Trade Patterns
The patterns of trade seem consistent with the goods and services that Sudan can supply to the world. Their comparative advantages and disadvantages are determined by the natural resources that they can produce in their country. They have oil reserves, which much of has moved to Souther Sudan since its secession in 2011, and they have a lot agricultural products like plants and animals.
Sudan has natural resources that other countries don't have or do not have the under skilled workforce to do; i.e. farming and raising cattle. Most other countries are more developed than this, so they do things that are more mentally exerting. The people of Sudan can do things that other countries haven't done in decades, but still want. Their advantage is their ability to fill a market that most people have evolved out of.
It makes sense that Sudan is trading the most with the countries that they are because those countries are near by and the big ones, like China, can produce a lot of goods for very little money. Since Sudan is a relatively poor country, it's necessary for them to get the best deals.
The pattern of trade for Sudan seems to fall in place with the way that Sudan operates. They are people that do abhorrent things, so the world puts limits on how much they will get from them. South Sudan is trying to do better, so more doors are opening up for them as they succeed.
The location of Sudan in relation to its trade partners makes sense, and so does the goods that it imports and exports. If Sudan could prove its worthiness to the countries of the world then I'm sure that they would get more technological goods and services, but until they change their ways, it's not going to happen on the open the market; just the underground black market which I'm sure all of the Arab countries are large part of because they have an obsession with military might and its negative uses.
Sudan has natural resources that other countries don't have or do not have the under skilled workforce to do; i.e. farming and raising cattle. Most other countries are more developed than this, so they do things that are more mentally exerting. The people of Sudan can do things that other countries haven't done in decades, but still want. Their advantage is their ability to fill a market that most people have evolved out of.
It makes sense that Sudan is trading the most with the countries that they are because those countries are near by and the big ones, like China, can produce a lot of goods for very little money. Since Sudan is a relatively poor country, it's necessary for them to get the best deals.
The pattern of trade for Sudan seems to fall in place with the way that Sudan operates. They are people that do abhorrent things, so the world puts limits on how much they will get from them. South Sudan is trying to do better, so more doors are opening up for them as they succeed.
The location of Sudan in relation to its trade partners makes sense, and so does the goods that it imports and exports. If Sudan could prove its worthiness to the countries of the world then I'm sure that they would get more technological goods and services, but until they change their ways, it's not going to happen on the open the market; just the underground black market which I'm sure all of the Arab countries are large part of because they have an obsession with military might and its negative uses.