Sudan [concession company (70/30)] → Australia (refine) → United Arab Emirates · Reconcile assays and pay the balance

حيث تبدأ البضاعة

Doré bar - unstamped → Doré bar - stamped/exporter-sealed

• Royalty (al-'awa'id al-jalila) on traditional (artisanal) gold mining

  10% of the product (in gold or cash); alternatively 20% of the ore produced Traditional (artisanal) gold mining under a traditional mining contract

  نص القانونالمبلغ غير مؤكد

  • Traditional Gold Mining Regulation 2016, art.8; Schedule (art.20)

• Corporation tax on gold companies

  18% (reduced from 28%, 2024); USGS 2019 reported 15%

  مصدر ثانويالمبلغ غير مؤكد

• Royalty on gold (concession companies)

  5-7% of mineral value (2019 policy)

  مصدر ثانويالمبلغ غير مؤكد

  • Regulation on the Exploitation of Minerals 2016, arts.13(6), 15

• Community (social) responsibility contribution on gold producers

  4% in kind of tailings companies' gold output; 1% in cash of concession companies' gold production value (based on the previous year's output)

  نص القانونالمبلغ غير مؤكد

  • MoF Decision No. 90 of 2021, ثالثاً

• Fee for transferring artisanal gold from mining areas to city markets

  Waived (2024)

  مصدر ثانوي

• Licence and contract fees

  MMDA Schedule (SDG): mining contract application 3,000, issue 15,000, transfer/assignment 50,000; small mining contract 3,000 / 10,000 / 50,000; traditional mining contract application 3,000, issue 7,000, regularisation 40,000, new contract 15,000; certificates 100 (samples up to 20 kg), 500 (ore export), 200 (other). Traditional Gold Mining Regulation Schedule (SDG): traditional mining licence 3,000; contract fee 7,000 (well), 50,000 / 150,000 / 250,000 (small / medium / large pit); sieve licences 10,000 / 50,000 / 100,000; miner card 100. Exploitation Regulation 2016 (EUR): ore export certificate 500; sample export 100 per 20 kg; tailings-processing contract signing bonus and renewal SDG 5,000,000 each.

  نص القانونالمبلغ غير مؤكد

  • MMDA 2015, s.20(1); Schedule

• Implicit levy: CBOS indicative price set USD 10/oz below the international price

  USD 10 per troy ounce

  إرشاد رسميالمبلغ غير مؤكد

  • CBOS Circular 13/2026, items 1-3

• State share in concessions

  30% of concessions (reported); plus a reported '40% tax on any gold sold' (unexplained)

  مصدر ثانويالمبلغ غير مؤكد

  • MMDA 2015 s.27أ (2023); Circular 2/2025 ثالثاً

• Dealers in metals or precious stones are "non-financial institutions" under the AML/CFT Act 2014 when they conclude cash transactions above a threshold the Minister sets by decision (s.3): customer due diligence (s.5), record keeping and suspicious-transaction reports to the Financial Information Un…

  Cash transactions above the Minister's threshold (not found)

  نص القانون

  • Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Act 2014, s.3, s.5, s.6

• EU ban on selling, supplying, transferring or exporting mercury (CN 2805 40) and sodium cyanides (CN 2837 11) to Sudan, with related services; humanitarian exceptions; sodium cyanide contracts concluded before 15 Jul 2026 may be executed until 16 Jan 2027.

  نص القانون

  • Council Regulation (EU) 2026/1724, art.1b

• Banks may not finance the purchase of gold and its tailings (CBOS 2026 policies, list of prohibited financing, item vii "شراء الذهب ومخلفاته"). Gold buyers and exporters must use own funds or foreign advance payments.

  إرشاد رسمي

  • CBOS monetary and financial policies for 2026

• Sudan is an active conflict zone with both SAF and RSF financing themselves from gold; downstream refiners following OECD/LBMA due diligence must treat all Sudanese gold as high-risk, including gold from state-owned producers now under UK sanctions. Sudan itself has no conflict-minerals law found.

  مصدر ثانوي

• 2014 version: banks may not complete gold export banking procedures for any company exporting gold, including mining and tailings companies, without CBOS prior written approval (Circular 11/2014). Superseded in substance by the 2025-2026 approval rules (sd.ctl-export-approvals-2025).

