MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE: TOWARDS THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE DRC AND THE COMPANY INTERTEK, SPECIALIZED IN INSPECTION, PHYSICAL TESTING AND CERTIFICATION OF PRODUCTS
Strengthening consumer protection in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the competitiveness of products made in DRC on the international market, the company Intertek specializing in inspection, physical testing and certification of products, based in London in the United Kingdom and present in 37 African countries, has come to request a public-private partnership, with the Congolese Government through the Congolese Control Office-OCC, which has the mission of assessing the conformity of goods, products and devices both upon importation for export and on the local market.
It was this Wednesday, May 6, 2026 in Kinshasa during a technical meeting between the Minister of Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya, surrounded by experts and the delegation from the Intertek group headed by Jeremy Gaspard, Vice-President of this multinational company, in charge of government and commercial services.
Marcel Compaoré, regional manager of government and commercial services for West and Central Africa at Inteteck, explains
The Democratic Republic of Congo, which is consolidating its integration into world trade, is organizing from May 11 to 15, 2026 in Kinshasa, with the support of the Secretariat of the World Trade Organization-
WTO, the 3rd Trade Policy Review of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The organizing committee met this Wednesday at the office of the Minister of Foreign Trade to reassure itself of the success of this major meeting.
