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Title: Why to Invest in Sudan


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Why to Invest in Sudan
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1- Sudans strategic location
  • Size2.5mn/ sq km (almost 80 of India size)
  • Population 39mn(2008).
  • Sudan represents a gateway to Africa Arab
    world.
  • Neighboring 9 African countries Saudi Arabia
    across the Red Sea.
  • Sudan represents the only sea outlet to some
    African countries.

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  • The location on the Red Sea makes Sudan the
    centre of international markets Middle East, Far
    East, Asia, Europe, and the USA as well as the
    recipient of ships crossing the Red Sea through
    the Suez Canal.
  • Sudan is well connected with most of its
    neighboring countries through airlines, roads,
    sea, and river transport.

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2-Sudans rich resources
  • Including agricultural land and fresh water
    resources, such as rivers, rain, and under ground
    water. in addition to forests, meadows, animal
    resources and mineral resources which include
    petroleum, gold and other precious metals.
  • Sudan is characterized by the availability of
    human resources represented in vocational labor,
    highly skilled graduates and very cheap rates for
    the available labor.

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3-Infrastructure and Service Facilities
  • The good revenue of oil helped Sudan to
    establish good infrastructure such as roads,
    railways, seaports, airports (national and
    international), telecommunications network.
  • The electricity generation capacity increased by
    many fold after building both big hydro
    thermal stations, as well as water purification
    facilities sanitation networks

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3- Service continue
  • -The availability of free zones in Suakin Near
    Red Sea and El-Jaili Near Khartoum cities grant
    encouraging exemptions to investors.
  • The availability of good banking , insurance,
    auditing, financial, technical and legal
    consultancy services WELCOME INVESTORS FROM ALL
    PARTS OF THE GLOBE

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Services-continue
  • The availability of educational and health
    facilities of high standard which contribute to
    provide necessary services to citizens and
    expatriates .
  • The availability of a modern construction sector
    which contributed to the abundance of houses, and
    offices rising to fulfill investors requirements

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4-Political stability
  • The country has 3 levels of governments
    Federal, State and local levels which guarantees
    participation of all citizens.
  • The country is run by a central government from
    the national capital Khartoum.
  • The country is divided into 26 states, each with
    its own government.
  • The government already solved the problem of the
    south and established a stable govt in the
    southern states.

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4-Political stability-continue
  • Sudan is also characterized by its independent
    judicial system which is capable of resolving all
    conflicts. Sudanese judicial and legislative
    systems are characterized by indiscrimination
    among Sudanese citizens and foreigners

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5-Economic policies
  • Sudan applied very good policy to encourage the
    investment Which include-
  • Liberalizing the economy.
  • Restructuring the economy (privatization of
    public corporations ending the State's monopoly
    of certain production and service fields).
  • Modernization of laws and regulations of
    investment encouragement
  • Implementing a flexible investment law
  • Provided all sorts of exemptions and concessions
    which include the following

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5-Economic policies-continue
  • Complete exemption from customs fees for capital
    projects
  • Freedom of capital transfer
  • Simplify procedures through a single outlet One
    Stop Shop
  • Grant exemptions from profit taxes of 5 to 10
    years for investment projects
  • Grant customs exemptions for strategic projects
    and non-strategic capital goods
  • Strategic projects are given the necessary land
    free-of-charge
  • Non-strategic projects are given land at an
    encouragement price
  • The investor has the right to operate without a
    Sudanese partner

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The investment law has provided the following
fundamental guarantees
  • No confiscation of property will occur except
    through the legal system and after payment of a
    reasonable compensation.
  • The investor has the right to re-transfer the
    capital in case the project isnt executed or is
    liquidated.
  • Transfer of profits and costs of finance will be
    executed in the currency of import and on the
    date due (after payment of the legal duties).
  • The project is automatically included in the
    registry of importers and exporters.

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Regional and International agreements
  • To promote the investment climate the Sudanese
    government has established number of regional
    agreements aimed at encouraging investment and
    creating trade opportunities with other nations
  • Sudan joined the COMESA trade bloc
  • Sudan is looking forward to joining the World
    Trade Organization
  • Sudan is attempting to join the Arab Free Trade
    Organization in 2007
  • Sudan has strengthened relations with regional
    and international organizations and corps related
    to investment

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Invested Capital in Foreign and Partnership with
Foreigners in the period 2000 - 2005(Value in US
Million Dollars)
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Invested Capital in Foreign and Partnership with
Foreigners in the period 2000 - 2005(Value in US
Million Dollars)
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