of or related to the island or country of Mauritius or its inhabitants
<adj.pert> Mauritanian tropical fish
Where it owns at least 10 per cent of an Indian company, a Mauritian offshore company pays a withholding tax on dividends of only 5 per cent, instead of the normal 20 per cent. The offshore banking venture has done better than forecast.
Sugar accounts for 80 per cent of Mauritian sugar exports. 'We are barely making ends meet at present and we expect there will be a new sugar regime by mid-1993,' says Mr Tyack.
'We've done the easy part,' says a Mauritian businessman.