SAFEGUARDING LOCAL INDUSTRY IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
The Minister of Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya has just signed a series of orders renewing the temporary restriction measures on the importation of certain products for a period of 12 months
- earthenware and tiles in the western part
-low-voltage copper electrical conductors and cables in the western part
-stainless steel cathodes in the South-East part
-liquid and powder detergents in the South-East part
-ethyl alcohol (ethanol) in the western part
- low, medium and high voltage copper and aluminum electrical conductors, unarmored electrical cables, copper and lead anodes, rigid ethylene polymer tubes and pipes in the southern part
-low-voltage copper electrical conductors and cables in the western part
-iron bars in the western part
In the event of a need for supply in parts of the national territory where consumers have difficult access to local products, economic operators may benefit from an exemption granted by the Minister responsible for Foreign Trade.
In this specific case, the applicant is required to submit his request for exemption to the aforementioned Authority by expressly specifying in advance in his letter of request, the place of destination and the batch number of the goods concerned.
The said request must be accompanied by a printed copy of the login request email addressed to the Integral Single Window for Foreign Trade, failing which it is rejected.
