CLOSURE OF THE DRC-ZAMBIA BIPARTITE IN LUBUMBASHI IN UPPER KATANGA
The Zambian Government has just announced to the Democratic Republic of Congo the unconditional reopening of its borders closed at Kasumbalesa -Sakania-
Mukambo from this Tuesday, August 13, 2024 in order to allow the free movement of people and goods
and undertakes to track down the splitting of goods transiting on land towards the DRC, a way of fighting against dumping which negatively impacts Congolese industries while guaranteeing the free movement of goods in transit to the DRC in accordance with the provisions of the World Trade Organization-WTO on trade and accepts the establishment of a bipartite commission responsible for examining the question linked to the importation into the DRC of lime, gray cement and clinker with regard to concerns more particularly the supply of the above-mentioned products and the demand in the DRC in compliance with the relevant provisions on the rules of origin.
The DRC, which has agreed to revisit this bilateral trade agreement in the coming days, has undertaken to authorize the entry into its territory of goods covered by the safeguard measures whose import procedure had been initiated before the publication of said measures.
A special 30-day exemption from this Monday is collectively granted to all economic operators concerned
Any imports carried out in accordance with bilateral trade agreements do not fall within the scope of these safeguard measures.
In the event of a need for supply in parts of the national territory where consumers have difficult access to local products affected by the safeguard measures, economic operators can benefit from an import exemption granted by the Minister responsible for Foreign Trade in his responsibilities, here is the summary of the joint press release signed this Monday in Lubumbashi by the Minister of Foreign Trade of the DRC, Julien Paluku Kahongya and his Zambian colleague
Chipkoka Mulenga at the end of the bilateral ministerial meeting between these two countries which reiterated the determination of their Heads of State in particular Félix Tshisekedi and Hakainde Hichilema for rn
