Chad Exports 2023
Complete list of Chad's 89 export destinations and 100+ product categories. Sourced from CEPII BACI.
$4.36B
Total exports (2023)
#133
Global export rank
89
Destination countries
100+
Product categories tracked
Chad exported $4.36 billion of merchandise goods in 2023, making it the world's #133 largest exporter. Goods flowed to 89 destinations, with the top ten markets absorbing 99.6% of total export value. The leading export was petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude, valued at $3.02 billion — 69.4% of the country's export portfolio.
The two tables below list every destination country and the most-traded product categories at the HS6 (Harmonized System 6-digit) level. All values come from the CEPII BACI database, which reconciles UN Comtrade declarations to produce cleaner bilateral flows.
All export destinations
89 countries and territories. Click any country for the full bilateral page.
| # | Destination | 2023 export value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | $1.11B | 25.57% |
| 2 | China | $823.39M | 18.90% |
| 3 | Germany | $746.80M | 17.14% |
| 4 | Netherlands | $545.19M | 12.52% |
| 5 | France | $447.30M | 10.27% |
| 6 | Other Asia, nes | $326.98M | 7.51% |
| 7 | Türkiye | $154.91M | 3.56% |
| 8 | Malaysia | $87.23M | 2.00% |
| 9 | USA | $86.32M | 1.98% |
| 10 | Central African Rep. | $6.67M | 0.15% |
| 11 | India | $5.04M | 0.12% |
| 12 | Egypt | $4.10M | 0.09% |
| 13 | United Kingdom | $1.54M | 0.04% |
| 14 | Poland | $1.25M | 0.03% |
| 15 | Thailand | $765,994 | 0.02% |
| 16 | Saudi Arabia | $564,874 | 0.01% |
| 17 | Jordan | $548,950 | 0.01% |
| 18 | Austria | $494,356 | 0.01% |
| 19 | Italy | $457,126 | 0.01% |
| 20 | Japan | $334,569 | 0.01% |
| 21 | Morocco | $260,620 | 0.01% |
| 22 | Pakistan | $237,947 | 0.01% |
| 23 | China, Hong Kong SAR | $226,105 | 0.01% |
| 24 | Australia | $151,839 | 0.00% |
| 25 | Greece | $150,845 | 0.00% |
| 26 | Denmark | $94,637 | 0.00% |
| 27 | Georgia | $90,000 | 0.00% |
| 28 | Gambia | $87,226 | 0.00% |
| 29 | Niger | $85,044 | 0.00% |
| 30 | Ireland | $77,552 | 0.00% |
| 31 | Canada | $71,163 | 0.00% |
| 32 | Singapore | $58,311 | 0.00% |
| 33 | Benin | $56,835 | 0.00% |
| 34 | Switzerland | $56,664 | 0.00% |
| 35 | Dominican Rep. | $54,715 | 0.00% |
| 36 | Norway | $54,415 | 0.00% |
| 37 | Mozambique | $54,000 | 0.00% |
| 38 | Spain | $31,820 | 0.00% |
| 39 | Czechia | $29,630 | 0.00% |
| 40 | Brazil | $28,596 | 0.00% |
| 41 | South Africa | $28,107 | 0.00% |
| 42 | Chile | $18,957 | 0.00% |
| 43 | Liberia | $16,966 | 0.00% |
| 44 | Slovakia | $15,603 | 0.00% |
| 45 | Tunisia | $15,560 | 0.00% |
| 46 | Côte d'Ivoire | $14,874 | 0.00% |
| 47 | Guatemala | $14,546 | 0.00% |
| 48 | Sweden | $11,216 | 0.00% |
| 49 | Bahrain | $9,605 | 0.00% |
| 50 | Colombia | $9,346 | 0.00% |
| 51 | Israel | $9,000 | 0.00% |
| 52 | Costa Rica | $8,911 | 0.00% |
| 53 | Portugal | $7,992 | 0.00% |
| 54 | Gabon | $6,925 | 0.00% |
| 55 | North Macedonia | $5,047 | 0.00% |
| 56 | Indonesia | $4,562 | 0.00% |
| 57 | Kuwait | $3,350 | 0.00% |
| 58 | Zimbabwe | $2,972 | 0.00% |
| 59 | Ethiopia | $2,579 | 0.00% |
| 60 | Belgium | $2,048 | 0.00% |
| 61 | Ecuador | $1,988 | 0.00% |
| 62 | Zambia | $1,824 | 0.00% |
| 63 | Nigeria | $1,816 | 0.00% |
| 64 | Oman | $1,498 | 0.00% |
| 65 | El Salvador | $1,448 | 0.00% |
| 66 | Montenegro | $1,235 | 0.00% |
| 67 | New Zealand | $863 | 0.00% |
| 68 | Uruguay | $759 | 0.00% |
| 69 | Ghana | $571 | 0.00% |
| 70 | Slovenia | $497 | 0.00% |
| 71 | Kenya | $493 | 0.00% |
| 72 | Hungary | $472 | 0.00% |
| 73 | Ukraine | $415 | 0.00% |
