Sugar Industry

This is composed of Kenana Sugar Co., which is one of the largest sugar complexes in the world (in some 43000 ha) in addition to four government owned sugar complexes, namely Guneid, New Halfa, Sennar and Assalaya.  The annual production of sugar is about 600 thousand tons, of which 365000 tons are being contributed by Kenana Complex.  At present a new complex is being established, the While Nile Sugar Scheme, with a capacity of 300 thousand tons annually.  Moreover, work will be resumed in two more complexes-Melut and Jelahak in the Southern part of the country as soon as peace is maintained.

Kenana Sugar CO.

Sudanese sugar company

Wheat Mills

The design capacity of all wheat mills in the Sudan is estimated at 1.3 million tons, just enough to produce about 900,000 tons of flour to meet the local demand, in addition to about 360,000 tons of wheat bran, which is used in the animal feed industry.

Sayga flour mills

Weaving and Textile Industries

The designed capacity of all weaving and textile factories is estimated at 60000 tons of thread and 3.5 million yards of cloth annually.  However, the liberalization of foreign trade is posing a real threat to the industry in addition to the smuggled goods from  neighboring countries.  On the other hand the country produces about 500,000 tons of yarn and opportunities are available for investment in tricot not only for local consumption, but also for export.

Perfume Industry in Sudan

Leather Industry

The designed capacity of the existing tanneries is estimated at 9 million pieces of light leather and about 1,3 million pieces of patched leather.  All the tanneries are working with more than 93% of their designed capacities satisfying the local market and contributing about 50 million dollars annually from the proceeds of export.  Indeed the availability of tanned leather has facilitated the establishment of various industries for the production of shoes, bags, straps, purses, leather garments and various popular leather articles.

Khartoum Tannery

White Nile tannery

Afrostar Tannery

Abattoirs

 the scarcity of modern abattoirs in the past was one of the main bottlenecks that curbed the expansion of meat exports. There were only two modern abattoirs in the Sudan up to 1997 and they were hardly adequate to satisfy the local demand. 

However, the last 3 years have witnessed the establishment of a number of modern abattoirs in various parts of country including Nyala in western Sudan and Port Sudan on the Red Sea coast.

Sigma-tau Sudan Ltd

Edible Oil and Soap Industry

There are 76 vegetable oil factories in the various parts of the country with a total capacity of 3 million tons annually, in addition to hundreds of oil mills all over the country, with an estimated annual capacity of about 1.5 million tons.  These facilities helped to make the Sudan one of the biggest exporters of sesame oil and groundnut oil to the European Union. The availability of oil was instrumental in the development of soap industry.  Currently the Sudan produces about 100,000 tons of washing soap, 5000 tons of toilet soap and 5000 tons of detergents, indicating good opportunities for additional investments in these fields.

Giad Industrial Groop

Small Industries

Biscuits and Canning Industry,Starch and Glucose ,Mineral Water, etc.