Fennasa and Sudan on the Arabic gum market: the one who has gold and the one who prays the two !! ✍️ The Human Rights Police team, Mahmoud, department of Mr. Mahmoud

Arabic gum is one of the strategic treasures of the global economy, because of its uses ranging from food and pharmaceutical industries, in cosmetics, technical and explosive, and Sudan ranks first in the world of its production, because it contributes around 80% of the world’s largest source of gum – not thanks to production, but by manufacturing.

Who owns “Gold” and who wins “a million” on this market?

* Sudan: the sleeping giant *

Despite agricultural superiority, Sudan suffers from a “curse of raw resources”. Despite the expansion of the Al-Unit forests in Kordofan, Darfur and Nile Bleu, the economic yield remains limited to the following reasons:

Lack of local manufacture: Most gums are raw less than $ 1,000 per tonne.

Bad marketing: there is no national strategy to promote or market the Sudanese brand worldwide.

High costs: more than 23 types of drawings load the product and source.

Conversely: huge quantities have been introduced as a smuggling for neighboring countries, which reduces the official return.

France: from import to leadership

France does not produce gum, but it has knowledge and industry. Companies like Nexira and Alland & Robert import brute gum from Sudan and Nigeria and treat it in advanced factories to produce:

Pure gum powder.

Foods at high value and pharmaceutical additions are used worldwide.

These products are sold at prices between 4,000 and $ 6,000 per tonne, which makes French income ($ 206 million in 2023) outperforming its Sudanese counterpart (141 million dollars), although France does not plant the tree.

* The great design *

Whoever plants the tree does not make fruit, and the one who makes the value is the one who wins. Sudan produces “gold”, but France sells it {liquidation and purification operations}.

* What should Sudan do? *

1. Local manufacture

Create glue conversion factories to food and medical powders.

* Support partnerships between the government and the private sector. *

. National and international marketing advice

Establish an entity that resembles the Ethiopian coffee authority to market glue on a global scale.

Establish standard standards and a strong Sudanese brand.

. * Alliance of producing countries *

Cooperation with Chad, Nigeria and Mali to create a “GUM” block to control prices and quantities.

. Control smuggling and support for producers

Facilitate taxes and procedures for producers.

Drivation of supply chains and improvement in transparency.

* Additional suggestions: *

Launch of a global brand like GUM OF SUDAN.

Negotiate with large companies such as Coca-Cola and Nestlé to be a direct source of Sudan.

Examine the technical expertise by training in France or bring experts to Sudan.

* Conclusion*:

Sudan is not required to produce more, but to change its position in the economic chain: from a gross product to a precious manufacturer. The opportunity exists, but you need:

Political will.

Industrial vision.

Intelligent investment.

* The sleeping monster will rise … Strong and mourning people are afraid. My country. *

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