Sudan
Sudan
1. Country / Territory
Brief
The Federal Republic of
Sudan has the status of a low income, least developed country. After the July
2011 secession of South-
Sudan, the country
undertook ongoing efforts to diversify its economy. This region of the country
had been responsible for about
three fourths of the
former Sudan’s total oil production. The oil sector had driven much of Sudan’s
growth since it began
exporting oil in 1999.
Now, oil earnings provide a far lower share of the countries portfolio.
China, the major market
for exports, accounted for 61.5 percent of exports in 2012. Other major markets
for exports were Japan
with 17.3 percent and
India and Canada with 5.4 percent and 3.2 percent respectively.
Sudan is generally open to
trade and there are no major trade restrictions. Recent trade policies aim at
expanding its export
base, reinforcing
competitiveness in the export of non-oil products and opening new exports
markets to encourage more foreign
direct investment
2. People and Economy
2.1 People
Total
population
(growth
rates per annum) 34,040,065 in 2012 with growth rates of 2.2% p.a during
2008-2012
Population
density
(people
per sq. km of
land
area)
18 in 2012
Female
population 49.8% in 2012
Population
below 15
years
of age 41.5% in 2008 ; 42.6% in 2012
Urban
population 33.0% in 2012
Population
living below
$1.25 a
day at purchasing
power
parity (PPP)
NA
Ranking
in the Human
Development
Index (HDI) 171 out of 186 in 2012
Evolution
of the Human
Development Index (HDI)
Source: United Nations Development Programme Human Development Indicators
Note: The Human
Development Index measures the overall development of a nation and ranges from
0 (low level of
development) to 1 (highest
level of development). The United Nations Development Programme (http://hdr.undp.org)
provides a detailed
explanation. ITC Regional group refers to ITC definition
Health Life
expectancy at birth (years) (62); Mortality rate, under-5 (per thousand live
births) (73.1) in
2012
Education
Education index - expected and mean years of schooling (rank) (
173 out of 191) in 2012
Income
level NA
Inequality
NA
Poverty
NA
Gender Gender
inequality index (rank) (20 out of 191) in 2012
Sustainability NA
3. Trade Performance
3.1 General Trade
Performance
3.1.1 Evolution of Trade Ratio to GDP –
Goods
3.1.2 Evolution of Trade Ratio to GDP - Services
3.1.3 Evolution of Total Trade
3.1.4 Trade Map
3.1.5 Export and Import by Leading Destination - Export
3.1.6 Export and Import by Leading Destination - Import
3.1.7 Evolution of Exports and Imports by Destination - Export
3.1.8 Evolution of Exports and Imports by Destination - Import
3.1.9 Total Export Growth
Source: ITC, calculations based on ITC’s Trade Competitiveness Map data.
Note:Graph shows
decomposition of the country’s export growth in value terms by diversification
pattern over the indicated
period.
3.1.10 Marginal Export Growth
Source: ITC, calculations based on ITC’s Trade Competitiveness Map data.
Note:Graph shows
decomposition of the country’s export growth in value by structural driving
effects over the indicated period.
Values are in US$ thousands.
3.1.11 Composition of Trade in Services - Export
3.1.12 Composition of Trade in Services - Import
3.1.13 Evolution of FDI
3.2 Sector Trade Performance
3.2.1 Sectoral Diversification in Products - Export
3.2.2 Sectoral Diversification in Products - Import
3.2.3 Sectoral Diversification in Destinations - Export
3.2.4 Sectoral Diversification in Destinations - Import
3.2.5 Sectors by World Demand - Export
3.2.6 Sectors by World Demand - Import
3.2.7 Trade Performance Index
4. Trade Strategy and Policy
4.1 Trade and
Development Strategies
Year
Strategy name Sector
2011
COMESA
Cotton-to-Clothing Value Chain
Strategy
The strategy is an update
of the 2009 COMESA
Regional Strategy for...
Cotton, Garment Industry,
Textile Industry
2011
COMESA Leather Strategy
The strategy envisages
transforming the leather
value-chain into a lead
contributor to...
Leather Industry, Leather
2008
Revitalizing Sudan's
non-oil exports
The DTIS provides an
overview of the current
socioeconomic setting and
trade...
Sugar Industry, Vegetable
Oil, Textile Industry, Apparel and
Clothing, Pharmaceuticals, Leather, Leather
Industry
4.2 Domestic and Foreign Market Access
4.3 Trade Facilitation
Logistics Performance Index (LPI): Country Comparison
Source: World Bank, Logistics Performance Index (LPI)
Logistics Performance Index – Evolution
Source: World Bank, Logistics Performance Index (LPI)
4.4 Business and
Regulatory Environment
Multilateral Trade
Instruments
Abstract
The Trade Treaties Map tool
is a web-based system on multilateral
trade treaties and
instruments designed to assist trade support
institutions (TSIs) and
policymakers in optimizing their country's legal
framework on international
trade
Instrument
ratified : 65 / 266 instruments
Ratification
rate : 24.4%
Weighted
score : 32/100
Ratification
Rate Rank
Weighted
Score
Rank
In World : 164 /
193 168 /
193
In Region : Sub-
Saharan
Africa
36/ 47 41/
47
In
Development
level :
Least
developed
country
30/ 48 33/
48
Graph
Presents a visual
illustration breaking down a country’s ratification level
according to various categories and compares it to the world average.
