Summary
- Largest supplier: Egypt
- 23.4%
- Concentration (HHI)
- 1,537
- Products with a supplier above 50%
- 233
- Products with a supplier above 75%
- 124
Concentration index (HHI): 1,537 out of 10,000; equivalent to splitting purchases among 7 suppliers of the same size
Trend
Trend in shares
China went from 3.5% to 22.5% of what Sudan buys
Share (%)
- Egypt 23.4%
- China 22.5%
- India 14.7%
- Saudi Arabia 14%
- Turkey 7.5%
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Largest supplier | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | United States | 8.7% |
| 1996 | Saudi Arabia | 8% |
| 1997 | Saudi Arabia | 9.7% |
| 1998 | China | 16% |
| 1999 | China | 13.2% |
| 2000 | China | 9% |
| 2001 | China | 10.5% |
| 2002 | China | 12.2% |
| 2003 | China | 12.4% |
| 2004 | China | 16.3% |
| 2005 | China | 17.1% |
| 2006 | China | 15.6% |
| 2007 | China | 17.1% |
| 2008 | China | 16.8% |
| 2009 | China | 16.3% |
| 2010 | China | 16.7% |
| 2011 | China | 18.3% |
| 2012 | China | 19.1% |
| 2013 | China | 20.2% |
| 2014 | China | 19.2% |
| 2015 | China | 23.5% |
| 2016 | China | 20.8% |
| 2017 | China | 22.2% |
| 2018 | China | 18.2% |
| 2019 | China | 28.6% |
| 2020 | China | 28.7% |
| 2021 | China | 21.4% |
| 2022 | China | 20.2% |
| 2023 | China | 20.4% |
| 2024 | Egypt | 23.4% |
Its suppliers
Some of these goods may have been produced in another country: countries record origin in different ways.
Products with a dominant supplier
Of the 296 products Sudan buys for more than $1 million in 2024, these are the highest-value ones with a dominant supplier.
| Product | Supplier | Share | Second | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cane and beet sugar | India | 54.2% | Saudi Arabia · 32.1% | $525 million |
| Wheat flour | Egypt | 85.1%over 75% | Turkey · 14.8% | $252 million |
| Dried legumes (beans, lentils, peas) | Turkey | 74.9% | Egypt · 16.3% | $99 million |
| Sunflower, safflower and cottonseed oil | Turkey | 59.9% | Egypt · 33.7% | $77 million |
| Rice | India | 53.9% | Egypt · 19.5% | $72 million |
| Coffee | Uganda | 97.7%over 75% | Saudi Arabia · 2.1% | $64 million |
| Trucks | Japan | 52.6% | Thailand · 19.6% | $60 million |
| Pasta | Saudi Arabia | 57.1% | Egypt · 41.9% | $56 million |
| Yeast and baking powder | China | 50.6% | Turkey · 33.9% | $51 million |
| Soap | Egypt | 54.7% | Indonesia · 21.8% | $47 million |
| Rubber and plastic footwear | China | 75.1%over 75% | Egypt · 15.1% | $46 million |
| Steel bars | Egypt | 54.9% | Saudi Arabia · 40.5% | $42 million |
| New tires | China | 69.3% | India · 16.2% | $40 million |
| Packing sacks and bags | Egypt | 86.4%over 75% | Turkey · 4.7% | $39 million |
| Cranes | China | 99.7%over 75% | Saudi Arabia · 0.27% | $39 million |
| Candy and sweets | Egypt | 52.9% | Saudi Arabia · 34% | $37 million |
| Synthetic filament fabric | China | 57.6% | India · 20.6% | $32 million |
| Furniture | Egypt | 83.6%over 75% | China · 9.5% | $29 million |
| Bread, biscuits and pastries | Egypt | 55.2% | Saudi Arabia · 22% | $28 million |
| Polyethylene | Saudi Arabia | 97.2%over 75% | Egypt · 2.7% | $28 million |
| Refined petroleum | Cyprus | 84%over 75% | Turkey · 10.7% | $28 million |
| Sorting and crushing machines | China | 91.1%over 75% | Spain · 2.5% | $28 million |
| Coated flat steel | China | 87.5%over 75% | Egypt · 9% | $28 million |
| Rayon fabric | China | 99.4%over 75% | Indonesia · 0.61% | $28 million |
| Palm oil | Saudi Arabia | 89.6%over 75% | Malaysia · 9.8% | $26 million |
and 208 more
A product has a dominant supplier when a single country sells more than 50% of what is bought of it; we flag it separately above 75%.
