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05/05/2026

Ministry of External Trade

Trade: China opens its market wide to 53 African countries without customs duties

Since May 1, 2026, African exports have benefited from duty-free access to the Chinese market. The measure concerns 53 countries on the continent a...

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05/05/2026

Ministry of External Trade

The 12th edition of the African Investment and Trade Forum on May 9 and 10 in Algiers

ALGIERS - The Arab-African Investment and Development Center (CAAID) announced, Monday in a press release, the organization of the 12th edition of ...

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04/05/2026

Ministry of External Trade

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE: TECHNICAL MEETING WITH THE RAWBANK ON THE PROMOTION OF FINANCING FOR PRIORITY AGRICULTURAL SECTORS TO INCREASE THE VOLUME OF EXPORTS FROM THE DRC TO THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET + THE REQUEST FOR TEMPORARY RESTRICTION MEASURES ON THE IMPORT OF MATTRESS BY THE COMPANY COMPLAST

Promoting financing for priority agricultural sectors including cocoa, coffee, rice, cassava, corn and palm oil in pilot areas including North Kivu...

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02/05/2026

Ministry of External Trade

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE: ACTIVE PARTICIPATION OF THE DRC IN THE 9TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FINANCING INVESTMENT AND TRADE IN AFRICA-FITA 2026 IN TUNIS

Focused on the structuring and development of sovereign, integrated and sustainable African value chains to transform the economic potential of the...

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30/04/2026

Ministry of External Trade

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE: SAFEGUARDING LOCAL INDUSTRY IN THE DRC - DESCENT OF MINISTER JULIEN PALUKU KAHONGYA THIS WEDNESDAY TO THE FACTORIES MANUFACTURING CAPS, SYRINGES...OF THE AFRICA CROWNS AND PACKAGING-ACP COMPANY IN KINSHASA TO BE REASSURED OF ITS PRODUCTIVE CAPACITY TO SATISFY LOCAL DEMAND

This is with the aim of reassuring ourselves of the productive capacity of the factories of the company Africa Crowns and Packaging-ACP which produ...

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30/04/2026

Ministry of External Trade

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE: STRATEGIC MEETING WITH LEADERS OF THE AMERICAN JEWISH COMMUNITY - AJC ON THE PROMOTION OF THE INSTALLATION IN THE DRC OF INDUSTRIAL UNITS TO BOOST THE COUNTRY'S PRODUCTIVE CAPACITIES AND ITS EXPORTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET

Renowned as a global economic power and influential in American political circles, the Jewish Community of the United States of America - AJC is no...

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28/04/2026

Ministry of External Trade

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE: STRATEGIC MEETING WITH SOUTH AFRICAN COMPANIES IDC AND BUSINESS HOLDING AND THE FPI ON ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES TO BE CAPTURED IN THE DRC

The South African company Industrial Development Corporation-IDC specializes in increasing industrial capacity in Africa, with particular emphasis ...

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28/04/2026

Ministry of External Trade

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE: ARRIVAL END OF TERM, THE AMBASSADOR OF GREAT BRITAIN TO THE DRC, ALYSON KING BID FAREWELL TO MINISTER JULIEN PALUKU KAHONGYA

Arrival at the end of her mandate, the Ambassador of Great Britain to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Alyson King, said goodbye this Wednesday, A...

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28/04/2026

Ministry of External Trade

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE: CLOSING OF THE FRENCH WEEK IN KINSHASA: MINISTER JULIEN PALUKU KAHONGYA REASSURED FRENCH BUSINESS HEADS OF THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE BUSINESS CLIMATE IN THE DRC

Guest of honor at the gala dinner offered this Thursday, April 23, 2026 as part of the closing of the French week in Kinshasa, the Minister of Fore...

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