# Sudan exports to Saudi Arabia: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

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

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

## Route overview

In 2024, Sudan reported $401.9M in goods exports to Saudi Arabia. The overall review level is Watch.

## 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 | $401.9M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 15.6% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 0 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 6 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 0.4 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 50.7% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 010410 | Sheep: live | $865.3M | 46.6% | Watch |
| 2 | 120740 | Oil seeds: sesamum seeds, whether or not broken | $95.6M | 73.4% | High attention |
| 3 | 010420 | Goats: live | $10.9M | 81.5% | High attention |
| 4 | 230230 | Bran, sharps and other residues: of wheat, whether or not in the form of pellets, derived from the sifting, milling or other workings thereof | $39.0M | 87.8% | High attention |
| 5 | 010613 | Mammals: live, camels and other camelids (Camelidae) | $110.3M | 93% | 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 | $49.7M | 0% | High attention |
| 7 | 070310 | Vegetables, alliaceous: onions and shallots, fresh or chilled | $56.1M | 0% | Watch |
| 8 | 020421 | Meat: of sheep, carcasses and half-carcasses (excluding carcasses and half-carcasses of lamb), fresh or chilled | $38.0M | 94.5% | High attention |
| 9 | 860900 | Containers: (including containers for transport of fluids) specially designed and equipped for carriage by one or more modes of transport | $146.5M | 69.5% | Watch |
| 10 | 440290 | Wood: charcoal of wood other than bamboo (including shell or nut charcoal), whether or not agglomerated | $103.4M | 77.9% | 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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