Live Animals, Animal Products

Sudan is one of the richest countries in the field of animals in both African and Arab  countries, the increase of this wealth helped in raising the averages of its number that during the years from  1981– 1999 there hasn’t any decline in its number only during 1985  1986 and  that was the season of drought and desertification passed by the country . the Sudanese animal resources characterized by its depending on natural grazing lands , its free of diseases caused by industrial food and this property made the Sudanese animals recourses very desirable in the foreign markets such that it brings hard currency of animal exports , meat , hides . and to encouragement marketing , the  public corporation for animal & meat marketing has been established in 1977 to contribute in facilitate flow the animal resources towards international markets in scientific planned way to facilitate and increase the national revenues contribute   in inducing more hard currency .       

Livestock distribution areas

 In Sudan the livestock depend basically on natural conditions and climates ,the existence of any kind of animals depend on its adjust to live in such environment for example :

• Camels :   live in desert and semi desert areas  ,found in eastern Sudan Botana , northern Kordofan and northern Barfur .

• Cattle :     found in the rainy areas in the south of Sudan ,southern Kordofan and southern darfur .

• Goats & sheep  :   found in general in western Kordofan especially western  Kordofan state  Gheebash area ) and in northern Kordofan .

Livestock types :

• Sheep :  contains kabashi Hamari , in the west Abaladi and  Algarag ( half blooded between Albaladi and other )  found in the central o Sudan  also we have Alwatesh kind in the blue Nile area .

• Camel :  contains : Aalshokri , Albejawi , Alanafi ,Albaladi it concentrate in the east and west of the Sudan .

• Goats

• Cattle

   International market magnitude

our markets to this commodity is exclusive to Saudi  market  that its considered to be a collective center to the  rest of  co-operative council for gulf states ,the Egyptian market for camel ,the consumption average to this markets are as follow :

·        7 million  to Saudi  market   (sheep)

·        2 million   to gulf market     (sheep )

·        200 thousands to  Egyptian  market   (camel)

·        3000 thousand to the middle east market  (sheep & goat )

   Competitive  markets :

                  Australia , Somalia , turkey , Romania , Belgium , new Zealand , Egypt .