Sudan Imports 2023
Complete list of Sudan's 89 import sources and 100+ product categories. Sourced from CEPII BACI.
$6.26B
Total imports (2023)
#138
Global import rank
89
Source countries
100+
Product categories tracked
Sudan imported $6.26 billion of merchandise goods in 2023, making it the world's #138 largest importer. Goods came from 89 source countries, with the top ten sources providing 86.8% of total import value. The leading import was sucrose, chemically pure, in solid form, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter, valued at $783.42 million — 12.5% of total imports.
The two tables below list every source country and the most-traded product categories at the HS6 (Harmonized System 6-digit) level. All values come from the CEPII BACI database, which reconciles UN Comtrade declarations to produce cleaner bilateral flows.
All import sources
89 countries and territories. Click for the full bilateral page.
| # | Source | 2023 import value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | $1.29B | 20.59% |
| 2 | India | $1.20B | 19.18% |
| 3 | Egypt | $982.85M | 15.71% |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates | $860.99M | 13.76% |
| 5 | Saudi Arabia | $409.50M | 6.55% |
| 6 | Türkiye | $350.43M | 5.60% |
| 7 | Uganda | $116.22M | 1.86% |
| 8 | Belgium | $85.88M | 1.37% |
| 9 | Indonesia | $82.77M | 1.32% |
| 10 | USA | $54.28M | 0.87% |
| 11 | Canada | $53.36M | 0.85% |
| 12 | Ethiopia | $52.84M | 0.84% |
| 13 | Malaysia | $51.90M | 0.83% |
| 14 | Italy | $49.43M | 0.79% |
| 15 | Kenya | $48.15M | 0.77% |
| 16 | Germany | $46.37M | 0.74% |
| 17 | Romania | $44.24M | 0.71% |
| 18 | France | $38.77M | 0.62% |
| 19 | Brazil | $38.25M | 0.61% |
| 20 | Jordan | $37.70M | 0.60% |
| 21 | Japan | $35.78M | 0.57% |
| 22 | Pakistan | $27.50M | 0.44% |
| 23 | Netherlands | $24.38M | 0.39% |
| 24 | New Zealand | $23.24M | 0.37% |
| 25 | Thailand | $23.05M | 0.37% |
| 26 | Oman | $19.36M | 0.31% |
| 27 | United Kingdom | $18.28M | 0.29% |
| 28 | South Africa | $17.86M | 0.29% |
| 29 | Spain | $15.98M | 0.26% |
| 30 | Malta | $15.62M | 0.25% |
| 31 | Zimbabwe | $14.86M | 0.24% |
| 32 | Australia | $11.56M | 0.18% |
| 33 | Lebanon | $9.70M | 0.16% |
| 34 | Switzerland | $7.43M | 0.12% |
| 35 | Greece | $7.41M | 0.12% |
| 36 | Austria | $5.60M | 0.09% |
| 37 | Denmark | $5.60M | 0.09% |
| 38 | Morocco | $5.54M | 0.09% |
| 39 | Other Asia, nes | $5.16M | 0.08% |
| 40 | Singapore | $5.08M | 0.08% |
| 41 | Ireland | $4.94M | 0.08% |
| 42 | Nigeria | $4.75M | 0.08% |
| 43 | Ukraine | $4.46M | 0.07% |
| 44 | Sweden | $4.12M | 0.07% |
| 45 | Poland | $4.12M | 0.07% |
| 46 | Hungary | $4.02M | 0.06% |
| 47 | Bahrain | $2.89M | 0.05% |
| 48 | Kuwait | $2.87M | 0.05% |
| 49 | Czechia | $2.82M | 0.05% |
| 50 | Finland | $2.66M | 0.04% |
| 51 | China, Hong Kong SAR | $2.54M | 0.04% |
| 52 | Ghana | $2.52M | 0.04% |
| 53 | Portugal | $2.50M | 0.04% |
| 54 | Côte d'Ivoire | $1.67M | 0.03% |
| 55 | Georgia | $1.67M | 0.03% |
| 56 | Sri Lanka | $1.61M | 0.03% |
| 57 | Guatemala | $1.61M | 0.03% |
| 58 | United Rep. of Tanzania | $1.57M | 0.03% |
| 59 | Tunisia | $1.23M | 0.02% |
| 60 | Slovenia | $1.19M | 0.02% |
| 61 | Madagascar | $1.14M | 0.02% |
| 62 | Luxembourg | $1.10M | 0.02% |
| 63 | Senegal | $1.02M | 0.02% |
| 64 | Bulgaria | $1.00M | 0.02% |
| 65 | Slovakia | $949,290 | 0.02% |
| 66 | Cyprus | $676,700 | 0.01% |
| 67 | Lithuania | $608,383 | 0.01% |
| 68 | Malawi | $586,175 | 0.01% |
| 69 | Latvia | $501,284 | 0.01% |
| 70 | Norway | $432,632 | 0.01% |
| 71 | Zambia | $420,684 | 0.01% |
| 72 | Serbia | $228,844 | 0.00% |
| 73 | Philippines | $205,354 | 0.00% |
| 74 | Rep. of Moldova | $164,606 | 0.00% |
| 75 | Croatia | $151,146 | 0.00% |
