Imports - partners:
China 19.7%, Saudi Arabia 7.4%, Germany 5.5%, India 5.5%, UK 5.4%,
Indonesia 4.7%, Australia 4% (2002)
Debt - external:
$15.8 billion (2002 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$187 million (1997)
Currency:
Sudanese dinar (SDD)
Currency code:
SDD
Exchange rates:
Sudanese dinars per US dollar - 263.31 (2002), 258.7 (2001), 257.12
(2000), 252.55 (1999), 200.8 (1998)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Sudan
Telephones - main lines in use:
400,000 (2000)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
20,000 (2000)