged with the world
The instinct
for connection.
The imperative
of action.
Mauritian entrepreneur, author and consultant based in France. A trajectory at the intersection of enterprise, territories and public debate.
Vision & background ↗03 / Thought in motion
Take a
position.
16OCT.
2026
2026
Le Mauricien · Institutions
Themis in Torment and in Chains,
Leviathan Unbound
and Enthroned
Violence, civic trust and the imperative of justice: an essay on the legitimacy of public force.
04 / Library & horizons
MAURITIUS · AFRICA · INDIAN OCEANFeatured · Synoptic presentation · 20 pages
The Republic
can also be read
page by page.
From the ballot paper to accountable power: enter the Democratic Quintet by tracing a voice, and discover the institutions that must answer for it.
Browse the presentation ↗The five pillars and the CRC submission ↗
Projects, publications and collaborations concerning Mauritius, Rodrigues and the Indian Ocean.
Discover the Mauritius space ↗Thinking beyond our own time
What we pass on
The purpose of action
The future
already has
a face.
To build enterprises and examine institutions is also to ask what kind of world we shall leave behind.
Explore the longer viewHorizons for reflection, rather than predictions.
Three perspectives, a shared future
Today · The living worldExplore the ecosystem
The enduring question
What must we protect today?
A choice to make
Consider the resources, habitats and people that make every undertaking possible.
Protect what sustains us.
Enterprise earns its place when it respects the resources, habitats and people on which it depends. Explore work that brings innovation into conversation with responsibility.
Two points of departure. One horizon.
Connection
as a
latitude.
From France to Mauritius, one perspective connects projects, places and ideas.
Explore both points of departure ↗Reference coordinates
48.86° N / 02.35° E
20.20° S / 57.55° E
FRANCE ↔ MAURITIUSEqual Earth · relative areas preserved100 %
Paris ↔ Mauritius · approx. 9,400 kmDrag to explore · discover both points of departure
This economy in world tradeFranceFigures, products & partners ＋
Merchandise trade · Data year 2023WITS / UN Comtrade
Blue: sales · Green: purchases · Gold: distribution
Trade at a glance
↗ Sales to the world640.2 bn US$Exports · FOB · 2023
↙ Purchases from the world777.1 bn US$Imports · CIF · 2023
Both bars use the same value scale.
of reported merchandise imports
of reported merchandise exports
Leading export markets
- 01Germany13.5 %86.5 bn US$
- 02Italy9 %57.4 bn US$
- 03Belgium8.2 %52.2 bn US$
- 04Spain7.6 %48.3 bn US$
- 05United States7.1 %45.5 bn US$
Leading suppliers
- 01Germany15.5 %120.4 bn US$
- 02Belgium11.4 %88.8 bn US$
- 03Netherlands8.9 %68.8 bn US$
- 04Spain8.1 %62.9 bn US$
- 05Italy8 %61.9 bn US$
Merchandise only, excluding services. Exports FOB and imports CIF, current US dollars. Reporting years vary by economy. The top five products use HS6 customs classifications; official English descriptions may be abbreviated. A partner ranking describes reported trade flows, not political alignment.
Statistical source: World Bank / WITS, reported UN Comtrade data. No gap filling or independent reconciliation against partner mirror statistics.
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