| 76 | Estonia | $137,319 | 0.00% |
| 77 | Colombia | $56,100 | 0.00% |
| 78 | Uruguay | $43,037 | 0.00% |
| 79 | Bosnia Herzegovina | $29,925 | 0.00% |
| 80 | Kazakhstan | $28,476 | 0.00% |
| 81 | Gabon | $25,378 | 0.00% |
| 82 | Namibia | $22,471 | 0.00% |
| 83 | Central African Rep. | $17,183 | 0.00% |
| 84 | Angola | $16,067 | 0.00% |
| 85 | Azerbaijan | $14,232 | 0.00% |
| 86 | Cambodia | $8,030 | 0.00% |
| 87 | Gambia | $3,465 | 0.00% |
| 88 | Burkina Faso | $2,016 | 0.00% |
| 89 | Lesotho | $133 | 0.00% |
Top import products (HS6)
100 product categories ranked by 2023 import value.
| # | HS6 | Product | Value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 170199 | Sugars: sucrose, chemically pure, in solid form, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | $783.42M | 12.52% |
| 2 | 110100 | Wheat or meslin flour | $329.35M | 5.26% |
| 3 | 271000 | Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude: preparations n.e.c. containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals: these being the basic constituents of the preparations: waste oils | $268.80M | 4.30% |
| 4 | 090111 | Coffee: not roasted or decaffeinated | $150.17M | 2.40% |
| 5 | 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.c. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $139.88M | 2.24% |
| 6 | 711319 | Jewellery: of precious metal (excluding silver) whether or not plated or clad with precious metal, and parts thereof | $130.61M | 2.09% |
| 7 | 300220 | Vaccines: for human medicine | $127.87M | 2.04% |
| 8 | 100199 | Cereals: wheat and meslin, other than durum wheat, other than seed | $116.02M | 1.85% |
| 9 | 071340 | Vegetables, leguminous: lentils, shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | $86.29M | 1.38% |
| 10 | 100630 | Cereals: rice, semi-milled or wholly milled, whether or not polished or glazed | $62.59M | 1.00% |
| 11 | 040221 | Dairy produce: milk and cream, concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, in powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat content exceeding 1.5% (by weight) | $58.55M | 0.94% |
| 12 | 340111 | Soap and organic surface-active products: in the form of bars, cakes, moulded shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent, for toilet use (including medicated products) | $54.64M | 0.87% |
| 13 | 151190 | Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $48.30M | 0.77% |
| 14 | 630533 | Sacks and bags: of a kind used for the packing of goods, of man-made textile materials, of polyethylene or polypropylene strip or the like, not flexible intermediate bulk containers | $48.25M | 0.77% |
| 15 | 870321 | Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity not over 1000cc | $47.31M | 0.76% |
| 16 | 210690 | Food preparations: n.e.c. in item no. 2106.10 | $41.67M | 0.67% |
| 17 | 151219 | Vegetable oils: sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $40.68M | 0.65% |
| 18 | 401120 | Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on buses or lorries | $40.51M | 0.65% |
| 19 | 640299 | Footwear: n.e.c. in heading no. 6402, (other than just covering the ankle), with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics | $40.21M | 0.64% |
| 20 | 870899 | Vehicle parts and accessories: n.e.c. in heading no. 8708 | $39.33M | 0.63% |
| 21 | 210210 | Yeasts: active | $38.29M | 0.61% |
| 22 | 854140 | Electrical apparatus: photosensitive, including photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels, light-emitting diodes (LED) | $32.77M | 0.52% |
| 23 | 851762 | Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus | $31.50M | 0.50% |
| 24 | 851712 | Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | $31.37M | 0.50% |
