It was originally intended to be a commercial cash crop, but now is a local subsistence crop. Rice is presently imported from neighboring countries. International donor funding efforts to organize, transform, improve and commercialize rice production have ceased. The U.S. could be especially competitive in medium quality broken milled rice. The principal competitors are Thailand, Brazil, Cameroon, and France.
Corn is a less important crop in Chad.
A potential market is open to U.S. corn exporters. Wheat and flour imports are liberal. There are two local flour mills. Wheat is purchased in bulk, bagged in Douala and transported to N'Djamena for milling. Local millers have a close working relationships with the French wheat industry.