  إرشاد رسمي

  • CBOS Circular 11/2014

• 14 Sep - 5 Nov 2025 (Circular 14/2025): purchase of free (artisanal) and tailings gold inside Sudan reserved to CBOS or its delegate; export reserved to CBOS alone and banned for any natural or legal person; purchases executed by Sudan Gold Refinery. Concession and small-mining companies stayed unde…

  إرشاد رسمي

  • CBOS Circular 14/2025, ثانياً 1-4

• Concession companies may export 70% of the output remaining after in-kind deduction of the government's zakat, royalty and profit shares, and must sell the other 30% to CBOS or its delegate whether or not they export; small-mining companies likewise (Circular 2/2025 ثالثاً). Earlier versions: …

  30% of net output (after in-kind government shares)

  إرشاد رسميالمبلغ غير مؤكد

  • CBOS Circular 2/2025, ثالثاً-1(ب), ثالثاً-2(د)

• Every person entering or leaving Sudan must declare to customs the currency and bearer negotiable instruments carried, at amounts set by regulations (AML/CFT Act 2014 s.31(1)); customs may seize them on suspicion or false declaration (s.32); breach of s.31 is punished by a fine equal to twice the am…

  نص القانون

  • Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Act 2014, s.31, s.32, s.38(4)

• EU ban on purchasing, importing or transferring, directly or indirectly, gold (CN 7108, 7112 91, ex 7118 90) that originates in Sudan and was exported from Sudan into the EU or any third country after 15 July 2026, and on related technical assistance, brokering, financing and financial assistance. E…

  نص القانون

  • Council Regulation (EU) 2026/1724, art.1a

• Approvals banks must see before completing a gold export: concession and small-mining gold - CBOS written approval, an SSMO certificate and a Ministry of Minerals export-approval certificate (Circular 2/2025 ثانياً); tailings gold - CBOS written approval (17/2025 ثالثاً-5; restated by 18…

  إرشاد رسمي

  • CBOS Circulars 2/2025 and 17/2025

• Free and tailings gold may be exported by any legal person (شخص اعتباري) after all export procedures (Circular 17/2025 ثالثاً-1); exports by government bodies and by foreigners, individuals or companies, are banned except concession companies in gold mining (خامساً-4). Individu…

  إرشاد رسمي

  • CBOS Circular 17/2025, ثالثاً-1; خامساً-4

• No export, including export for manufacture and return, of precious metals or gemstones as bars or jewellery without hallmarking by SSMO's Hallmarking and Precious Metals Control Department as regulations provide; imports need the Department's approval, assay and hallmark unless a mutual-recognition…

  نص القانون

  • Precious Metals and Gemstones Act 2008, s.20; s.7

• 2014 directions: raw gold exports prohibited and company exports refined at the Khartoum refinery (historical). Current texts: CBOS purchases are executed by Sudan Gold Refinery with fineness set by SSMO (Circular 2/2025 رابعاً; 14/2025 ثانياً-4); exporters must comply with Sudan Gold Re…

  إرشاد رسمي

  • CBOS Circular 17/2025, خامساً-1

• Minimum gold export contract 10 kg "or as MoIT decides" (Circular 17/2025 خامساً-2, from 5 Nov 2025); replaced on 13 May 2026 by a 1 kg minimum for free-gold export contracts (Circular 11/2026 item 3).

  1 kg per free-gold contract since 13 May 2026 (10 kg, 5 Nov 2025 - 12 May 2026)

  إرشاد رسميالمبلغ غير مؤكد

  • CBOS Circular 11/2026, item 3

• Payment by advance payment or by confirmed sight documentary credit whose terms contain no condition on the goods such as overseas assay ("calibration"); L/C proceeds on acceptance of documents and at most 30 days from shipment (Circular 17/2025 ثالثاً-2; same for small-mining companies under …

  إرشاد رسمي

  • CBOS Circular 17/2025, ثالثاً-2

• CBOS prices gold for export daily at the international 24-carat price less USD 10 per ounce, in USD per gram, announced on the XAR system to MoIT and the unified gold export window; exporters are settled at this price and no shipment passes if the proceeds fall below the value at the announced price…

