Countries
Sudan: trade by HS code
- US$3.1bnExports 2024
- US$3.7bnImports 2024
- 568HS6 · Exports
In 2024, exports from Sudan came to US$3.1bn and imports to US$3.7bn.
Its main exports were live sheep (0104.10), crude oil (2709.00) and sesame seeds (1207.40).
Its largest customer was Saudi Arabia and its largest supplier Egypt.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the UK imported goods worth £9.2m from Sudan (-4% on the year before), above all lac; natural gums, resins, gum-resins…, paintings, drawings and pastels and other measuring and checking instruments, and exported £17.1m to it.
Under DCTS Comprehensive, 98% of the UK tariff lines are duty-free for goods from Sudan that meet the rules of origin.
Sudan and the UK
Agreement or scheme: DCTS Comprehensive
What the UK imports from Sudan
- 1301.20Lac; natural gums, resins, gum-resins and oleoresins (for: gum Arabic
- 9701.91Paintings, drawings and pastels (hand-made)
- 9031.80Other measuring and checking instruments
- 0804.10Dates
- 1212.99Other vegetable products of ch. 12 n.e.s.
- 0710.80Other frozen vegetables
- 0813.40Other dried fruit
- 0713.35Cow peas (Vigna unguiculata)
- 0713.31Dried mung and urad beans
- 2836.30Sodium hydrogencarbonate (sodium bicarbonate)
Data up to August 2026 (provisional) · HMRC
Sudan and the EU
Agreement or scheme: GSP-EBA (Special arrangement for the least-developed countries - Everything But Arms)
What the EU imports from Sudan
- 2709.00Crude oil
- 1301.20Lac; natural gums, resins, gum-resins and oleoresins (for: gum Arabic
- 1207.40Sesame seeds
- 2207.10Undenatured ethanol, 80% or more
- 1301.90Lac; natural gums, resins, gum-resins and oleoresins (for: other
- 1211.90Other medicinal and aromatic plants
- 3920.61Polycarbonate film and sheet
- 4911.99Other printed matter
- 4105.10In the wet state (including wet-blue)
- 3004.90Other medicines, dosed or for retail sale
Data up to August 2026 (provisional) · Eurostat Comext
Top exports
- 0104.10Live sheep
- 2709.00Crude oil
- 1207.40Sesame seeds
- 1202.42Shelled groundnuts (peanuts)
- 0713.60Dried pigeon peas
- 1301.20Lac; natural gums, resins, gum-resins and oleoresins (for: gum Arabic
- 1207.70Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, whether or not broken: melon seeds
- 0106.13Camels and other camelids (Camelidae)
- 5201.00Raw cotton (not carded or combed)
- 0713.20Dried chickpeas
- 0102.90Live bovine animals, other
- 7108.12Unwrought gold (non-monetary)
- 2305.00Oilcake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of groundnut oil
- 0104.20Live sheep and goats: goats
- 2207.10Undenatured ethanol, 80% or more
- 7404.00Copper scrap
- 7801.99Other unwrought lead (alloys)
- 1301.90Lac; natural gums, resins, gum-resins and oleoresins (for: other
- 2302.30Wheat bran
- 1212.99Other vegetable products of ch. 12 n.e.s.
Top imports
- 1701.99Refined sugar (other)
- 1101.00Wheat flour
- 3004.90Other medicines, dosed or for retail sale
- 0713.40Dried lentils
- 3002.41Vaccines for human medicine
- 1512.19Refined sunflower or safflower oil
- 1006.30Milled rice
- 0901.11Green coffee (not decaffeinated)
- 2102.10Active yeasts
- 2106.90Other food preparations
- 7214.20Steel rebar (deformed bars)
- 6305.33Woven PP/PE strip sacks
- 8426.19Overhead and gantry cranes
- 6402.99Rubber and plastic shoes (not ankle-covering)
- 1902.11Uncooked pasta, not stuffed or otherwise prepared: containing eggs
- 8703.21Petrol cars up to 1000 cc
- 8704.21Diesel trucks, GVW up to 5 t
- 1704.90Other sugar confectionery (no cocoa)
- 5516.14Printed artificial staple woven fabric
- 1511.90Refined palm oil and fractions
Main buyers from Sudan
Main suppliers of Sudan
Questions and answers
What does Sudan export most?
In 2024, its largest export at the six-digit level was live sheep (HS 0104.10), worth US$715.9m.
Does the UK have a trade agreement with Sudan?
Yes: goods from Sudan can enter at preferential rates under DCTS Comprehensive, duty-free on 98% of tariff lines, provided they meet the rules of origin and come with proof of origin.