CCBLA - Arab-Belgium-Luxemburg Chamber of Commerce - ABLCC

Country name : Republic of the Sudan

Capital : Khartoum

Area : 2,505,810 km²

Population : 39,379,358 (July 2007)

Density : 15.7 inhabitants/km²

Population growth rate : 2.082% (2007)

Age structure : 0-14 years : 41.6% - 15-64 years : 56% - 65 years and over : 2.4%

Life expectancy at birth : 49.11 years

Labour force : 7.415 million

Gross Domestic Product : US$107.8 billion (2007)

GDP – real growth rate : 12.8% (2007)

GDP – composition by sector : agriculture : 31.5% - industry : 35.7% - services : 32.8%

GDP – per capita : US$2,700 (2007)

Budget : revenues : US$9.682 billion - expenditures : US$11.59 billion (2007)

Industries : oil, cotton ginning, textiles, cement, edible oils, sugar, soap distilling, shoes, petroleum refining, pharmaceuticals, automobile/truck assembly

Industrial production growth rate : 32% (2007)

Land use : arable land : 6.78% - permanent crops : 0.17% - other : 93.05%

Agricultural products : cotton, groundnuts, sorghum, millet, wheat, gum Arabic, sugarcane, cassava, mangos, papaya, bananas, sweet potatoes, sesame, sheep, livestock

Exports : US$9.156 billion (2007)

Exports – commodities : oil and petroleum products, cotton, sesame, livestock, groundnuts, gum Arabic, sugar

Exports – partners : Japan (48%), China (31%), South Korea (3.8%) (2006)

Imports : US$8.262 billion (2007)

Imports – commodities : foodstuffs, manufactured goods, refinery and transport equipment, medicines and chemicals, textiles, wheat

Imports – partners : China (18.2%), Saudi Arabia (9.2%), UAE (5.8%), Egypt (5.3%), Germany (5.2%), India (4.6%), France (4.1%) (2006)

Current account balance : US$ -4.465 billion (2007)

Reserves of foreign exchange & gold : US$1.245 billion (31 December 2007)

External debt : US$29.6 billion (31 December 2007)