Sudan produces 70% of the world's production of gum, which is included in soft drinks. Coca-Cola and PepsiCo have begun a struggle to store as much glue as possible.
Most of this quantity comes from an area known as the "gum arabic belt" The price of a ton of raw gum Arabic premium is about $ 3,17, and international companies convert it into industrial components, and sell a ton for $ <>,<>. The United States of America imposed sanctions on Sudan in the nineties, it excluded gum Arabic.