Iran has dominated the headlines this spring. Sudan has not, and that matters for anyone buying gum acacia. The war entered its fourth year on April 15. We wrote about the early disruption in November 2023. This is the 2026 update for formulators and buyers who need a clear read on where supply stands now.
Where the conflict sits today
The Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces remain in a military impasse. The RSF controls Darfur and most of the three Kordofan states, which is where Sudan's gum belt sits. The Sudanese army holds the capital, the east, and the north. Kordofan markets have been under pressure from drone strikes and displacement through early 2026, and El Obeid, the historic trading hub for Hashab, has been operating well below normal capacity.
The conflict is being fought in part over access to Sudan's export commodities. Gold is one. Gum acacia is another. That is not a new dynamic, but it is the dynamic that continues to shape what leaves the country and on what terms.
What the volumes look like
Before the war, Sudan exported roughly 150,000 tons of gum acacia per year. The most recent season came in around 48,000 tons, about 40 percent of normal. Volume recovery has been uneven season to season, and no clean return to pre-war output is realistic while the conflict continues.
Chad has been the biggest shift on the supply side. Chadian producers have expanded seyal capacity to absorb part of the gap, and more of what the global market is consuming today is Chadian origin than was the case three years ago.
How PAT's supply works
Our spray-dried gum acacia continues to come from Willy Benecke in Germany. Benecke has been in this business for more than 70 years, with direct relationships across the Sahel. Those relationships on the ground in Sudan and Chad have never been more important than they are right now.
We hold US warehouse stock, ship with full documentation, and Oregon Tilth organic is available across the line. We are already booking some volumes into 2027.
If you are planning gum acacia volume for 2026 or 2027, please get in touch. We are happy to talk through grade, origin, and forward positions. That is the kind of conversation we are having every day right now.
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