| 25 | 551614 | Fabrics, woven: printed, containing 85% or more by weight of artificial staple fibres | $30.98M | 0.50% |
| 26 | 190219 | Food preparations: pasta, uncooked (excluding that containing eggs), not stuffed or otherwise prepared | $30.53M | 0.49% |
| 27 | 392690 | Plastics: other articles n.e.c. in chapter 39 | $29.38M | 0.47% |
| 28 | 940360 | Furniture: wooden, other than for office, kitchen or bedroom use | $26.91M | 0.43% |
| 29 | 170490 | Sugar confectionery: (excluding chewing gum, including white chocolate), not containing cocoa | $26.14M | 0.42% |
| 30 | 100790 | Cereals: grain sorghum, other than seed | $25.96M | 0.41% |
| 31 | 870421 | Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), for transport of goods, (of a gvw not exceeding 5 tonnes), n.e.c. in item no 8704.1 | $25.15M | 0.40% |
| 32 | 870210 | Vehicles: public transport type (carries 10 or more persons, including driver), with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), new or used | $24.24M | 0.39% |
| 33 | 200290 | Vegetable preparations: tomatoes, (other than whole or in pieces), prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid | $24.09M | 0.38% |
| 34 | 210320 | Sauces: tomato ketchup and other tomato sauces | $23.66M | 0.38% |
| 35 | 090240 | Tea, black: (fermented) and partly fermented tea, in immediate packings of a content exceeding 3kg | $23.57M | 0.38% |
| 36 | 380893 | Herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators: other than containing goods of Subheading Note 1 to this Chapter: put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles | $21.66M | 0.35% |
| 37 | 151211 | Vegetable oils: sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified | $21.17M | 0.34% |
| 38 | 390120 | Ethylene polymers: in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of 0.94 or more | $20.81M | 0.33% |
| 39 | 871410 | Motorcycles (including mopeds): parts and accessories | $20.43M | 0.33% |
| 40 | 310210 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: nitrogenous, urea, whether or not in aqueous solution | $20.41M | 0.33% |
| 41 | 490700 | Unused postage, revenue or similar stamps of current or new issue in the country in which they have, or will have, a recognised face value: stamp-impressed paper: cheque forms: banknotes, stock, share or bond certificates and the like of similar title | $20.39M | 0.33% |
| 42 | 850440 | Electrical static converters | $20.29M | 0.32% |
| 43 | 851761 | Base stations | $20.24M | 0.32% |
| 44 | 691110 | Tableware and kitchenware: of porcelain or china | $19.87M | 0.32% |
| 45 | 340119 | Soap and organic surface-active products: in the form of bars, cakes, moulded shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent, not for toilet use | $19.15M | 0.31% |
| 46 | 850211 | Electric generating sets: with compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines), of an output not exceeding 75kVA | $18.73M | 0.30% |
| 47 | 871120 | Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles: fitted with an auxiliary motor, reciprocating internal combustion piston engine, of cylinder capacity exceeding 50cc but not exceeding 250cc, with or without side-cars: side-cars | $18.43M | 0.29% |
| 48 | 961900 | Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins and napkin liners for babies and similar articles, of any material | $18.41M | 0.29% |
| 49 | 252329 | Cement: portland, other than white, whether or not artificially coloured | $18.34M | 0.29% |
| 50 | 950300 | Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys: dolls' carriages: dolls: other toys: reduced-size (scale) models and similar recreational models, working or not: puzzles of all kinds | $17.33M | 0.28% |
