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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE: TECHNICAL MEETING WITH THE PROVINCIAL MINISTER OF TRADE OF TSHOPO ON THE PROMOTION OF TRADE EXPORTS AND FOREIGN ACTIVITIES

The promotion of exports of products made in DRC generated by the province of Tshopo to markets conquered by the Congolese Government through the Ministry of Foreign Trade including British, Chinese, Emirati and American with AGOA, on which these products are exempt from customs duties, but also, respect for standards and the encouragement of local producers of cocoa-coffee and other products to organize themselves into cooperatives as well as availability by the Provincial Government of land where the Tshopo fair will be built. These bridges were at the center of a technical meeting this Monday, April 27, 2026 in Kinshasa between the Minister of Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya and the Provincial Minister of Tshopo in charge of Trade, Budget, Planning, Small and Medium Enterprises-PEM and Government Spokesperson, Claudine Atisandi Elondia, dispatched by the Governor, Paulin Lendongolia Lebabonga, who obtained from the Minister, a firm promise to build the Provincial Foreign Trade Division in Kisangani.

During this meeting, the Minister reiterated his promise made before the National Assembly, that of going shortly to Kisangani in Tshopo, Bunia in Ituri, Beni-Butembo in North Kivu and in Greater Equator, in an awareness campaign for local agricultural producers and economic operators on compliance with sanitary and phytosanitary standards, to thus take advantage of the markets conquered by the Ministry of Foreign Trade.

Furthermore, Provincial Minister Claudine Atisandi Elondia drew on the expertise of Minister Julien Paluku Kahongya on decentralization, with emphasis placed on the mobilization of public revenue in Tshopo.