THE CONGOLESE GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN TRADE WELCOMES THE RENEWAL OF AGOA BY THE AMERICAN CONGRESS
Renewal by the American Congress of the African Growth and Opportunity Act - AGAO until December 31, 2026 for African exports to the United States of America without customs duties, the Congolese Government, through its Minister of Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya, welcomes this decision which was eagerly awaited by the countries of Sub-Saharan Africa and calls on economic operators to seize this opportunity.
Compliance with quality standards and certifications, and the use of approved and eco-responsible packaging as well as the contribution of the Congolese diaspora network in the United States of America constitute the secrets for economic operators to take advantage of this American law which allows the countries of Sub-Saharan Africa to export their products to the United States of America without payment of customs duties declares the Minister of Foreign Trade, and adding that the DRC, which already has a national AGOA strategy with 26 priority sectors including 21 non-mining and 5 mining, is in the process of consolidating the diversification of its exports on the international market.
Cocoa, coffee, tea, pineapple, mango, banana, avocado but also spices and tubers including chili, pepper, ginger, sesame and cassava; without forgetting mines and luxury metals including copper, cobalt, diamond, gold and 3T (Tin-Tantalum-Tungsten), textiles with leather, the making of raffia clothing and bags, but also fish and meat constitute the flagship products contained in the AGOA-DRC National Strategy, recalls Minister Julien Paluku Kahongya.
Let us note that the DRC rejoined AGOA in 2020, after 10 years of exclusion.
