Sudanese Minister: We Have Established New Controls for Imports and Exports
Port Sudan – Almohagig
The Sudanese Minister of Commerce-designate, Al-Fateh Abdullah, said that “his ministry has established new controls to tighten control over the movement of exports and imports through the register of exporters and importers and control of goods and merchandise through an inventory form at ports and border crossings.”
He confirmed in press statements today after his meeting with the governor of the northern state in Port Sudan that flour is considered a basic commodity and is allowed to be imported from export proceeds through the importers’ registry so that it reaches the consumer at reasonable prices.
He marked the role of the northern state in the direction of manufacturing industries and increasing the added value of agricultural products by reopening a cream factory for canning vegetables and fruits and starting to rehabilitate slaughterhouses for slaughter in the state.
In turn, the governor of the northern state, Abdeen Awad, called for the necessity of activating border trade with both the Republic of Egypt and Libya.
He announced the state’s readiness to sign a border trade agreement with the ministry according to the lists of goods and quantities permitted by the ministry.
Yesterday, informed sources told Al-Muhaqqiq that flour prices would decline during the coming period after importers resorted to importing the commodity and increasing its supply.
Flour prices have increased during the last period, and the price of a 25-kg sack reached 18,000 Sudanese pounds from local mills, while the price of an imported sack reached 13,000 pounds for Egyptian flour and 15,000 pounds for Turkish flour.