# Sudan exports to the United Arab Emirates: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

Understand reported exports from Sudan to the United Arab Emirates, the product routes that need a closer look, and the conditions that may affect planning.

Canonical: https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/SDN-ARE/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, Sudan reported $997.6M in goods exports to the United Arab Emirates. The overall review level is High attention.

## How to read this page

High attention means one or more conditions on these product types deserve a closer look. It is not a prediction that trade will stop or that a loss is certain. An HS6 code is the international six-digit code used to describe and compare traded goods.

## Key numbers

| Measure | Value | What it means |
| --- | ---: | --- |
| Latest reported exports | $997.6M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 95.2% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 0 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 4 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.8 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 91.5% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 710812 | Metals: gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder) | $80.0B | 95.9% | High attention |
| 2 | 070310 | Vegetables, alliaceous: onions and shallots, fresh or chilled | $143.0M | 0% | Watch |
| 3 | 120740 | Oil seeds: sesamum seeds, whether or not broken | $41.5M | 42.2% | Stable |
| 4 | 121410 | Lucerne (alfalfa) meal and pellets | $56.5M | 55.6% | Watch |
| 5 | 120770 | Oil seeds: melon seeds, whether or not broken | $10.8M | 0% | High attention |
| 6 | 121299 | Vegetable products (including unroasted chicory roots, chicorium intybus sativum variety): n.e.c. in chapter 12, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, ground or unground, primarily for human consumption | $26.2M | 0% | High attention |
| 7 | 740400 | Copper: waste and scrap | $191.0M | 51.4% | High attention |
| 8 | 121490 | Forage products including swedes, mangolds, fodder roots, hay, sainfoin, clover, forage kale, lupines, vetches etc., pelletised or otherwise | $175.0M | 87.9% | Watch |
| 9 | 230990 | Dog or cat food: (not put up for retail sale), used in animal feeding | $91.9M | 0% | Watch |
| 10 | 120242 | Ground-nuts: other than seed, not roasted or otherwise cooked, shelled, whether or not broken, | $37.3M | 87.7% | Watch |

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-29). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

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