Country Report Sudan March 2011

Data and charts: Quarterly data

	2008	2009				2010
	4 Qtr	1 Qtr	2 Qtr	3 Qtr	4 Qtr	1 Qtr	2 Qtr	3 Qtr
Prices
Consumer prices (2005=100; av)	136.4	136.8	141.5	155.5	154.9	156.7	163.2	n/a
Consumer prices (% change, year on year)	16.3	11.1	9.1	11.1	13.6	14.6	15.3	n/a
Financial indicators
Exchange rate SP:US$ (av)	2.197	2.226	2.351	2.400	2.262	2.236	2.260	2.363
Exchange rate SP:US$ (end-period)	2.184	2.313	2.376	2.309	2.240	2.313	2.354	2.373
M1 (end-period; SP m)	13,637	13,687	14,189	14,749	16,106	16,608	17,918	n/a
M1 (% change, year on year)	19.9	19.5	19.6	16.9	18.1	21.3	26.3	n/a
M2 (end-period; SP m)	22,933	23,717	25,004	26,337	28,314	30,156	32,084	n/a
M2 (% change, year on year)	16.3	16.9	18.8	17.1	23.5	27.1	28.3	n/a
Sectoral trends
Crude petroleum production ('000 barrels/day)a	477.0	453.2	480.8	n/a	n/a	477.2	469.3	450.5
Balance of payments (US$ m)
Goods: exports fob	1,618	1,293	1,691	2,413	2,437	n/a	n/a	n/a
Goods: imports fob	-2,212	-2,304	-1,983	-1,982	-2,259	n/a	n/a	n/a
Merchandise trade balance fob-fob	-594.6	-1,011.1	-291.8	431.0	177.6	582.1	261.9	n/a
Services balance	-581	-644	-538	-513	-596	n/a	n/a	n/a
Income balance	-556	-647	-588	-581	-588	n/a	n/a	n/a
Net transfer payments	-144	-74	434	321	800	-956	-44	n/a
Current-account balance	-1,875	-2,376	-984	-342	-207	-374	218	n/a
Reserves excl gold (end-period)	1,399	607	625	984	1,094	1,263	n/a	n/a
a Excluding Block 6 output.
Sources: IMF; International Financial Statistics; Bank of Sudan; Ministry of Finance; Government of Southern Sudan Oil Revenue Share report.

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