| 74 | Philippines | $411 | 0.00% |
| 75 | Argentina | $410 | 0.00% |
| 76 | Finland | $402 | 0.00% |
| 77 | Latvia | $371 | 0.00% |
| 78 | Brunei Darussalam | $354 | 0.00% |
| 79 | Uganda | $305 | 0.00% |
| 80 | Serbia | $300 | 0.00% |
| 81 | Namibia | $132 | 0.00% |
| 82 | Barbados | $131 | 0.00% |
| 83 | United Rep. of Tanzania | $127 | 0.00% |
| 84 | Angola | $70 | 0.00% |
| 85 | Luxembourg | $64 | 0.00% |
| 86 | Botswana | $27 | 0.00% |
| 87 | Armenia | $19 | 0.00% |
| 88 | Mauritania | $3 | 0.00% |
| 89 | Cyprus | $1 | 0.00% |
Top export products (HS6)
100 product categories ranked by 2023 export value.
| # | HS6 | Product | Value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 270900 | Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude | $3.02B | 69.43% |
| 2 | 710812 | Metals: gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder) | $1.11B | 25.41% |
| 3 | 120740 | Oil seeds: sesamum seeds, whether or not broken | $168.75M | 3.87% |
| 4 | 130120 | Gum Arabic | $27.54M | 0.63% |
| 5 | 520100 | Cotton: not carded or combed | $11.94M | 0.27% |
| 6 | 271000 | Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude: preparations n.e.c. containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals: these being the basic constituents of the preparations: waste oils | $6.51M | 0.15% |
| 7 | 710691 | Metals: silver, unwrought, (but not powder) | $5.35M | 0.12% |
| 8 | 410320 | Hides and skins: raw, of reptiles (fresh or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, but not tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared), whether or not dehaired or split | $410,574 | 0.01% |
| 9 | 970500 | Collections and collectors' pieces: of zoological, botanical, mineralogical, anatomical, historical, archaeological, palaeontological, ethnographic or numismatic interest | $256,891 | 0.01% |
| 10 | 130190 | Natural gums, resins, gum-resins and oleoresins, n.e.c. in heading no. 1301 | $250,284 | 0.01% |
| 11 | 842839 | Elevators and conveyors: continuous-action, for goods or materials, n.e.c. in item no. 8428.20, 8428.31, 8428.32 or 8428.33 | $240,981 | 0.01% |
| 12 | 851762 | Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus | $213,484 | 0.00% |
| 13 | 851770 | Telephone sets and other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, via a wired or wireless network: parts | $189,033 | 0.00% |
| 14 | 392330 | Plastics: carboys, bottles, flasks and similar articles, for the conveyance or packing of goods | $164,956 | 0.00% |
| 15 | 020120 | Meat: of bovine animals, cuts with bone in (excluding carcasses and half-carcasses), fresh or chilled | $163,429 | 0.00% |
| 16 | 711291 | Waste and scrap of precious metals: of gold, including metal clad with gold but excluding sweepings containing other precious metals | $132,225 | 0.00% |
| 17 | 847330 | Machinery: parts and accessories (other than covers, carrying cases and the like) of the machines of heading no. 8471 | $112,246 | 0.00% |
| 18 | 842959 | Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders: n.e.c. in item no. 8429.50 | $104,166 | 0.00% |
| 19 | 880230 | Aeroplanes and other aircraft: of an unladen weight exceeding 2000kg but not exceeding 15,000kg | $90,000 | 0.00% |
| 20 | 220840 | Rum and other spirits obtained by distilling fermented sugar-cane products | $89,845 | 0.00% |
| 21 | 441299 | Plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated wood (other than blockboard, laminboard and battenboard, other than of bamboo, and other than plywood consisting only of sheets of wood each ply 6mm or thinner) | $87,226 | 0.00% |
