LAUNCH OF THE PROJECT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TRADE INFORMATION PORTAL-PIC AND THE CAPACITY STRENGTHENING OF THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AGREEMENT ON TRADE FACILITATION OF THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION-WTO
Kick-off this Monday, November 10, 2025 in Kinshasa of the project launch workshop on the implementation of the Commercial Information Portal-PIC and the strengthening of the capacities of the National Committee for the Implementation of the Trade Facilitation Agreement of the World Trade Organization-WTO, ratified on July 11 by the Democratic Republic of Congo which already benefits from the related advantages
Thanks to the Commercial Information Portal, procedures will now be simplified, because it will allow producers,
exporters and importers to have reliable information in real time on the conditions of import, export and transit of goods, and this, with the reduction of cost and time, said Jules Mwilu Mboo, Secretary General for Foreign Trade representing the Minister of Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya while adding that the big nations are the trading nations
Support for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development-
UNCCD in the implementation of the Commercial Information Portal-PIC and the capacity building of members of the National Committee for the Implementation of the Agreement on Trade Facilitation aims to improve the conditions for economic operators engaged in international trade, because trade in intermediate products today accounts for 60% of global trade and the lack of information and transparency, but also administrative hassles add almost 15% to the final price of goods, reducing thus the competitiveness of exports from developing countries
declared Céline Bacrot, expert in Trade Facilitation at UNCTAD while revealing that the implementation of the Agreement on Trade Facilitation will reduce the costs of trade to $15
note that the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the Congolese Government through the Ministry of Commerce and the United Nations Conference on Trade and TradeMark Africa on the implementation of the Commercial Information Portal-PIC and the Agreement on Trade Facilitation constituted the 2nd highlight of this workshop which will last days