Selling: who it relies on
- Largest customer: Saudi Arabia
- 25.8%
- Concentration (HHI)
- 1,477
Concentration index (HHI): 1,477 out of 10,000; equivalent to splitting sales among 7 customers of the same size
Trend in shares
Saudi Arabia went from 14.3% to 25.8% of what Sudan sells
Share (%)
- Saudi Arabia 25.8%
- China 18.1%
- India 13.5%
- Malaysia 10.2%
- Egypt 9.4%
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Largest customer | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Saudi Arabia | 14.3% |
| 1996 | Saudi Arabia | 19.2% |
| 1997 | Saudi Arabia | 13.9% |
| 1998 | Saudi Arabia | 20.6% |
| 1999 | Saudi Arabia | 18.9% |
| 2000 | China | 51% |
| 2001 | China | 57.3% |
| 2002 | China | 56.9% |
| 2003 | China | 62% |
| 2004 | China | 42.6% |
| 2005 | China | 49.9% |
| 2006 | China | 51.8% |
| 2007 | China | 62.5% |
| 2008 | China | 48.2% |
| 2009 | China | 55.7% |
| 2010 | China | 57.7% |
| 2011 | China | 61.8% |
| 2012 | United Arab Emirates | 49.4% |
| 2013 | United Arab Emirates | 37.4% |
| 2014 | United Arab Emirates | 31.5% |
| 2015 | United Arab Emirates | 33.6% |
| 2016 | United Arab Emirates | 42.3% |
| 2017 | United Arab Emirates | 45.1% |
| 2018 | United Arab Emirates | 23.7% |
| 2019 | United Arab Emirates | 29.8% |
| 2020 | United Arab Emirates | 44.7% |
| 2021 | United Arab Emirates | 51.4% |
| 2022 | United Arab Emirates | 39.6% |
| 2023 | United Arab Emirates | 21.8% |
| 2024 | Saudi Arabia | 25.8% |
21 of the 26 products Sudan sells for more than $1 million have a customer buying more than 50% of what Sudan sells of that product; in 13, more than 75%. In those products, sales to each one’s dominant customer add up to 52.3% of what Sudan sells.
| Product | Customer | Share | Second | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live sheep and goats | Saudi Arabia | 100%over 75% | — | $727 million |
| Peanuts | China | 98.2%over 75% | Indonesia · 1.1% | $343 million |
| Dried legumes (beans, lentils, peas) | India | 99.8%over 75% | Pakistan · 0.15% | $207 million |
| Natural gums and resins | France | 51.8% | India · 7.8% | $180 million |
| Other live animals | Egypt | 94%over 75% | Saudi Arabia · 5.9% | $107 million |
| Raw cotton | Egypt | 55.6% | China · 39.4% | $94 million |
| Live cattle | Egypt | 100%over 75% | — | $28 million |
| Gold | Egypt | 80.6%over 75% | Qatar · 19.4% | $22 million |
| Peanut meal | China | 100%over 75% | — | $18 million |
| Ethyl alcohol (ethanol) | Italy | 100%over 75% | — | $11 million |
| Forage (alfalfa and hay) | Qatar | 62.3% | China · 22.3% | $6 million |
| Unwrought lead | India | 100%over 75% | — | $6 million |
| Bran and milling residues | Saudi Arabia | 100%over 75% | — | $5 million |
| Seaweed, sugar beet and sugar cane | Saudi Arabia | 56.1% | Germany · 37.8% | $5 million |
| Onions and garlic | Saudi Arabia | 52.3% | Qatar · 19.1% | $4 million |
and 6 more
Concentration compared
The closest countries in the concentration ranking (HHI, highest first).
| Rank | Country | HHI |
|---|---|---|
| 81 | Namibia | 1,597 |
| 82 | Kazakhstan | 1,580 |
| 83 | Sudan | 1,537 |
| 84 | Mali | 1,536 |
| 85 | Grenada | 1,526 |
| 86 | Barbados | 1,525 |
Links
Sources and method
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
The data come from CEPII BACI (Etalab 2.0 licence), which reconciles what the exporting and the importing country report, in current USD, FOB. Data up to 2024.
Dependence is the share of a country’s imports (or exports) that each partner accounts for. It does not measure whether a product has a substitute or how much it would cost to change supplier.
The concentration index (HHI) adds up the square of each partner’s share, in percent: it runs from 0 to 10,000. Its equivalent is 10,000 ÷ HHI, the number of partners of the same size that would give that value.
Products are HS4 headings of the 1992 nomenclature (some combine different goods), with a floor of $1 million per product and country.
The EU is the 27 current members in every year; the United Kingdom is outside the EU throughout the series.
Re-exports: countries that act as redistribution hubs carry their notice and the figures are not corrected.