  إرشاد رسمي

  • CBOS Circular 13/2026, items 1-3

• L/C proceeds within 30 days of shipment (17/2025 ثالثاً-2). Proceeds are credited to a "gold export account" in the exporter's name and may stay there at most 21 working days, after which the bank buys them for CBOS at its announced rate (ثالثاً-3). Free-gold proceeds may be used for the…

  30 days from shipment; 21 working days in the gold export account; 21 working days in the import account

  إرشاد رسميالمبلغ غير مؤكد

  • CBOS Circulars 17/2025, 11/2026 and 12/2026, 17/2025 ثالثاً-2, ثالثاً-3

• Offences (MMDA s.32(1)): exploring without a licence - up to 2 years (أ); extracting without a mining contract - up to 3 years (ب); withholding production data - up to 5 years (ج); false information - fine of at least SDG 100,000 (د); transporting, exporting, storing, possessing or dealing in mi…

  نص القانون

  • MMDA 2015, s.32(1), s.32(2), s.33

• 13 May - 21 Sep 2026: CBOS bought 100% of tailings (mining-waste) companies' gold at its announced price after in-kind deduction of profits and royalties from total production (Circular 11/2026 item 2). Cancelled and replaced on 21 Sep 2026 by Circular 18/2026 (see sd.ctl-tailings-sale-2026-09).

  إرشاد رسمي

  • CBOS Circular 11/2026, item 2

• Since 21 Sep 2026 (replacing sd.ctl-tailings-100pct): tailings companies may sell all their gold to CBOS, its delegate or exporters; tailings gold may be exported by advance payment (priced daily by CBOS) or confirmed sight L/C with proceeds within 30 days of shipment; proceeds held in a gold export…

  إرشاد رسمي

  • CBOS Circular 18/2026, items 1-6

• The UAE, which took about 88-95% of Sudan's official gold exports, suspended trade with Sudan in August 2025, forcing a search for other buyers (Qatar refinery agreement, Egypt, Turkey, India, Hong Kong).

  مصدر ثانوي

• UK asset freezes (16 Jul 2026) on three Sudanese state-owned mining companies - Omdurman Mining and Ariab Mining Company (suspected of generating gold revenue for the SAF) and Sudamin Company Ltd (suspected of channelling conflict-gold revenue to both SAF and RSF, incl. past links to Al Junaid) - pl…

  إرشاد رسمي

  • The Sudan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

• Transporting, exporting, storing, possessing or dealing in minerals or tailings whose source of production one does not own, without a licence or Ministry permission, is an offence (MMDA s.32(1)(هـ), added 2019; up to five years). Press reported that the Aug 2025 measures made holding undocumented…

  نص القانون

  • MMDA 2015, s.32(1)(هـ)

• US designations under EO 14098: Al Junaid Multi Activities Co (RSF-controlled; gold mining and export since the 2017 takeover of Jebel Amer) on 1 Jun 2023; on 7 Jan 2025 RSF leader Hemedti and UAE companies incl. Al Zumoroud and Al Yaqoot Gold & Jewellers (bought Sudanese gold for the RSF and moved …

  إرشاد رسمي

  • Executive Order 14098

في الطريق

Doré bar - stamped/exporter-sealed → 999.9 kilobar

• GST - first supply of precious metal after refining

  GST-free (0%, input credits allowed) First supply of precious metal after its refining by, or on behalf of, the supplier, where the refiner is a "refiner of precious metal" and the recipient a "dealer in precious metal" (each: an entity that satisfies the Commissioner of the activity - s.195-1)

  نص القانونالمبلغ غير مؤكد

  • A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999, s.38-385; s.195-1

• GST on importation of precious metal

  Non-taxable importation (precious metal); otherwise GST 10% of the value of the taxable importation (customs value plus international transport and insurance, s.13-20) Imported gold that meets the precious-metal definition is a non-taxable importation because its supply would be input taxed or GST-free (s.13-10(b)); dore and other gold outside the definition is a taxable importation

  نص القانونالمبلغ غير مؤكد

  • A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999, ss.13-5, 13-10(b), 13-20

• GST - other supplies of precious metal

  Input taxed (no GST charged; no input tax credits) Gold (in an investment form) of at least 99.5% fineness (s.195-1 precious metal); "investment form" is not defined in the Act - the ATO describes it as a coin, wafer, bar or other tradeable form with an internationally accepted hallmark (LBMA-approved for gold)

