Location (States):
Borno, Gombe, Sokoto, Kebbi, Yobe, Bauchi,
Jigawa, Adamawa, Kano.

Annual Production (MetricTonnes):
8,000

Industrial uses:
Pharmaceuticals, paper, textiles, ink, chemical industries, binding agent and clarification agent in beverages.

Process Technology/Equipment:   

Pharmaceuticals, Paper, textiles:
Cleaning, destoning, homogenizing clarifying, packaging.

Equipment
Cleaners, destoner, homogenizer, clarifyer, packagining machine.

Status/Prospects:   
Gum arabic crop grows wild in the extreme Northern part of the country.  Traditionally exported in crude form with little or no value addition to the European Countries      

R&D Activities: Not available.