Instruments ratified
Click here for a full list and
more details about these
multi-lateral trade instruments
4.5 Infrastructure
5. ITC and the
Country/Territory
5.1 ITC Projects
5.1.1
Current projects
Building Export
Capacities for Regional Integration in the Arab States
5.1.2
Recent projects
Uganda women
cross-border trades
Strengthening the
Capacity of the Trade information Centre, Ministry of Foreign Trade, Sudan
(Preparatory phase I)
PACT 2 - COMESA Leather
Sector Regional Export Development
PACT 2 - COMESA Networks
of National and Regional TSIs
PACT 2 - COMESA Market
Analysis and Sector Prioritization
PACT 2 - COMESA Improved
Technical Capacities and RBM Operations
5.2 Events
5.2.1
Upcoming events
No data
5.2.2
Recent events
Business implications of
the WTO membership: The Trade Facilitation Agreement and the Agreement on
A12/11/2014-Khartoum
WTO Accession of Sudan19/11/2013-Khartoum
5.3 ITC Contacts
Lilia
NAAS HACHEM
Acting
Chief, Office for Arab States
+41 22 730 0361
naas@intracen.org
Abdeslam
AZUZ
Senior
Trade Promotion Officer
+41 22 730 0386
6. Trade Information
Sources and
Contacts
6.1 Trade Information
Sources
This section provides a list
of country specific print and online publications on trade-related topics,
including both ITC and
external sources.
6.1.1
ITC publications
Rencontre
acheteurs/vendeurs sur les produits alimentaires et agricoles, l'eau et
l'assainissement, l'hébergement,
les
articles de protection personnelle et de ménage
Indicative
COMESA Customs Tariff Rates and National Rates for Zimbabwe
Document lists Zimbabwe
national tariffs and COMESA tariffs side by side for all commodities on the
basis of the Harmonized
Commodity Description and Coding System.
Building
Markets : Regional Integration, Responding to Necessity. - Kenya
Paper presented at ITC
World Export Development Forum : 'Bringing Down the Barriers - Charting a
Dynamic Export
Development Agenda',
Montreux, Switzerland, 8-11 October, 2007 - provides an overview of...
Building
Competitive Business Environments : Building Trade Related Infrastructure, What
Can the Private Sector
Do?:
Sudan
Paper presented at ITC
World Export Development Forum : 'Bringing down the Barriers - Charting a
Dynamic Export
Development Agenda',
Montreux, Switzerland, 8-11 October, 2007 - focuses on the role...
Sudan:
Supply Survey on Emergency Items and Transport Services
Supply survey on emergency
items and transport services in Sudan - analyzes the general characteristics
and production
capacities of supplying sectors; examines the
familiarity of enterprises with procurement practices of...
Buyers/Sellers
Meeting on Emergency Items and Transport Services
6.1.2 Selected printed
information sources
2006 - Kyambalesa H;
Houngnikpo M C Economic Integration and Development in Africa
2009 - Gautier D Rapport
filière gomme arabique : Région Sahel
2009 Regional Strategy
for Cotton -to -Clothing Value Chain
2001 WTO Accessions and
Development Policies
2003 - De la Rocha M The
Cotonou Agreement and its Implications for the Regional Trade Agenda in Eastern
and Southern
Africa
2003 - Hammond L
Obstacles to Regional Trade in the Horn of Africa: Borders, Markets, and
Production
2010 - Kiratu S; Roy S
Beyond Barriers : The Gender Implications of Trade Liberalization in Southern
Africa
2013 e-COMESA Newsletter
2006 - Meyn, Mareike
Regional Integration and EPA configurations in Southern and Eastern Africa :
What are the feasible
alternatives?
2011 ZDA Spotlight
2011 - Sandrey R Cape to
Cairo : An Assessment of the Tripartite Free Trade Area
2000 Competition Policy,
Trade and Development in the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
2010 - Meyer, N.
