# Chad Export Playbook for South Asia

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Compare buyer markets, access conditions, and calculated product opportunities in South Asia. Use this guide to prioritize research, not to treat calculated indicators as guaranteed sales.

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## Overview

- Exporter: Chad (TCD)
- Region: South Asia
- Latest trade year: 2024
- Buyer markets: 3
- Calculated three-year opportunity: $117.2B
- Reported FTA markets: 0
- Average reported distance: 7,003 km
- Average business entry indicator: 18 days

## Market comparison

| Market | ISO3 | Opportunity | Products | FTA | Distance | Entry days | Top product |
| --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| India | IND | $106.5B | 13 | Not reported | 6,673 km | 18 | Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude |
| Pakistan | PAK | $9.4B | 21 | Not reported | 6,332 km | 17 | Electrical apparatus: photosensitive, including photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels, light emitting diodes |
| Bangladesh | BGD | $1.3B | 6 | Not reported | 8,003 km | 20 | Cotton: not carded or combed |

## Product and market opportunities

| Rank | Market | Product | Opportunity | Buyer growth | Current share |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1 | India (IND) | HS 270900 - Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude | $72.7B | +13.8% | +0.2% |
| 2 | India (IND) | HS 851770 - Telephone sets and other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, via a wired or wireless network: parts | $14.8B | +18.2% | +0.0% |
| 3 | India (IND) | HS 851712 - Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | $10.5B | +20.9% | +0.0% |
| 4 | India (IND) | HS 854231 - Electronic integrated circuits: processors and controllers, whether or not combined with memories, converters, logic circuits, amplifiers, clock and timing circuits, or other circuits | $6.2B | +15.4% | +0.0% |
| 5 | Pakistan (PAK) | HS 854140 - Electrical apparatus: photosensitive, including photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels, light emitting diodes | $4.0B | +29.6% | +0.0% |
| 6 | Pakistan (PAK) | HS 851712 - Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | $2.5B | +17.7% | +0.0% |
| 7 | Bangladesh (BGD) | HS 520100 - Cotton: not carded or combed | $906.7M | +12.4% | +0.6% |
| 8 | Pakistan (PAK) | HS 850440 - Electrical static converters | $742.3M | +15.7% | +0.0% |
| 9 | Pakistan (PAK) | HS 520100 - Cotton: not carded or combed | $714.4M | +8.6% | +0.0% |
| 10 | Pakistan (PAK) | HS 090240 - Tea, black: (fermented) and partly fermented tea, in immediate packings of a content exceeding 3kg | $620.2M | +5.0% | +0.0% |
| 11 | India (IND) | HS 392690 - Plastics: other articles n.e.s. in chapter 39 | $603.1M | +8.3% | +0.0% |
| 12 | India (IND) | HS 999999 - Commodities not specified according to kind | $353.3M | -0.2% | +0.4% |
| 13 | India (IND) | HS 854129 - Electrical apparatus: transistors, (other than photosensitive), with a dissipation rate of 1W or more | $287.8M | +12.9% | +0.0% |
| 14 | India (IND) | HS 520100 - Cotton: not carded or combed | $284.8M | +7.1% | +3.3% |
| 15 | India (IND) | HS 854110 - Electrical apparatus: diodes, other than photosensitive or light emitting diodes | $238.4M | +9.8% | +0.0% |
| 16 | Pakistan (PAK) | HS 540247 - Yarn, synthetic: filament, monofilament (less than 67 decitex), polyesters (not high tenacity or textured), not partially oriented, single, untwisted or twisted 50 turns or less per metre, not for retail sale, not sewing thread | $171.8M | +15.2% | +0.0% |
| 17 | India (IND) | HS 851890 - Microphones, headphones, earphones, amplifier equipment: parts of the equipment of heading no. 8518 | $158.8M | +11.6% | +0.0% |
| 18 | India (IND) | HS 853229 - Electrical capacitors: fixed, n.e.c. in heading no. 8532 | $155.0M | +9.1% | +0.0% |
| 19 | India (IND) | HS 130190 - Natural gums, resins, gum-resins and oleoresins, n.e.c. in heading no. 1301 | $153.6M | +10.2% | +0.0% |
| 20 | Bangladesh (BGD) | HS 300220 - Vaccines: for human medicine | $133.0M | +11.0% | +0.1% |

## Sector opportunities

| Sector | Products | Reported buyer imports | Opportunity | Average growth |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| HS2 27 - HS2 sector 27 | 1 | $130.1B | $72.7B | +13.8% |
| HS2 85 - HS2 sector 85 | 11 | $34.6B | $39.6B | +15.3% |
| HS2 52 - HS2 sector 52 | 3 | $5.2B | $1.9B | +9.4% |
| HS2 39 - HS2 sector 39 | 3 | $1.2B | $696.2M | +9.3% |
| HS2 09 - HS2 sector 09 | 1 | $607.2M | $620.2M | +5.0% |
| HS2 99 - HS2 sector 99 | 2 | $410.4M | $389.4M | -2.6% |
| HS2 84 - HS2 sector 84 | 6 | $345.4M | $260.7M | +4.7% |
| HS2 87 - HS2 sector 87 | 4 | $318.6M | $199.1M | +11.0% |

## Frequently asked questions

### Should Chad focus on South Asia?

Use the market ranking as a starting point, then check product fit, buyer requirements, route costs, tariffs, standards, and competitive conditions.

### What does calculated opportunity mean?

It is a screening indicator built from demand and exporter-position signals. It is not a confirmed order, sales forecast, or guarantee of market entry.

### How should exporters use this page?

Prioritize one market and product combination, then validate buyers, compliance, logistics, pricing, and continuity before making a commercial decision.

## Method

Reported trade observations and calculated indicators are shown separately. Validate buyers, tariffs, standards, logistics, pricing, and competition before acting.

Yugalinks presents derived views for research and planning. [Read the full methodology](https://www.yugalinks.com/methodology).

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-30). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

This page presents derived Yugalinks views of reported observations and calculated indicators.