Sudan: Karti Urges China to Increase Investments in Sudan’s Non-Oil Sector

Aug 29, 2014 | Sudan Tribune
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August 29, 2014 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan’s foreign minister, Ali Karti, has called on Chinese officials to increase investments in the country’s non-oil sector, while expressing a readiness to review regulations to promote it.

China, which is the main Sudan’s commercial partner, is the first oil investor in the East African country which produces 133,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd). The country’s production is stationed mainly in the Heglig area and its surroundings, as well as western Kordofan.

Up to 2010, China investments were largely concentrated in the oil sector (99.90%). The other sectors are  (0.07%) for the industrial, (0.03%) for the services and (0.0001%) for the agricultural.