Names: conventional long form: Republic of the Sudan conventional short form: Sudan local long form: Jumhuriyat as-Sudan local short form: As-Sudan former: Anglo-Egyptian Sudan

Capital City: Khartoum

Population: 41,236,378 (July 2006 est.)

GDP Per Capita: $2,300 (2006 est.)

Currency: Sudanese dinar (SDD)

Languages: Arabic (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, diverse dialects of Nilotic, Nilo-Hamitic, Sudanic languages, English note: program of "Arabization" in process

Total Area: total: 2,505,810 sq km land: 2.376 million sq km water: 129,810 sq km slightly more than one-quarter the size of the US

Region: Africa

Industries: oil, cotton ginning, textiles, cement, edible oils, sugar, soap distilling, shoes, petroleum refining, pharmaceuticals, armaments, automobile/light truck assembly

Agriculture: cotton, groundnuts (peanuts), sorghum, millet, wheat, gum arabic, sugarcane, cassava (tapioca), mangos, papaya, bananas, sweet potatoes, sesame; sheep, livestock

Resources: petroleum; small reserves of iron ore, copper, chromium ore, zinc, tungsten, mica, silver, gold, hydropower

Labor Force: 7.415 million (1996 est.)
agriculture: 80% industry: 7% services: 13% (1998 est.)

Exports: $7.505 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
oil and petroleum products; cotton, sesame, livestock, groundnuts, gum arabic, sugar

Imports: $8.693 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
foodstuffs, manufactured goods, refinery and transport equipment, medicines and chemicals, textiles, wheat

Overview: Sudan has turned around a struggling economy with sound economic policies and infrastructure investments, but it still faces formidable economic problems, starting from its low level of per capita output. From 1997 to date, Sudan has been implementing IMF macroeconomic reforms. In 1999, Sudan began exporting crude oil and in the last quarter of 1999 recorded its first trade surplus, which, along with monetary policy, has stabilized the exchange rate. Increased oil production, revived light industry, and expanded export processing zones helped sustain GDP growth at 10% in 2006. Agricultural production remains Sudan's most important sector, employing 80% of the work force, contributing 35% of GDP, and accounting for most of GDP growth, but most farms remain rain-fed and susceptible to drought. Chronic instability - resulting from the long-standing civil war between the Muslim north and the Christian/pagan south, adverse weather, and weak world agricultural prices - ensure that much of the population will remain at or below the poverty line for years.

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In 2007 Missouri exported $3,534 in goods to Sudan. This ranks Sudan 197^th among the 223 international buyers of Missouri goods. Missouri exports to Sudan decreased from the previous year by $2,247,793 a change of -99.84%. State exports to Sudan have decreased over the last 5 years by $858,205 a change of -99.59%. Missouri exports account for .00%. of all 2007 US exports to Sudan.