| 22 | 760820 | Aluminium: tubes and pipes, alloys | $69,228 | 0.00% |
| 23 | 901420 | Navigational instruments and appliances: for aeronautical or space navigation (excluding compasses) | $67,488 | 0.00% |
| 24 | 880310 | Aircraft and spacecraft: propellers and rotors and parts thereof | $65,295 | 0.00% |
| 25 | 271320 | Petroleum bitumen: obtained from bituminous minerals | $65,139 | 0.00% |
| 26 | 850440 | Electrical static converters | $63,820 | 0.00% |
| 27 | 410210 | Skins: raw, of sheep or lambs, fresh, or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, (but not tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared), with wool on | $60,000 | 0.00% |
| 28 | 940350 | Furniture: wooden, for bedroom use | $51,925 | 0.00% |
| 29 | 854290 | Parts of electronic integrated circuits | $51,787 | 0.00% |
| 30 | 841191 | Turbines: parts of turbo-jets and turbo-propellers | $51,237 | 0.00% |
| 31 | 300230 | Vaccines: for veterinary medicine | $50,269 | 0.00% |
| 32 | 711719 | Jewellery: imitation, (excluding cuff links and studs), of base metal, whether or not plated with precious metal | $49,964 | 0.00% |
| 33 | 121190 | Plants and parts (including seeds and fruits) n.e.c. in heading no. 1211, of a kind used primarily in perfumery, in pharmacy or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not cut, crushed or powdered | $46,276 | 0.00% |
| 34 | 844790 | Machines: for making gimped yarn, tulle, lace, embroidery, trimmings, braid or net and machines for tufting | $46,059 | 0.00% |
| 35 | 210690 | Food preparations: n.e.c. in item no. 2106.10 | $44,334 | 0.00% |
| 36 | 852580 | Television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders | $44,045 | 0.00% |
| 37 | 021099 | Meat and edible meat offal: salted, in brine, dried or smoked, and edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal, other than of primates, whales, dolphins, porpoises, manatees, dugongs, seals, sea lions, walruses, reptiles (including snakes and turtles) | $42,765 | 0.00% |
| 38 | 940360 | Furniture: wooden, other than for office, kitchen or bedroom use | $40,285 | 0.00% |
| 39 | 560500 | Yarn: metallised, whether or not gimped, of textile yarn, or strip or the like of heading no. 5404 or 5405, combined with metal in the form of thread, strip or powder or covered with metal | $39,871 | 0.00% |
| 40 | 845959 | Machine-tools: for milling by removing metal, knee-type, other than numerically controlled | $36,423 | 0.00% |
| 41 | 382200 | Reagents: diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing and prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, other than those of heading no. 3002 or 3006: certified reference material | $36,365 | 0.00% |
| 42 | 848490 | Gasket sets or assortments of gaskets and similar joints: dissimilar in composition, put up in pouches, envelopes or similar packings | $34,004 | 0.00% |
| 43 | 852351 | Semiconductor media: solid-state non-volatile storage devices, whether or not recorded, excluding products of Chapter 37 | $28,570 | 0.00% |
| 44 | 120810 | Flours and meals: of soya beans | $26,252 | 0.00% |
| 45 | 901850 | Ophthalmic instruments and appliances | $24,533 | 0.00% |
| 46 | 847150 | Units of automatic data processing machines: processing units other than those of item no. 8471.41 or 8471.49, whether or not containing in the same housing one or two of the following types of unit: storage units, input units or output units | $24,394 | 0.00% |
| 47 | 391732 | Plastics: tubes, pipes and hoses thereof, other than those of item no. 3917.31, not reinforced or otherwise combined with other materials, without fittings | $23,630 | 0.00% |
