Chad: Government plans end of live cattle exports by 2028

The announcement, reported by Financial Afric, indicates that Chadian authorities plan to end live cattle exports by 2028. Since the detailed content of the source article is reserved for subscribers, neither the precise figures, the modalities of the measure, nor official statements could be verified at this stage. Chad, a landlocked Sahelian country, derives a significant portion of its export revenue from livestock, a sector historically oriented towards the markets of Nigeria, Cameroon, and Libya. Such a decision, if confirmed, would be in line with a regional trend towards the local transformation of agricultural raw materials, already observed in other West African livestock-producing countries. For herders, live cattle exporters, and neighboring importing states, the stakes would be high: slaughter, conservation, and meat processing capacities would need to be developed upstream on Chadian territory, with investments and a timetable yet to be specified. In the absence of additional information on the planned mechanisms (progressive bans, quotas, incentives for local processing) and on the stakeholders consulted, it is impossible to assess the real feasibility of this 2028 objective or its quantified impacts on herders' incomes and regional trade.