Business in Sudan, Khartoum

The objectives of the subject “International Trade and Business in Sudan” are the following:

1. To analyze the Sudanese Economy and Global Trade
2. To know the business opportunities in Sudan
3. To explore the Sudanese trade relations with the country of the student
4. To know the Sudanese Trade Agreements
5. To examine the profile of the Sudanese businesspeople and companies
6. To develop a business plan for the Sudanese market

The Subject “Foreign Trade and Business in Sudan” belongs to the following Online Programs taught by EENI Global Business School:

Doctorate: African Business, World Trade.

Business in East Africa.

Masters: Business in Africa International Business, Foreign Trade.

Languages: or Soudan Sudão Sudán.

1. Credits of the subject “Doing Business in Sudan”: 3
2. Duration: three weeks

1. Port Sudan
2. Access to the:
   1. Port of Mombasa
   2. Port of Djibouti
   3. Port Said and Port of Alexandria
3. Trans-African Corridors
   1. Cairo-Sudan-Gaborone Corridor
   2. N’Djamena-Sudan-Djibouti Corridor

Sudanese Preferential Access and Trade Agreements:

1. Sudan and the East African Economic Area
2. Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
3. COMESA-EAC-SADC Agreement
4. African Continental Free-Trade Area
5. Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)
6. Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD)
7. GAFTA
8. Islamic Trade Preferential System
9. Islamic Centre for Development of Trade
10. Arab Bank for Africa (BADEA)
11. Nile Basin Initiative
12. Conference on the Great Lakes
13. Global System of Trade Preferences
14. EU-Sudan
    1. GSP
    2. Africa-EU Partnership
15. Sudan is not eligible for the AGOA

1. WCO
   1. Kyoto Convention
2. BIC (Containers)
3. Chicago Convention (ICAO)
4. International Maritime Organization
5. Sudan is not a member of the WTO (in process of accession)

1. Afro-Arab Cooperation
2. BADEA
3. Economic Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)
4. Arab League
5. OIC
   1. Committee for Economic Cooperation
   2. Islamic Chamber of Commerce
   3. Islamic Centre for Development of Trade
   4. Statistical Economic Centre for Islamic Countries
6. Summit of South American-Arab Countries
7. Asia-Middle East Dialogue

1. Economic Commission for Africa
2. African Union
   1. AU Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption (not signed)
   2. AUDA-NEPAD
3. African Development Bank
4. Africa-Asia Partnership
5. Africa-Korea Partnership
6. Africa-Japan Cooperation
7. Africa-India Cooperation

1. WB
2. WTO
3. UN
4. IMF

The Republic of the Sudan has a privileged situation in the Red Sea, making the “Sudan Arab” a significant International trade centre between East Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Europe through the Suez Canal.

1. Borders of Sudan: Egypt, Libya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Chad, the Central African Republic, and South Sudan.
   1. Sudan shares Maritime borders with Saudi Arabia (Red Sea)
2. Area of Sudan: 1,886,068 km²
3. Sudan is the third largest African country (after Algeria and the DR Congo)
4. Sudan has a population of 39 million people
5. Arabic and English are the official languages of Sudan
6. Sudan is divided into twenty-five states (wilayat) and 133 districts
7. Khartoum is the capital of Sudan
8. Omdurman is the second largest city in Sudan
9. Largest cities: Khartoum, Port Sudan, El-Obeid and Kassala
10. Sudan is a federal republic
11. Sudan gained the independence from the UK and Egypt in 1956
12. Independence of South Soudan from Sudan in 2011

More information about Sudan (EENI African Business Portal).

Religions in Sudan.

1. Islam is the largest religion in Sudan
   1. Islam is the official religion in Sudan
   2. About 97% of the Sudanese population is Sunni Muslim
   3. The Sudanese legal system is based on the English Common law and the Islamic Sharia
   4. Fiqh (Islamic Jurisprudence): Maliki
2. African Traditional Religions

Sudan belongs to the East African Economic Area.

Economy of Sudan:

1. Sudan is the only African-Arab nation where the agricultural balance is positive
2. Sudan is rich in natural resources (agricultural and animal production)
3. The Sudanese agricultural sector represents 45% of the total economic growth and 80% of the population is related to this sector
4. 90% of the Sudanese exports are agricultural products: cotton, Arabic gum, cattle, meat, oilseeds, sorghum, vegetables, and fruits
5. The Petroleum extraction is another fundamental pillar of the Sudanese economy
6. Currency of Sudan: Sudanese Pound (SDG)

Foreign Trade of Sudan.

1. Top Sudanese export products are petroleum, benzene, kerosene, natural gas, gold, sesame, cotton, Arabic gum, sugar, meat, peanuts, leather, molasses, livestock, and animal feed
2. Top Sudanese export markets: the Asian markets (79% of the total exports). China is the largest importer of the Sudanese products (60% of the total exports) followed by Singapore, Japan, and South Korea
3. Top Sudanese imports: machinery, foodstuffs, manufactured products, transport, chemicals, and textiles
4. Port Sudan is the largest foreign trade port

They are significant foreign direct investment opportunities in infrastructure and service sectors: Railway, Roads, internal waterways, Civil Aviation, Air transport, seaports, Shipping, and land transport.

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