Which multinational companies are doing business in Sudan?
US multinationals are discouraged from setting up shop in Sudan due to politics
and human rights violations (see news snippets below).
The US Department of Energy reports
(http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/sudan.html)that "the United States imposed
economic sanctions against Sudan in November 1997, prohibiting trade between
the two countries, as well as investment by United States businesses in Sudan."
However, many other foreign oil companies have invested in Sudan because of its
rich oil resources, in particular Canada's Talisman, the Chinese National
Petroleum Company, and Malaysia's Petronas. (The American company, Chevron, had
discovered rich natural gas and oil resources in Sudan in 1976).
US policy has not necessarily impeded other countries' multinationals from
setting up shop in Sudan, for example:
Australia-Arab Chamber of Commerce and Industry (There are 300+ members)
http://203.6.251.7/arab/alpha.cfm
(you can view the listed members by Industry Classification)
Arab-Swiss Chamber of Commerce and Industry (for Swiss business with Sudan)
70 Route de Florissant,
CH-1211 Geneva 12
Switzerland
telephone +41 (0)22 347 3202
fax +41 (0)22 347 3870
email: attia@casci.ch
You can contact the following offices for more business listings:
Sudan Chamber or Commerce
P.O. Box 81
Khartoum
Sudan
Telephone: +249-72346
Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (headquarters)
PO Box 2640
Khartoum
Sudan
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For more information on US economic and business policy with Sudan, see:
The US House of Representative's report entitled "Bachus Proposal Warns
Americans if They Are Investing in Sudan's Genocide" (Wednesday, May 16, 2001)
"[The US government] warns Americans if they are investing in foreign companies
that do business with the government of Sudan, which sponsors terrorism and
slavery and is engaged in a brutal 18-year long war against that country's
religious minorities"
http://www.house.gov/bachus/pr010516-bachus-warns-americans.htm
Policy Forum Online
http://www.nautilus.org/fora/Special-Policy-Forum/36_Buffett.html
"The disclosure requirements would include the relationship of their commercial
activity to human rights and religious freedom in Sudan, and the use of
proceeds from capital raised in US markets to the contribution of these
activities. U.S. oil companies are already prohibited by sanctions from
investing in the country. "
For more Arabian Business News, see
Arabia business channel
http://www.arabia.com/business/country/english/0,4955,18_Sudan,00.html
MBendi: Information for Africa
http://www.mbendi.co.za/land/af/su/p0005.htm
New Africa's entry for Sudan (minimal information)
http://www.newafrica.com/sudan/ banking.senate.gov/public/_files/caprio.pdf::
Sudan is considered a terrorist state, foreign multinational When investments are made, by US entities, in these foreign companies doing business in
http://banking.senate.gov/public/_files/caprio.pdfHOME |
I'm not sure how many you want listed or in what particular industry, as you
did not answer the Request for
Clarification. I meant to point out that there aren't US multinationals in
Sudan, but pointed out both a few
specific companies and pointed you to compiled lists; these can be quite long.
I mentioned these specific multinationals
- Talisman Energy (Canada) -- the largest foreign investor in Sudan
- the Chinese National Petroleum Company/CNPC
- Petroliam Nasional Bhd/Petronas (Malaysia)
A few other multinationals operating in Sudan are below. The most active
industry is petrochemicals.
- BP/British Petroleum (UK)
- TotalFinaElf (France/Belgium)
- Gabaco (Mauritania - formerly Agip, Italy facilities)
- OMV (Austria)
- Lundin Petrolium AB (Sweden)
- Qatar National petroleum (Quatar)
- Tenaga Nasional (Malaysia)
- Royal Dutch Shell (Netherlands)
- Weir Pumps (UK)
- Mobil
- Trafigura Beheer BV (Netherlands)
- EDF (Electricite de France)
- Daewoo (Korea; has a branch in Khartoum)
- Lufthansa (Germany; has a branch and Sudan-specific Website,
http://www.sudan.lufthansa.com/)
- KLM (Netherlands; has a branch in Khartoum)
- Rolls Royce (UK)
- Monsanto (chemicals/pesticides/biotech)
- Hilton hotels
- Le Meridien hotels (France)
- Thomas Cook (UK travel sercie)
- Mitsubishi Motors (activity through Mitsubishi Motors Philippines Corporation
(MMPC))
- Lucky Goldstar/LG (Korean electronics) joint venture with Sudan's Saria
Industrial Complex
- Emery Worldwide
- Maersk (Austria)
- (Hyundai, Korea has plans)
- (Mitsui Mining, Japan has plans)
Some of the companies mentioned on the Australia-Arab Chamber of Commerce and
Industry Web site
(http://203.6.251.7/arab/alpha.cfm) are:
- ADI Limited
- ANL Container Line Pty Limited
- Arab Bank Australia Ltd
- Automotive Components Ltd
- Ballantyne Foods Pty Ltd.
- BGP International Pty Ltd
- Comgroup Supplies Pty Ltd
- Commonwealth Bank Australia Limited
- Danzas AEI Pty Ltd
- Emirates (Airline)
[the list goes on]
The most significant investors in Sudan are from Saudi Arabia, Great Britain,
France, Malaysia, China, the Netherlands, Germany.
Multinational activities are influenced by constant social action and political
legislature.
For example, after the June 30, 1989 a military coup d' tat led by Colonel Umar
al Bashir, France suspended its public aid to Sudan. Many international and
multinational companies, such as the World Bank and Citibank,closed their
Khartoum offices around 1991. The US government continues to push sanctions
that prohibit US companies from doing business in Sudan, and tend to pressure
other governments to do similar.
Klaus Werner and Hans Weiss authored a 'Schwarzbuch Markenfirmen'('Black Book
on Brand Companies') which includes some of the multinational companies in
Sudan (and other countries). Published by Deuticke editions, Vienna in August
2001, you can also check out the Web site (in German)
http://www.markenfirmen.org/
Also see:
Oil Companies Operating in Sudan, "DrillBits & Tailings," Volume 6, Number 2,
February 28, 2001
http://www.moles.org/ProjectUnderground/drillbits/6_02/vs.html
Sudan Country Study
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/sdtoc.html
French Senate report "Quel avenir pour le Soudan" ("What is Sudan's Future", in
French), 1998
http://www.senat.fr/ga/ga-023/ga-023.html
Sudan Ministry of Foreign Affairs
http://www.sudmer.com/Links.htm
The Sudan Investment Authority
http://www.sudaninvest.org/ USAID FrontLines: July-August 2005 - Business Update::
Despite political turmoil, more new companies were registered in the first three The indicators presented and analyzed in Doing Business take a new approach.
http://www.usaid.gov/press/frontlines/fl_julaug05/business.htmHOME |
Violence in Sudan pushes states to act::
D.C.-based organization that represents more than 300 multinational companies. the board reaffirmed its policy to not divest from companies doing business
http://www.stateline.org/live/details/story?contentId=164987HOME |
Is there a particular industry group under which you are seeking these
multinational companies in Sudan? Please clarify so that I can provide the most
appropriate information. Thank you.
Thanks for the info, but that is not really what I asked. I asked specifically
for a list of multinational companies doing business in Sudan.
You summarized some aspects of the political situation in the Sudan , US
policy, and some chambers of commerce. Further, you listed 3 companies
(Talisman, Chinese National Petroleum and Petronas) that are already well-known
to be doing business there. I'm already aware of this information and for that
reason was hoping for a more complete list of companies.
Are you able to find any more exhaustive list of companies? I already have the
background information. Thanks!
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Multinational companies doing business in Sudan