  نص القانون

  • A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999, s.40-100; s.195-1

• GST reverse charge on supplies of goods containing valuable metal

  10% of the price, payable by the recipient A taxable supply of goods consisting wholly or partly of valuable metal (gold, silver, platinum) to a recipient registered or required to be registered, where the market value of the goods does not exceed the valuable metal threshold (i.e. is not at least 10% above the value of the metal in them) or the parties agree in writing - e.g. scrap, dore and other non-investment gold

  نص القانونالمبلغ غير مؤكد

  • A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999, Division 86 (ss.86-5, 86-10, 86-25); s.195-1 valuable metal

• Customs duty on gold

  Free HS 7108.11.00, 7108.12.00, 7108.13.00, 7108.20.00 and 7112.91.00 (general rate Free; the rate footnote: FTA originating goods Free unless otherwise shown)

  إرشاد رسميالمبلغ غير مؤكد

  • Customs Tariff Act 1995, Schedule 3

• Buying or selling bullion (gold, silver, platinum or palladium as a bar, coin, ingot, plate, wafer or like form, bearing a mark guaranteeing fineness and traded by reference to the spot price) in the course of carrying on a bullion-dealing business is a designated service: enrolment, AML/CTF program…

  نص القانون

  • AML/CTF Act 2006, s.5 (bullion); s.6(3) table 2 item 1; ss.39E, 41, 43, 51B

• Buying or selling precious metal (gold, silver, platinum-group metals, or an alloy with at least 2% of them, manufactured or not), precious stones or precious products in the course of carrying on a business, where the purchase involves physical currency and/or virtual assets totalling $10,000 or mo…

  $10,000 in physical currency and/or virtual assets

  نص القانون

  • AML/CTF Act 2006 as amended by the AML/CTF Amendment Act 2024, s.5A; s.6(3) table 2 item 2; Amendment Act s.2 and Sch 3 Pt 4 items 11-12

    “buying or selling one or more of the following items in the course of carrying on a business, where the purchase involves the transfer of physical currency or virtual assets (or a combination of physical currency and virtual assets) with a total value of not less than $10,000, whether the purchase is made in a single transaction or in several transactions that are linked or appear to be linked: (a) precious metal; (b) precious stones; (c) precious products”

• Export markets accept Australian bars through the refiner's LBMA Good Delivery listing and exchange accreditations (CME, SGE, OSE, DGCX for the Perth Mint).

  ممارسة السوق

• No economy-wide cap on cash payments was found. Reporting entities must report threshold transactions (transfers of $10,000 or more in physical currency) to AUSTRAC within 10 business days (s.43; s.5). Moving monetary instruments worth $10,000 or more into or out of Australia must be reported (s.53)…

  $10,000 (reporting, not a limit)

  نص القانون

  • AML/CTF Act 2006, ss.5, 43, 53

    “monetary instrument means any of the following: (a) physical currency; (b) a bearer negotiable instrument; (c) a thing prescribed by the AML/CTF Rules.”

• No foreign-exchange control or repatriation requirement on gold export proceeds was identified.

  غير مؤكَّد

• No export permit or licence for gold (it is not a prohibited export). The owner must enter goods for export by an export declaration and may not load them without an authority to deal (export entry advice); consignments with an FOB value of $2,000 or less are exempt unless a permission is required. …

  FOB value above $2,000

  نص القانون

  • Customs Act 1901, ss.113(1)-(2A), 113AA, 114, 114C, 116

    “an FOB value not exceeding $2,000 or such other amount as is prescribed”

• Origin and CAHRA due diligence on supplies is imposed on Australian refiners by the LBMA RGG as a Good Delivery condition, not by Australian statute.

  مصدر ثانوي

• Importing, purchasing or transporting gold (HS 7108) that was exported from Russia after 30 Sep 2022 is a sanctioned import (Designation Sch 1 item 16; AS Regulations reg 4A(1)-(3)) and an offence unless authorised by a permit of the Minister for Foreign Affairs under reg 18(1)(b) (reg 12A); it exte…

  نص القانون

  • Autonomous Sanctions (Import Sanctioned Goods-Russia) Designation 2022 Sch 1 item 16; Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011 regs 4A, 12A, 18; Autonomous Sanctions Act 2011 s.16

