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CAPACITY BUILDING OF MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TRADE FACILITATION AGREEMENT-CNFE BY EXPERTS OF THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT-UNCTAD

Strengthening the integration of the Democratic Republic of Congo into international trade, the members of the National Committee for the Implementation of the Agreement on Trade Facilitation of the World Trade Organization-WTO have been equipped since this Wednesday, November 12, 2025 in Kinshasa by experts from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development-
UNCTAD from Geneva to Switzerland on the simplification, harmonization and standardization of procedures in import, export and transit operations of goods.

To be competitive in international trade, the Democratic Republic of Congo must have a well-functioning supply chain to facilitate trade with adequate infrastructure said Céline Bacrot, expert at UNCTAD; while insisting on the 4 pillars of trade facilitation, notably transparency, simplification, harmonization, modernization and digitalization in commercial operations, and this, with great mobilization of the public and private sector

Expert Maria Bolotnikov, for her part, gave details on the Tracker reform which aims to facilitate communication and coordination between the members of the National Implementation Committee of the AFE but also the centralization of important documents and the sharing of information

Thanks to this training, the National Committee for the Implementation of the Agreement on Trade Facilitation-CNFE will play its role well, because the DRC is already on the right track with the total dematerialization of commercial operations, said Jules Mwilu Mboo, Secretary General for Foreign Trade, representing Minister Julien Paluku Kahongya

Note that the CNFE is made up of the public and private sector