Coppermetal includingalloys, scrap                                      
          
Fertilizers, crude 
Lead metal including alloys, scrap                                      
            
Ores and concentrates of base metals                                    
            
868 
MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1978-79 
 
* 1980. The IMF provided about $150 million donors pledged significant increases
in their on the interim agreement and another $150 bilateral agreements,
and the Government million under a long-term agreement, while of Kuwait provided
a commodity loan for Saudi Arabia provided a $350 million bal- the railroad.
All of these events were exance of payments grant with the possibility pected
to have a significant effect on Suof supplying additional funds later. Western
dan's exports in the 1980's. 
 
 
PRODUCTION AND TRADE 
 
 Chromite ore and concentrates, refined petroleum products of distillate
fuel and residual fuel, were the main exports of Sudan during 1978 and 1979.
In addition some manganese, gold, and mica were exported. The production
of minerals in Sudan in 1978 and 1979 is given in table 1. 
 Sudan continued to evidence a balance of payment deficit, partly because
of inadequate foreign assistance in supporting the country's ambitious development
programs, and partly due an unfavorable debt structure and inflation. An
interim agreement with the International Monetary Fund in 
1978 and several internal policy changes improved the economic situation
by the end of 1979. Fiscal and monetary restraint and clear import priorities
were expected to stabilize the economy in the 1980's. Crude oil imports were
primarily from Iraq, and petroleum products were imported from Kuwait. Most
fertilizer material was imported under a long-term supply agreement with
Kuwait Chemical Fertilizer Co. 
 Tables 2 and 3 show imports and exports of mineral commodities for Sudan
during 
1978. 
 
Table 1.—Sudan: Production of mineral commodities 
(Metric tons unless otherwise specified) 
Commodity1 
1976 
1977 
1978P 
1979e 
Cement,hydraulic thousand tons_.. 
Chromium:Chromite concentrate, gross weight            
Gold, mineoutput,metal content troy ounces... 
Gypsumandanhydrite,crude                        
Manganeseore                                   
Mica,allgrades                                  
 
Petroleum refinery products: 
 Gasoline thousand 42-gallon barrel&_ 
 Jetfuel ~ 
 130 
T21,873 
 300 
18,000 
 458 
 550 
 187 
17,273 
 300 
15,300 
 457 
e400 
 171 
18,000 
 300 
20,000 
 450 
1,000 
 175 
18,000 
 300 
20,000 
 450 
1,000 
 
1,022 
390 
1,170 
275 
1,211 
199. 
NA NA 
Kerosine do____ 
285 
267 
193 
NA 
Distillate fuel oil do___Residualfueloil do._..Other__ do__~ 
2,348 
8,174 
135 
2,440 
3,347 
 42 
3,653 
1,858 
 52 
NA 
NA 
NA 
 Refineryfuel and losses do~~ 
 Total - do.~.. 
Salt                                          
640 
362 
350 
NA 
 
7,994 
70,000 
7,903 
91,713 
7,516 
72,000 
 NA 
90,000 
 Estimate °Preliminary. rRevised. NA Not available. 
 ~ addition to the commodities listed, modest quantities of a variety of
crude construction materials (including clays, stone, and sand and gravel)
presumably were produced, but output is not reported quantitatively and available
informationis inadequate to make reliable estimates of output levels. 
 
 
Table 2.—Sudan: Exports and reexports of mineral commodities 
(Metric tons unless otherwise specified) 
 
Commodity 
1978 
 
50 
400 
297 
9,000