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CLOSING OF THE PROJECT LAUNCH WORKSHOP ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TRADE INFORMATION PORTAL-PIC AND CAPACITY BUILDING OF THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TRADE FACILITATION AGREEMENT-CNFE

The Democratic Republic of Congo has just launched its Commercial Information Portal-PIC with the support of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development-
UNCTAD whose experts equipped for 5 days the members of the National Implementation Committee of the Agreement on Trade Facilitation of the World Trade Organization-WTO with its 4 pillars including transparency, simplification, harmonization, modernization and digitalization in commercial operations

With this Commercial Information Portal and the training of CNFE members on the implementation of the Trade Facilitation Agreement ratified by the DRC last July; the country is thus strengthening its integration into international trade, as a major player, declared Jules Muilu Mbo, Secretary General for Foreign Trade, on behalf of Minister Julien Paluku Kahongya.
On the instructions of the Minister of Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya, the popularization of this essential tool for the promotion of trade in the DRC throughout the world, but also, the training of economic operators and agents of the various public services at the provincial level on the AFE will be launched, added the Secretary General for Foreign Trade.

After the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development-
UNCTAD, a team of experts from the Reinforced Integrated Center-CIR is expected in Kinshasa to help the DRC implement the country program to develop its trade; fallout from the ratification by the DRC of two historic WTO agreements, notably the Agreement on Trade Facilitation and that on fishing subsidies, thanks to the economic and commercial diplomacy led by Minister Julien Paluku Kahongya under the leadership of the President of the Republic, Félix Tshisekedi Tshilombo and the coordination of the Prime Minister, Judith Suminwa Tuluka