February 22, 2013

Sudan sees 97% increase in livestock exports

Sudan's livestock exports have rose by 96.6% in 2012, according to the country's minister of livestock, Fisheries and Pastures, Faisal Hassan Ibrahim.

Ibrahim attributed the increase to soaring demand by importers mainly from Arab Gulf states, Egypt and Libya.

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Last year, the Sudanese government said that livestock exports earned around US$408 million by the end of November 2012. This was an increase from the roughly US$333 million earned in 2011.

Livestock and agriculture is one sector Sudan hopes to boost amid a deepening economic crisis caused by the secession of oil-rich South Sudan in July 2011.