Continent: Africa

Official name: Republic of Sudan

Nature of the regime: Transitional regime (Political transition in progress since August 17, 2019)

Transitional President: Abdelfattah al-Burhan

Area: 1.88 million km²

Currency: Sudanese pound (SDG); 1 EUR = 449.55 SDG (as of April 2020)

Population (2020): 43.2 million inhabitants

Capital: Khartoum

Main cities: Omdurman, Port Sudan, Nyala

Official language: Arabic

 

Agreements and Conventions

The two (02) countries cooperate closely within the Community of Sahelo-Saharan States (CENSAD), a sub-regional political, economic and cultural organization that aims to improve the economic cooperation of the countries of the Sahel region.

A. Main Exports of Côte d’Ivoire to Sudan: motor vehicles, precision apparatus and optics, crustaceans and molluscs.

B. Main Imports of CI from Sudan: Cote d’Ivoire imports virtually no products from Sudan.

Trade flows Cote d’Ivoire-Sudan (Value in millions of CFAF)

Years

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

Exports

400

400

200

300

300

Imports

00

00

00

00

00

Trade balance

400

400

200

300

300

Global bilateral exchanges

400

400

200

300

300

Sources : DGE-DPPSE

 

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Sources : DGE-DPCEI

 

  • The value of bilateral trade reached 300 million of CFAF in 2022, compared to 300 million of CFAF in 2021.
  • Over the period 2018-2022, the average value of Ivorian exports amounted to 320 million of CFAF / year, against practically nothing for imports.
  • Throughout this period, the trade balance is in surplus for Cote d’Ivoire.