| 51 | 851310 | Lamps: portable, electric, designed to function by their own source of energy (excluding lighting equipment of heading no. 8512) | $17.25M | 0.28% |
| 52 | 420212 | Cases and containers: trunks, suit-cases, vanity-cases, executive-cases, brief-cases, school satchels and similar containers, with outer surface of plastics or of textile materials | $17.11M | 0.27% |
| 53 | 640220 | Footwear: with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics, upper straps or thongs assembled to the sole by plugs | $16.77M | 0.27% |
| 54 | 841370 | Pumps: centrifugal, n.e.c. in heading no. 8413, for liquids | $16.52M | 0.26% |
| 55 | 300420 | Medicaments: containing antibiotics (other than penicillins, streptomycins or their derivatives), for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $16.44M | 0.26% |
| 56 | 850213 | Electric generating sets: with compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines), of an output exceeding 375kVA | $15.74M | 0.25% |
| 57 | 390210 | Propylene, other olefin polymers: polypropylene in primary forms | $15.59M | 0.25% |
| 58 | 540754 | Fabrics, woven: containing 85% or more by weight of textured polyester filaments, printed | $15.40M | 0.25% |
| 59 | 151329 | Vegetable oils: palm kernel or babassu oil and their fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $15.35M | 0.25% |
| 60 | 732393 | Steel, stainless: table, kitchen and other household articles and parts thereof | $15.32M | 0.24% |
| 61 | 240120 | Tobacco: partly or wholly stemmed or stripped | $15.17M | 0.24% |
| 62 | 841451 | Fans: table, floor, wall, window, ceiling or roof fans, with a self-contained electric motor of an output not exceeding 125W | $15.05M | 0.24% |
| 63 | 240220 | Cigarettes: containing tobacco | $14.89M | 0.24% |
| 64 | 851660 | Ovens, cookers, cooking plates, boiling rings, grillers and roasters: of a kind used for domestic purposes (excluding microwaves) | $14.69M | 0.23% |
| 65 | 721049 | Iron or non-alloy steel: flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, (not corrugated), plated or coated with zinc (not electrolytically) | $14.22M | 0.23% |
| 66 | 850720 | Electric accumulators: lead-acid, (other than for starting piston engines), including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square) | $14.17M | 0.23% |
| 67 | 401110 | Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on motor cars (including station wagons and racing cars) | $14.13M | 0.23% |
| 68 | 721391 | Iron or non-alloy steel: bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils, n.e.c. in heading no. 7213, of circular cross-section measuring less than 14mm in diameter | $14.00M | 0.22% |
| 69 | 240311 | Tobacco: smoking, water pipe tobacco as specified in Subheading Note 1 to this Chapter, whether or not containing tobacco substitutes in any proportion | $13.98M | 0.22% |
| 70 | 340220 | Washing and cleaning preparations: surface-active, whether or not containing soap (excluding those of heading no. 3401), put up for retail sale | $13.78M | 0.22% |
| 71 | 520851 | Fabrics, woven: containing 85% or more by weight of cotton, printed, plain weave, weighing not more than 100g/m2 | $13.69M | 0.22% |
| 72 | 230990 | Dog or cat food: (not put up for retail sale), used in animal feeding | $13.55M | 0.22% |
| 73 | 850940 | Electro-mechanical domestic appliances: food grinders and mixers, fruit or vegetable juice extractors, with self-contained electric motor | $13.29M | 0.21% |
| 74 | 840999 | Engines: parts for internal combustion piston engines (excluding spark-ignition) | $13.13M | 0.21% |
| 75 | 392330 | Plastics: carboys, bottles, flasks and similar articles, for the conveyance or packing of goods | $12.98M | 0.21% |
| 76 | 854460 | Insulated electric conductors: for a voltage exceeding 1000 volts | $12.55M | 0.20% |
