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09/06/2026

Ministry of External Trade

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE: MINISTER JULIEN PALUKU KAHONGYA GIVES GUIDELINES TO NEW LEADERS OF THE CONGOLESE CONTROL OFFICE-OCC

Strengthening consumer protection in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the competitiveness of products made in DRC on the world market, the Mini...

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05/06/2026

Ministry of External Trade

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE: STRATEGIC MEETING WITH THE IVORIAN MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND FOOD PRODUCTION ON THE VALORIZATION OF THE COCOA INDUSTRY

The Democratic Republic of Congo, which signed the International Cocoa Agreement-ICCO in Abidjan on June 2, 2026, will now benefit from the long Iv...

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05/06/2026

Ministry of External Trade

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE DRC-ADB COOPERATION: MINISTER JULIEN PALUKU KAHONGYA MOBILIZES THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK TO FINANCE PRIORITY PROJECTS IN THE DRC

Received this Thursday, June 4, 2026 at the headquarters of the African Development Bank-AfDB in Abidjan in Côte d'Ivoire by Salomon Quaynor, Vice-...

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03/06/2026

Ministry of External Trade

DRC-IVORY COAST COOPERATION

Promoting the cocoa sector in Africa, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Ivory Coast, world leader in cocoa with its 2 million tonnes per year, n...

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03/06/2026

Ministry of External Trade

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE: THE DRC SIGNS THE INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT ON COCOA-ICCO IN ABIDJAN IN THE IVORY COAST

Promoting the cocoa sector in the Democratic Republic of Congo with the protection of local producers, the Congolese Government, through the Minist...

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01/06/2026

Ministry of External Trade

COUNCIL OF MINISTERS ON FRIDAY, MAY 29, 2026: JULIEN PALUKU KAHONGYA, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE HEAD OF STATE WITHIN THE AUDA-NEPAD STEERING COMMITTEE RECEIVED STRATEGIC GUIDANCE FROM PRESIDENT FÉLIX ANTOINE TSHISEKEDI TSHILOMBO

On the sidelines of the Council of Ministers this Friday, May 29, 2026, Julien Paluku Kahongya, Personal Representative of the Head within the Stee...

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29/05/2026

Ministry of External Trade

11TH EDITION OF EXPOBÉTON 2026 IN KALEMIE: PANEL: FACILITATION OF INVESTMENTS, EXCHANGES, IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF GOODS: INTERVENTION BY THE EXPERT JULES MWILU MBOO, REPRESENTING THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN TRADE

Speaking this Thursday, May 28, 2026 at the 11th edition of ExpoBéton RDC 2026, in the panel "Facilitation of investments, trade, imports and expor...

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29/05/2026

Ministry of External Trade

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE: ACTIVE PARTICIPATION OF THE DRC IN THE REGIONAL SEMINAR OF RESTITUTION AND CONSULTATIONS RELATING TO PREPARATIONS FOR THE 3RD SUMMIT ON FINANCING WOMEN AND YOUTH IN AFRICA, ON THE MARGIN OF THE 61ST SESSION OF THE ANNUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE ADB HELD IN BRAZZAVILLE

Dispatched by the Minister of Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya, experts from the Democratic Republic of Congo took active part this Tuesday, M...

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26/05/2026

Ministry of External Trade

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE: FLASH

In a decree signed this Monday, May 25, 2026, the Minister of Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya has just lifted the precautionary suspension me...

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