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Reviewing Agricultural Trade Policies

To Promote Intra-OIC Agricultural Trade

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4.4.2. Agricultural Trade Policies in Chad

Background

The agricultural sector in Chad has the primary aim of guarantee economic development and

food security, thus the country’s agricultural policy is to increase the production together with

its productivity, to provide a higher standard of living of its population.

The heavy taxation of imports and exports of agricultural goods has impeded the functioning of

food markets in Chad. However, cross-border trade and local cereal markets play a crucial role

in supplying areas in short supply and in reducing food insecurity.

Transport infrastructure is inadequate with many agricultural settlements being isolated. Those

two factors result in high cost of transporting food products. Trade is also hampered by

regulatory constraints, limiting the ability of producers to export their agricultural produce and

increase their earnings (WTO, 2007).

Table 4. 43 Tariffs Set by Chad for Top 5 Import Products from the OIC Exporters, %

11-12:

Beverages,

tobacco

04: Cereals

09:

Miscellaneous p.

05: Vegetables,

fruit

06: Sugars

2011

16.5

21.1

14.9

30.0

23.7

2015

10.5

7.6

2.9

14.7

3.7

2016

11.9

18.7

12.3

30.0

30.0

Source: ITC Macmap, CEPII BACI, Eurostat RAMON, UN Comtrade, UN Trade Statistics, and authors’

calculations

Note. Top 5 products are identified considering 3 year average between 2014 and 2016 and ad valorem

equivalent (%) rates are considered for applied tariff rates.

Actually the tariffs applied to Chad’s top five imported products from the OIC countries vary

between 11.9 percent (beverages and tobacco) and 30 percent (vegetables, fruit and sugar)

(Table 4.43). The only export good to OIC countries for which there is available data is oil-seeds

and is subject to 12.3 percent of import duty (Table 4.44). Table 4.45 gives the list of OIC

countries exporting to Chad under preferential tariffs but no detail data could be found at

product level.

Table 4. 44 Tariffs Set by OIC Countries for Chad’s Top 5 Export Products, %

22: Oil-seeds

2016

12.3

Source: ITC Macmap, CEPII BACI, Eurostat RAMON, UN Comtrade, UN Trade Statistics, and authors’

calculations