• Supplying, selling or transferring an item of gold, precious metals and diamonds so that it is transferred to the Government of Syria (or its public bodies, agents or controlled entities) is a sanctioned supply, and importing or purchasing such an item from them is a sanctioned import; both are offe…

  نص القانون

  • Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011, regs 4(4), 4A(4), 12, 12A, 18

حيث تصل البضاعة

• Customs duty on gold imports

  0% for goods entering a free zone (FZ Transit In); mainland imports of gold: 0% under the GCC exempted-commodities list (read via WebFetch only) Unwrought and semi-manufactured gold

  إرشاد رسميالمبلغ غير مؤكد

  • Dubai Customs Customer Guide v3.03; GCC common customs law; UAE list of exempted commodities, Customer Guide s.9 (duty suspended for goods admitted into free zones), s.15.12.2

• Domestic reverse charge on precious metals and precious stones between registered businesses

  Recipient accounts for VAT Supplies of gold, silver, platinum, palladium, precious stones and jewellery made of them, for resale or production, between VAT-registered persons, with the buyer's written declaration (CD 127/2024, replacing CD 25/2018)

  نص القانون

  • Cabinet Decision 127/2024; FTA VATP043, Art. 1 (Goods: precious metals - gold, silver, palladium, platinum - precious stones and jewellery mostly of them), Art. 2(1)-(4), Art. 4 (repeals CD 25/2018)

    “Precious Metals, Precious Stones and jewelry made of any Precious Metals or Precious Stones”

• Special reverse charge on gold and diamonds between registrants (Cabinet Decision 25/2018)

  Registered recipient accounts for VAT Gold and products mostly of gold not qualifying for zero-rating, and diamonds, supplied between registrants; exports of gold items and investment precious metals outside its scope (VATP029)

  إرشاد رسمي

  • Cabinet Decision No. 25 of 2018

• Import VAT

  5% standard; 0% for investment precious metals (99%+ purity, tradeable form) Doré is not investment gold, so it is standard-rated; refined bars of 99%+ are zero-rated

  نص القانونالمبلغ غير مؤكد

  • Federal Decree-Law 8/2017 on VAT; Executive Regulation, Art. 3 (5%), 45(8), 48(1), 49; Exec. Reg. Art. 36(2), 48, 50(1)

    “a standard rate of 5% Tax shall be imposed on any supply or Import”

• Precious metals crossing the UAE border must be disclosed; declarations are also required for precious metals over AED 60,000 crossing through cargo, mail or shipments, cargo being declared through the official customs systems.

  AED 60,000

  نص القانونالمبلغ غير مؤكد

  • Federal Decree-Law 10/2025; CBUAE Regulation on the Declaration of Currencies, BNIs, and Precious Metals and Stones (OG 703, 31 May 2021), FDL 10/2025 Art. 10 (duty to disclose, per the disclosure system issued by the ICP with the Central Bank), Art. 41(3) (regulations under FDL 20/2018 remain effective insofar as not conflicting), Art. 34 (penalty)

    “Any person entering into or departing from the State shall be under the obligation to make a disclosure whenever they carry currencies, bearer negotiable instruments, precious metals, or valuable stones, in accordance with the disclosure system issued by the Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs and Port Security, in coordination with the Central Bank”

• Dealers in precious metals and stones are DNFBPs for any single cash transaction, or linked transactions, of AED 55,000 or more (CR 134/2025 Art. 3 item 3), and keep records for at least 5 years (Art. 25). The DPMSR report, including for dealings with companies of AED 55,000 or more paid in cash or …

  AED 55,000

  نص القانون

  • Cabinet Resolution 134/2025; MoET Supplemental Guidance for DPMS 2026, CR 134 Art. 3(3), Art. 25(1); Guidance s.1.4.1

    “when carrying out any single cash transaction or several transactions that appear to be linked and whose value equals or exceeds fifty-five thousand dirhams (AED 55,000)”

• Supply-chain entities and precious-metals dealers must have due-diligence management systems, identify and assess supply-chain risks and adopt a risk-management strategy (Decree Art. 1(A)); refiners must also appoint an independent third-party auditor and submit a due-diligence report (Art. 1(B)), u…

  نص القانون

  • Ministerial Decree 68/2024; MoE Due Diligence Regulations v1 (2022), Decree Art. 1(A), 1(B), Art. 3 (penalties under the AML law)

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