Bilateral and Regional Trade Agreements and Technical Barriers to Trade : An
African Perspective
2010 - Mackie J Joining
up Africa : Support to Regional Integration
2010 - Ajumbo G Analysis
of Regional Integration Cooperation in the COMESA and the EAC
2010 Deepening Regional
Integration to Eliminate the Fragmented Goods Market in Southern Africa
2005 - Maonera F Dispute
Settlement under COMESA
2012 Accelerating Growth
through Improved Intra-African Trade
2011 - Viljoen W
Non-Tariff Barriers Affecting Trade in the COMESA- EAC-SADC Tripartite Free
Trade Agreement
2011 COMESA Investment
Report 2011
2011 - Jensen H G;
Sandrey R Intra-African Trade in Southern and Eastern Africa and the Role of
South Africa
2009 Sudan Agricultural
Market and Enterprise Development Program : Final Report
2007 - Mambara,
Jacqueline Linda COMESA Customs Union : An Assessment of Progress and
Challenges for Eastern and
Southern Africa's Poor
2011 Exporting Fruit and
Vegetables from Ethiopia : Assessment of Development Potentials and Investment
Options in the
Export-Oriented Fruit
and Vegetable Sector
2011 OECD Due Diligence
Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and
High-Risk Areas
2008 Perfil de la
Industria Paraguaya de Software
2009 Characteristics of
Malaysia's Animal Feed Market
2014 Perspectives on
Global Development 2014: Boosting Productivity to Meet the Middle-Income
Challenge
2010 Mobilizing Aid for
Trade for SPS-Related Technical Cooperation in the Greater Mekong Sub-Region
2010 Leather Garments in
the EU
2006 Overview of the
Current State of Organic Agriculture in Kenya, Uganda and the Republic of
Tanzania and the
Opportunities for
Regional Harmonization
2007 Export Diversification and Value
Addition for Human Development : Addressing the Impact of the Agreement on
Textiles
and Clothing Expiration
on Cambodia
2006 - Ruffing, Lorraine
Deepening Development Through Business Linkages
2012 OECD Economic
Surveys: Chile
2005 - Magder, D Egypt
after the Multi-Fiber Arrangement: Global Apparel and Textile Supply Chains as
a Route for Industrial
Upgrading
2006 Bangladesh:
Furniture Export Market Sector Brief
2012 Cotton
Contamination Surveys, 2001 - 2003 - 2005 - 2007 - 2009 - 2011
2006 - Boutou, Olivier
Management de la sécurité des aliments : De l'HACCP à l'ISO 22000
2006 Trading up :
Economic Perspectives on Development Issues in the Multilateral Trading System
2004 Perfiles de mercado
para productos bolivianos en los mercados de Argentina, Brasil, Chile,
Colombia, Ecuador, México,
Paraguay, Perú, Uruguay
y Venezuela
2010 Vietnam: Oilseeds
and Products
2007 Organic Farming in
the Czech Republic: 2007 Yearbook
2007 - Gibbon P; Bolwig
S Economics of Certified of Organic Farming in Tropical Africa: A Preliminary
Assessment
2006 The Relationship of
Third-party Certification (TPC) to Sanitary / Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures and
the International
Agri-Food Trade; Case
Study: Guatemala- with Emphasis on Food Safety
2007 - Ismail F
Mainstreaming Development in the WTO : Developing Countries in the Doha Round
2009 Market Report.
Focus on the Nordic Market - Fresh Fruit and Vegetables
2001 - Karlöf, Bengt
Benchlearning : Good Examples as a Lever for Development
2003 - Martin W;
Pangestu M, eds. Options for Global Trade Reform : A View from the Asia-Pacific
2010 L'industrie sri
lankaise du textile-habillement
2000 - Hauber,
Christiane Formation, Prevention & Determination of Cr (VI) in Leather
6.1.3 Selected online
information sources
Alliance for Commodity
Trade in Eastern and Southern Africa (ACTESA)
COMESA Food and
Agriculture Market Information System (FAMIS)
Arab German Consulting
Intergovernmental
Authority on Development (IGAD)
Non-Tariff Barriers
Reporting, Monitoring and Eliminating Mechanism
Accelerated Agribusiness
and Agro-Industries Development Initiative (3ADI)
Common Market For
Eastern And Southern Africa (COMESA)
TradeMark Southern
Africa (TMSA)
COMESA Statistical
Database (COMSTAT)
Cross Border Trade Desk
(CBT DESK)
African Regional
Organization for Standardization (ARSO)
Eastern and Southern
Africa Leather Industries Association (ESALIA)
ProKarite
TradeAfrica.biz
Arab Trade Financing
Program (ATFP)
Leather Trade
Information Portal (LMIP)
COMESA afriBUSINESS
6.2 Trade Contacts
Official
Name Address City Phone Number Fax Number Email Website
Union of Sudanese
Chambers
of Commerce
Gamhoria
Street Khartoum +24911 776518/
0024911 772346
+24911 780748/
0024911 776518
chamber@sudanchamber.org
www.sudanchamber.org
Sudanese Businessmen and
Employers Federation
Madani Street Khartoum +24911 431276/0024911 431277
+24911 431283/0024911
431281
info@sudbiz.com
www.sudbiz.com
Sudan Trade Point
Ministry of
Foreign Trade Khartoum
+249 11 762577 +249 11 788116
tpsudan@hotmail.com
www.sudantradepoint.org
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