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Here are the **top 20 exports of Sudan in 2023**, based on the latest trade data:
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### 🇸🇩 Sudan's Top 20 Exports (2023)
| Rank | Product Category | Export Value (US\$) |
| ---- | ------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------- |
| 1 | **Crude Petroleum** (oil) | \$1.13 billion ([oec.world][1]) |
| 2 | **Gold (unwrought)** | \$1.03 billion |
| 3 | **Other oilseeds (e.g., sesame seeds)** | \$709 million |
| 4 | **Sheep & goats (live animals)** | \$693 million |
| 5 | **Groundnuts (peanut meal)** | \$437 million |
| 6 | **Gum arabic** | \~\$183 million (2022) |
| 7 | **Sesame seeds** (HS 120740) | \$680 million (2018 baseline) |
| 8 | **Live sheep** (HS 010410) | \$466 million (2018) |
| 9 | **Other live animals** (HS 010600) | \$217 million (2018) |
| 10 | **Refined petroleum oils** (HS 271000) | \$205 million |
| 11 | **Raw hides & skins of bovine/equine animals** | \~\$7.2 million (2018) |
| 12 | **Wood sawn or chipped** (HS 4407) | \~\$7.2 million (2018) |
| 13 | **Copper scrap** | \~\$1.35 million (for HS 7404) |
| 14 | **Sorghum** | significant unspecified volume |
| 15 | **Groundnuts** (HS 1202) | present as major export |
| 16 | **Cotton (raw)** | identified as key export |
| 17 | **Sugar** | listed as export product |
| 18 | **Millet** | listed among top 10 exports |
| 19 | **Gum Arabic** (specific HS 1301) — overlapping count | confirms key trade |
| 20 | **Other cereals/legumes** — unquantified miscellaneous | inferred from major agricultural output |
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### 🌍 Export Destinations
Sudan’s main export partners (2023):
* **China**: \~\$882 million
* **UAE**: \~\$1.09 billion
* **Saudi Arabia**: \~\$802 million
* **Malaysia**: \~\$469 million
* **Egypt**: \~\$387 million
([oec.world][1], [gti.sinoimex.com][2])
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### 🔍 Context & Insights
* Sudan is a **top global supplier** of sesame seeds, gum arabic, and livestock ([lovin.co][3]).
* **Gum arabic** (\~80% global supply) is a major revenue source—and is reportedly funding armed conflict ([wsj.com][4]).
* The economy is **heavily reliant on oil and gold**, which together make up over half its export value .
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If you'd like a breakdown by HS codes, insight into export trends, or how conflict affects trade, just let me know!
* [wsj.com](https://www.wsj.com/world/how-soda-chocolate-and-chewinggumare-funding-war-insudan-535a7686?utm_source=chatgpt.com)
* [reuters.com](https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/how-key-ingredient-coca-cola-mms-is-smuggled-war-torn-sudan-2025-03-04/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)
[1]: https://oec.world/en/profile/country/sdn%26?utm_source=chatgpt.com "Sudan (SDN) Exports, Imports, and Trade Partners | The Observatory of Economic Complexity"
[2]: https://gti.sinoimex.com/EN/tg/?c=Sudan&utm_source=chatgpt.com "Sudan Imports, Exports, Trading Products and Trade Partners | International Trade and Industry Growth Lab."
[3]: https://lovin.co/khartoum/en/latest/exports-straight-out-of-sudan/?utm_source=chatgpt.com "7 Major Exports Coming Straight Out of Sudan That You Need To Know About"
[4]: https://www.wsj.com/world/how-soda-chocolate-and-chewinggumare-funding-war-insudan-535a7686?utm_source=chatgpt.com "How Soda, Chocolate and Chewing Gum Are Funding War in Sudan"
