Sudan Economy - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

GDP: $7.31 billion at current prices (FY84), $350 per capita at current prices (FY83)

Natural resources: modest reserves of oil, iron ore. copper, chrome, and other industrial minerals

Agriculture: main crops —sorghum, millet, wheat, sesame, peanuts, beans, barley; not self-sufficient in food production; main cash crops—cotton, gum arabic, peanuts, sesame

Major industries: cotton ginning, textiles, brewery, cement, edible oils, soap, distilling, shoes, pharmaceuticals

Electric power: 542,700 kW capacity (1985); 1.188 billion kWh produced (1985), 54 kWh per capita

Exports-$409 million (f.o.b., 1984), cotton (31%), gum arabic, peanuts, sesame; $40 million exports to Communist countries (FY82)

Imports: $465.7 million (c.i.f., 1984), textiles, petroleum products, foodstuffs, transport equipment, manufactured goods

Major trade partners: UK, FRG, Italy, US, Saudi Arabia, France, Egypt, Japan

Budget: (FY84) public revenue $551 million, total expenditures $829 million, including development expenditure of $203 million

Monetary conversion rate- 2.45 Sudanese pounds=US$l (December 1985) official;

• 3  70 Sudanese pound^c=US$l free market (December 1985)

Fiscal year 1 July-30 June

NOTE: The information regarding Sudan on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Sudan 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Sudan 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.