Ministry of Investment

Exports

goods exported include petroleum, benzene, kerosene, natural gas, gold, sesame, cotton, gum Arabic, sugar, meat, peanuts, leather, molasses, livestock, animal feed and various others. The return form exports was as follows:

	2000	2001
Total exports	18067	1698.7

Source: 2001 Annual Report, Bank of Sudan

The value of petroleum exports increased from 1350.9 million dollars in 2000 to 1376.6 million dollars in 2001 with an increase of 1.9%.

After completion of exporting of Sudanese goods to the importing countries in 2001 we find the countries recorded the following percentages:

Importers	2001 %
Arab countries	11.5
Asian countries	78.2
European countries	8.4
East Europe	0.5
USA	0.1
Others	1.3

Source: The General Administration of the Customs Police

As for the destination of Sudanese exports the Asian countries group represented the largest market for Sudanese exports in 2001 as they have received 78.25 of the total exports. The Peoples Republic of China is considered the largest importer of Sudanese goods with 59.8% of the total exports followed by Singapore 8.1% then Japan at 4.9% and South Korea at 3.9%.

Imports

Major imports include machinery and other capital equipment, foodstuffs, manufactured goods, transportation means, chemicals, and textiles as clarified in the table below:

Year	2000		2001
Imported good	Value	%	Value	%
Machinery and other equipment	323.5	20.8	442.5	27.4
Manufactured goods	293.7	19.0	296.5	18.7
Transportation	158.7	10.2	202.9	12.8
Wheat and wheat flour	207.9	13.4	138.1	8.7
Chemical materials	221.1	14.2	123.6	7.8
Other foodstuffs	89.0	5.7	121.3	7.7
Petroleum and petroleum bi-products	108.0	7.0	98.1	6.2
Textiles	60.5	3.9	85.1	5.4
Tea	28.7	1.8	31.1	2.0
Beverages	18.7	1.2	23.7	1.5
Coffee	13.9	0.9	11.5	0.7
Raw materials	29.0	1.9	10.5	0.6
Total	1552.7	100	1585.5	100

Source: 2001 Annual Report, Bank of Sudan

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