News & Events

15/12/2025

Ministry of External Trade

Trade between Russia and Armenia will decline in 2025, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk says

“If we talk about mutual trade last year, as you remember, it amounted to $15.4 billion. This year they will clearly amount to at least $6 billion,...

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12/12/2025

Ministry of External Trade

STRATEGIC MEETING WITH THE AMBASSADOR OF ETHIOPIA TO THE DRC ON THE SIGNATURE OF A BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENT AND WITH A DELEGATION FROM THE WORLD BANK ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURES TO FACILITATE TRADE UNDER THE LOBITO CORRIDOR PROJECT.

It is towards the signing of a bilateral trade agreement between the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Federal Republic of Ethiopia, now determi...

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11/12/2025

Ministry of External Trade

THE WORKSHOP TO PULGARIZE THE SIMPLIFIED COMMERCIAL REGIME-RECOS LAUNCHED THIS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2025 IN KINSHASA BY MINISTER JULIEN PALUKU KAHONGYA

After ratifying the World Trade Organization-WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement last July, the Democratic Republic of Congo is further consolidating ...

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11/12/2025

Ministry of External Trade

South Africa-USA: exports on the rise despite the end of AGOA

Trade between South Africa and the United States will experience a paradoxical development in 2025. While Washington is increasing surcharges and t...

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11/12/2025

Ministry of External Trade

Chinese foreign trade increases by 3.6% over the first eleven months of the year

China's foreign trade grew slightly in the first 11 months of 2025, with the total merchandise trade volume increasing 3.6 percent year-on-year to ...

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10/12/2025

Ministry of External Trade

ADOPTION THIS WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2025 IN KINSHASA OF THE WORK PROGRAM AND THE 2026 ANNUAL BUDGET OF THE TRADE FACILITATION AND INTEGRATION PROJECT IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION - PFCIGL

Adoption this Wednesday, December 10, 2025 in Kinshasa of the 2026 Annual Work Program and Budget of the Trade Facilitation and Integration Project...

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10/12/2025

Ministry of External Trade

TECHNICAL MEETING WITH THE WORLD BANK DELEGATION ON ACCELERATION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TRADE FACILITATION AND INTEGRATION PROJECT IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION- PFCGIL

Acceleration of the implementation of the Trade Facilitation and Integration Project in the Great Lakes Region-PFCIGL, concrete and realistic strat...

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08/12/2025

Ministry of External Trade

China: trade surplus soars and exceeds $1,000 billion for the first time

If exports to the United States fell sharply, the increase in those to the rest of the world largely compensated. Enough to reinforce the fears of ...

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04/12/2025

Ministry of External Trade

46th MEETING OF THE COMESA COUNCIL OF MINISTERS IN LUSAKA, ZAMBIA: THE DRC, THROUGH ITS MINISTER OF FOREIGN TRADE, ADVOCATED FOR RESPECT FOR THE RULES OF ORIGIN OF PRODUCTS IN THE COMESA AREA AND THE STRENGTHENING OF ITS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT- UNCTAD

The Minister of Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya represented the Democratic Republic of Congo at the 46th meeting of the Council of Ministers ...

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