| 77 | 330300 | Perfumes and toilet waters | $12.49M | 0.20% |
| 78 | 220210 | Waters: including mineral and aerated, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured | $12.48M | 0.20% |
| 79 | 330610 | Oral or dental hygiene preparations: dentifrices | $12.47M | 0.20% |
| 80 | 151590 | Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions: fixed, n.e.c. in heading no. 1515, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $12.40M | 0.20% |
| 81 | 300460 | Medicaments: containing antimalarial active principles described in Subheading Note 2 to this Chapter, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $12.20M | 0.19% |
| 82 | 390110 | Ethylene polymers: in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of less than 0.94 | $11.72M | 0.19% |
| 83 | 071350 | Vegetables, leguminous: broad beans (vicia faba var. major) and horse beans (vicia faba var. equina and vicia faba var. minor), shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | $11.64M | 0.19% |
| 84 | 870120 | Tractors: road, for semi-trailers | $11.63M | 0.19% |
| 85 | 620342 | Trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts: men's or boys', of cotton (not knitted or crocheted) | $11.53M | 0.18% |
| 86 | 330290 | Odoriferous substances and mixtures: used as raw materials in industries other than the food or drink industries | $11.43M | 0.18% |
| 87 | 190531 | Food preparations: sweet biscuits, whether or not containing cocoa | $11.30M | 0.18% |
| 88 | 841510 | Air conditioning machines: comprising a motor-driven fan and elements for changing the temperature and humidity, of a kind designed to be fixed to a window, wall, ceiling or floor, self-contained or "split-system" | $11.19M | 0.18% |
| 89 | 870422 | Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), for transport of goods, (of a g.v.w. exceeding 5 tonnes but not exceeding 20 tonnes), n.e.c. in item no 8704.1 | $11.17M | 0.18% |
| 90 | 392321 | Ethylene polymers: sacks and bags (including cones), for the conveyance or packing of goods | $11.11M | 0.18% |
| 91 | 392410 | Plastics: tableware and kitchenware | $11.00M | 0.18% |
| 92 | 847150 | Units of automatic data processing machines: processing units other than those of item no. 8471.41 or 8471.49, whether or not containing in the same housing one or two of the following types of unit: storage units, input units or output units | $10.99M | 0.18% |
| 93 | 850610 | Cells and batteries: primary, manganese dioxide | $10.97M | 0.18% |
| 94 | 851770 | Telephone sets and other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, via a wired or wireless network: parts | $10.92M | 0.17% |
| 95 | 901890 | Medical, surgical or dental instruments and appliances: n.e.c. in heading no. 9018 | $10.78M | 0.17% |
| 96 | 382200 | Reagents: diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing and prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, other than those of heading no. 3002 or 3006: certified reference material | $10.72M | 0.17% |
| 97 | 640419 | Footwear: (other than sportswear), with outer soles of rubber or plastics and uppers of textile materials | $10.58M | 0.17% |
| 98 | 190211 | Food preparations: pasta, containing eggs, uncooked, not stuffed or otherwise prepared | $10.58M | 0.17% |
| 99 | 721420 | Iron or non-alloy steel: bars and rods, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, containing indentations, ribs, grooves or other deformations produced during the rolling process or twisted after rolling | $10.55M | 0.17% |
| 100 | 690721 | Ceramic tiles: flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles other than those of subheadings 6907.30 and 6907.40, of a water absorption coefficient by weight not over 0.5% | $10.47M | 0.17% |