| 48 | 902690 | Instruments and apparatus: parts and accessories for those measuring or checking the flow, level, pressure or other variables of liquids or gases (excluding those of heading no. 9014, 9015, 9028 or 9032) | $22,400 | 0.00% |
| 49 | 630533 | Sacks and bags: of a kind used for the packing of goods, of man-made textile materials, of polyethylene or polypropylene strip or the like, not flexible intermediate bulk containers | $20,000 | 0.00% |
| 50 | 121299 | Vegetable products: fit for human consumption, n.e.c. in heading no. 1212, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not ground | $19,796 | 0.00% |
| 51 | 902610 | Instruments and apparatus: for measuring or checking the flow or level of liquids | $19,386 | 0.00% |
| 52 | 852871 | Reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radio-broadcast receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus: not designed to incorporate a video display or screen | $18,458 | 0.00% |
| 53 | 620343 | Trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts: men's or boys', of synthetic fibres (not knitted or crocheted) | $18,271 | 0.00% |
| 54 | 853690 | Electrical apparatus: n.e.c. in heading no. 8536, for switching or protecting electrical circuits, for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts | $17,481 | 0.00% |
| 55 | 940530 | Lighting sets: of a kind used for Christmas trees | $17,038 | 0.00% |
| 56 | 711311 | Jewellery: of silver, whether or not plated or clad with other precious metal, and parts thereof | $15,799 | 0.00% |
| 57 | 392690 | Plastics: other articles n.e.c. in chapter 39 | $14,924 | 0.00% |
| 58 | 611490 | Garments: of textile materials (other than cotton or man-made fibres), knitted or crocheted, n.e.c. in chapter 61 | $14,811 | 0.00% |
| 59 | 420299 | Cases and containers: n.e.c. in heading 4202, of vulcanised fibre or of paperboard, or wholly or mainly covered with such materials or with paper | $14,579 | 0.00% |
| 60 | 871500 | Baby carriages and parts thereof | $14,546 | 0.00% |
| 61 | 848790 | Machinery parts: not containing electrical connectors, insulators, coils, contacts or other electrical features, n.e.c. in chapter 84, other than ships' or boats' propellers and blades therefor | $14,033 | 0.00% |
| 62 | 842920 | Graders and levellers | $13,564 | 0.00% |
| 63 | 950300 | Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys: dolls' carriages: dolls: other toys: reduced-size (scale) models and similar recreational models, working or not: puzzles of all kinds | $13,177 | 0.00% |
| 64 | 871639 | Trailers and semi-trailers: (other than tanker type) | $12,660 | 0.00% |
| 65 | 840910 | Engines: parts of aircraft engines (spark-ignition reciprocating or rotary internal combustion piston engines) | $12,385 | 0.00% |
| 66 | 910121 | Wrist-watches: (not electrically operated), automatic winding, whether or not incorporating a stop-watch facility, case of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal | $12,003 | 0.00% |
| 67 | 853310 | Electrical resistors: fixed carbon resistors, composition or film types (including rheostats and potentiometers but excluding heating resistors) | $11,603 | 0.00% |
| 68 | 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.c. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $11,439 | 0.00% |
| 69 | 253090 | Mineral substances: n.e.c. in chapter 25 | $11,387 | 0.00% |
| 70 | 842430 | Mechanical appliances: steam or sand blasting machines and similar jet projecting machines | $11,292 | 0.00% |
