Names: conventional long form: Republic of Chad conventional short form: Chad local long form: Republique du Tchad/Jumhuriyat Tshad local short form: Tchad/Tshad

Capital City: N'Djamena

Population: 9,944,201 (July 2006 est.)

GDP Per Capita: $1,500 (2006 est.)

Currency: Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XAF); note - responsible authority is the Bank of the Central African States

Languages: French (official), Arabic (official), Sara (in south), more than 120 different languages and dialects

Total Area: total: 1.284 million sq km land: 1,259,200 sq km water: 24,800 sq km slightly more than three times the size of California

Region: Africa

Industries: oil, cotton textiles, meatpacking, beer brewing, natron (sodium carbonate), soap, cigarettes, construction materials

Agriculture: cotton, sorghum, millet, peanuts, rice, potatoes, manioc (tapioca); cattle, sheep, goats, camels

Resources: petroleum, uranium, natron, kaolin, fish (Lake Chad), gold, limestone, sand and gravel, salt

Labor Force: 2.719 million (1993)
agriculture: 80% (subsistence farming, herding, and fishing) industry and services: 20%

Exports: $4.342 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
cotton, cattle, gum arabic, oil

Imports: $823.1 million f.o.b. (2006 est.)
machinery and transportation equipment, industrial goods, foodstuffs, textiles

Overview: Chad's primarily agricultural economy will continue to be boosted by major foreign direct investment projects in the oil sector that began in 2000. Over 80% of Chad's population relies on subsistence farming and livestock raising for its livelihood. Chad's economy has long been handicapped by its landlocked position, high energy costs, and a history of instability. Chad relies on foreign assistance and foreign capital for most public and private sector investment projects. A consortium led by two US companies has been investing $3.7 billion to develop oil reserves - estimated at 1 billion barrels - in southern Chad. The nation's total oil reserves has been estimated to be 2 billion barrels. Oil production came on stream in late 2003. Chad began to export oil in 2004. Cotton, cattle, and gum arabic provide the bulk of Chad's non-oil export earnings.

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In 2007 Missouri exported $200,232 in goods to Chad. This ranks Chad 173^rd among the 223 international buyers of Missouri goods. Missouri exports to Chad decreased from the previous year by $122,371 a change of -37.93%. State exports to Chad have increased over the last 5 years by 176,702 a change of 750.96. Missouri exports account for .00%. of all 2007 US exports to Chad.