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Exports | Imports $701M | $1.62B167 of 226 |  172 of 226
2023
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Exports | Imports $61.1 | $141172 of 220 |  212 of 220

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Overview In 2023 South Sudan was the number 167 economy in the world in terms of total exports and the number 172 in total imports.

Exports The top exports of South Sudan are Crude Petroleum ($576M), Refined Petroleum ($31M), Forage Crops ($27.7M), Gold ($27.4M), and Scrap Iron ($14.9M), exporting mostly to China ($354M), Singapore ($206M), United Arab Emirates ($67M), Germany ($29.6M), and Uganda ($23.6M).

Imports The top imports of South Sudan are Cement ($63.2M), Knit Men's Suits ($56.5M), Other Edible Preparations ($52.3M), Knit T-shirts ($46.1M), and Raw Iron Bars ($45.5M), importing mostly from Uganda ($536M), United Arab Emirates ($414M), Kenya ($227M), China ($160M), and United States ($50.3M).

Location South Sudan borders Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, and Uganda by land and Saudi Arabia by sea.

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The following section uses the most recent trade data from partners of South Sudan.

Disclaimer: data is presented based on availability and only countries that use the harmonized system are being shown.

* Trade values are converted to USD using each month's exchange rate. For December 2023 data, the exchange rate from December 30, 2023 is used.

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The data obtained is mirror data. The trade of countries that do not report current data can be reconstructed based on data reported by partner countries with current data available.

*All data is converted to USD using January 2020 exchange rates when data is reported in local currency.

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Historical Data

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Top Export (2023)Crude Petroleum$576M
Top Destination (2023)China$354M

In 2023, South Sudan exported a total of $701M, making it the number 167 exporter in the world. During the last five reported years the exports of South Sudan have changed by -$1.03B from $1.73B in 2018 to $701M in 2023.

The most recent exports are led by Crude Petroleum ($576M), Refined Petroleum ($31M), Forage Crops ($27.7M), Gold ($27.4M), and Scrap Iron ($14.9M). The most common destination for the exports of South Sudan are China ($354M), Singapore ($206M), United Arab Emirates ($67M), Germany ($29.6M), and Uganda ($23.6M).

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Fastest Growing Export Markets (2022 - 2023)
Singapore$139M (+ 207%)
China$117M (+ 49.5%)
Germany$29.6M (+ 65.1k%)
Fastest Growing Import Markets (2022 - 2023)
United Arab Emirates$50M (+ 13.7%)
Kenya$29.8M (+ 15.1%)
Egypt$23.7M (+ 680%)

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South Sudan Exports Services (2019)$105M
South Sudan Imports Services (2019)$981M

In 2019, South Sudan exported $105M worth of services. The top services exported by South Sudan in 2019 were Other business services ($87.5M), Royalties and license fees ($8.96M), Construction services ($4.45M), Financial services ($3.26M), and Computer and information services ($350k).

The top services imported by South Sudan in 2019 were Transportation ($949M), Financial services ($15M), Other business services ($8.17M), Government services, n.i.e. ($3.3M), and Insurance services ($1.79M).

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Economic Complexity

Most Specialized Products by RCA Index

South Sudan has a high level of specialization in Forage Crops (244), Oil Seed Flower (43.9), Insect Resins (41.2), Locust beans, seaweed, sugar beet, cane, for food (18.8), and Crude Petroleum (14.5). Specialization is measured using RCA, an index that takes the ratio between South Sudan observed and expected exports in each product.

Most Complex Products by PCI

The highest complexity exports of South Sudan according to the product complexity index (PCI) are Plastics; builders' wares n.e.c. or included (0.32), Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding (-0.18), Ferrous waste and scrap; remelting scrap ingots of iron or steel (-0.57), Swedes, mangolds, fodder roots, hay, lucerne (alfalfa), clover, sainfoin, forage kale, lupines,... (-0.61), and Cereal flours; other than of wheat or meslin (-0.91). PCI measures the knowledge intensity of a product by considering the knowledge intensity of its exporters.

Export Opportunities by Relatedness

The top export opportunities for South Sudan according to the relatedness index, were Bran (0.042), Cocoa Beans (0.04), Raw Cotton (0.039), Cassava (0.039), and Tropical Fruits (0.038). Relatedness measures the distance between a country's current exports and each product. The barchart show only products that South Sudan is not specialized in.

Product Space

The product space is a network connecting products that are likely to be co-exported. The product space can be used to predict future exports, since countries are more likely to start exporting products that are related to current exports. Relatedness measures the distance between a product, and all of the products a country currently specializes in.

Relatedness Space

This network shows the products most related to the production structure of South Sudan. These are products that tend to be co-exported with the products that South Sudan exports. Higher relatedness values ​​indicate greater knowledge, which predicts a greater probability of exporting that product in the future.

Relatedness Space (2023)

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The Complexity-Relatedness diagram compares the risk vs strategic value of a country's potential export oppotunities. Relatedness is predictive of the probability that a country increases its exports in a product. Complexity, is associated with higher levels of income, economic growth, less income inequality, and lower greenhouse emissions.

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