| 71 | 540753 | Fabrics, woven: containing 85% or more by weight of textured polyester filaments, of yarns of different colours | $11,227 | 0.00% |
| 72 | 722410 | Steel, alloy: ingots and other primary forms | $10,686 | 0.00% |
| 73 | 761699 | Aluminium: articles n.e.c. in heading 7616 | $10,160 | 0.00% |
| 74 | 910221 | Wrist-watches: whether or not incorporating a stop-watch facility, with automatic winding | $9,957 | 0.00% |
| 75 | 842542 | Jacks and hoists: hydraulic, of a kind used for raising vehicles | $9,734 | 0.00% |
| 76 | 853630 | Electrical apparatus: for protecting electrical circuits, n.e.c. in heading no. 8536, for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts | $9,457 | 0.00% |
| 77 | 291450 | Ketone-phenols and ketones with other oxygen function | $9,457 | 0.00% |
| 78 | 420221 | Cases and containers: handbags (whether or not with shoulder strap and including those without handle), with outer surface of leather or of composition leather | $8,667 | 0.00% |
| 79 | 300290 | Toxins, cultures of micro-organisms (excluding yeasts) and similar products | $8,174 | 0.00% |
| 80 | 852910 | Reception and transmission apparatus: aerials and aerial reflectors of all kinds and parts suitable for use therewith | $8,159 | 0.00% |
| 81 | 903010 | Instruments and apparatus: for measuring or detecting ionising radiations | $8,114 | 0.00% |
| 82 | 871690 | Trailers, semi-trailers and other vehicles not mechanically propelled: parts thereof for heading no. 8716 | $8,000 | 0.00% |
| 83 | 960830 | Pens: fountain, stylograph and other pens | $7,782 | 0.00% |
| 84 | 851769 | Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data (including wired/wireless networks), n.e.c. in item no. 8517.6 | $7,461 | 0.00% |
| 85 | 420292 | Cases and containers: n.e.c. in heading 4202, with outer surface of sheeting of plastics or of textile materials | $7,349 | 0.00% |
| 86 | 902920 | Meters: speed indicators and tachometers: stroboscopes | $7,188 | 0.00% |
| 87 | 940510 | Chandeliers and other electric ceiling or wall light fittings: excluding those used for lighting public open spaces or thoroughfares | $6,732 | 0.00% |
| 88 | 382370 | Industrial fatty alcohols | $6,485 | 0.00% |
| 89 | 830241 | Mountings, fittings and similar articles: of base metal, suitable for buildings | $6,370 | 0.00% |
| 90 | 490700 | Unused postage, revenue or similar stamps of current or new issue in the country in which they have, or will have, a recognised face value: stamp-impressed paper: cheque forms: banknotes, stock, share or bond certificates and the like of similar title | $6,245 | 0.00% |
| 91 | 970300 | Sculptures and statuary: original, in any material | $6,022 | 0.00% |
| 92 | 810199 | Tungsten (wolfram): articles n.e.c. in heading no. 8101 | $6,000 | 0.00% |
| 93 | 854419 | Insulated electric conductors: winding wire, (of other than copper) | $6,000 | 0.00% |
| 94 | 940310 | Furniture: metal, for office use | $5,986 | 0.00% |
| 95 | 850760 | Electric accumulators: lithium-ion, including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square) | $5,814 | 0.00% |
| 96 | 848210 | Ball bearings | $5,723 | 0.00% |
| 97 | 850590 | Magnets: electro-magnets, holding devices and parts n.e.c. in heading no. 8505 | $5,474 | 0.00% |
| 98 | 842951 | Front-end shovel loaders | $5,426 | 0.00% |
| 99 | 391990 | Plastics: plates, sheets, film, foil, tape, strip, other flat shapes thereof, self-adhesive, other than in rolls of a width not exceeding 20cm | $5,368 | 0.00% |
| 100 | 852990 | Reception and transmission apparatus: for use with the apparatus of heading no. 8525 to 8528, excluding aerials and aerial reflectors | $5,153 | 0.00% |