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If you need a visa for your business travels to Saudi Arabia or other Arab countries, the Chamber is delighted to provide this new service to the staff of the member companies.

For more information and requirements , please contact the ABLCC.

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Sudan profile

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)

 
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