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MEETING OF THE SUPERVISION COMMITTEE FOR THE REFORM OF THE COMPLETE SINGLE WINDOW FOR FOREIGN TRADE-GUCE IN THE DRC CHAIRED THIS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11 BY THE MINISTER JULIEN PALUKU KAHONGYA IN THE PRESENCE OF THE MINISTER OF FINANCE

Acceleration of the total dematerialization of import, export and transit operations of goods in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with 67 out of 77 elements making up the documentary bundle already dematerialized;
a reform which simplifies pre-customs clearance, customs clearance and post-customs clearance procedures,
while reducing costs and processing times for files, improving the traceability of operations and guaranteeing total transparency to secure public revenue, thus putting an end to the issuance of the documentary package in paper format.
The meeting of the supervisory committee of the reform of the Comprehensive Single Window for Foreign Trade-GUCE was chaired this Tuesday, November 11, 2025 in Kinshasa by the Minister of Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya, President of the said committee, with at his side his colleague from Finance, Doudou Fwamba and in which took part the delegates of the Presidency of the Republic, the Prime Minister, sectoral ministries and the Directors General of the Comprehensive Single Window for Foreign Trade-GUCE, the General Directorate of Customs and Excise-DGDA, the Congolese Control Office-OCC and the General Multimodal Freight Office-
OGEFREM

The electronic and integrated transmission of documentary packages in the Sydonia Word system of the General Directorate of Customs and Excise-DGDA through the declaration of goods
must be consolidated in the Democratic Republic of Congo which has ratified the Agreement on
Trade Facilitation - AFE of the World Trade Organization-WTO, and which is now called upon to comply with international standards for commercial operations, insisted the Minister of Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya,

Also the question of the concession contract signed on October 5, 2013 between the Congolese Government and Bureau Veritas-BIVAC -Bureau Veritas SOGET which should expire in October 2024 extended by 2 years therefore until 2026 constituted the 2nd highlight of this meeting of the GUCE reform supervision committee;
a technical commission has been set up