Imports - commodities:
foodstuffs, manufactured goods, refinery and transport equipment,
medicines and chemicals, textiles, wheat
Imports - partners:
China 20.7%, Saudi Arabia 9.4%, UAE 5.9%, Egypt 5.5%, Japan 5.1%,
India 4.8% (2005)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$3.552 billion (2006 est.)
Debt - external:
$29.69 billion (2006 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$172 million (2001)
Currency (code):
Sudanese dinar (SDD)
Currency code:
SDD
Exchange rates:
Sudanese dinars per US dollar - 217.402 (2006), 243.61 (2005),
257.91 (2004), 260.98 (2003), 263.31 (2002)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
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