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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE: SAFEGUARDING LOCAL INDUSTRY IN THE DRC - DESCENT OF MINISTER JULIEN PALUKU KAHONGYA THIS WEDNESDAY TO THE FACTORIES MANUFACTURING CAPS, SYRINGES...OF THE AFRICA CROWNS AND PACKAGING-ACP COMPANY IN KINSHASA TO BE REASSURED OF ITS PRODUCTIVE CAPACITY TO SATISFY LOCAL DEMAND

This is with the aim of reassuring ourselves of the productive capacity of the factories of the company Africa Crowns and Packaging-ACP which produce 1.907 billion caps per year and 300 million syringes per year, in the first phase, and this, before taking temporary restriction measures on the importation of these products in the western part of the country, etc., as part of the safeguarding of local industry to protect jobs, in accordance with
to the rules of the World Trade Organization-WTO; that Minister of Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya visited this Wednesday April 29, 2026 the factories of this company based in the commune of Limete to the east of the capital Kinshasa.

On site, the Minister of Foreign Trade accompanied by experts from his Ministry was entitled to information on the postcard of the company Africa Crowns and Packaging-ACP, provided by Adil Rajwani its General Director, before visiting the factories which produce bottle caps for the brewing companies established in the western part of the country.

Very amazed by the productive capacity of the ACP to satisfy local demand, the Minister of Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya announced that shortly, he will sign an order imposing temporary restriction measures on the importation of caps and syringes in the western part of the country, because these products are certified by the Congolese Control Office-OCC on compliance with international standards.

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Present in the DRC since 2008, Africa Crowns and Packaging-ACP is also established in Angola, Uganda and Ghana.