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MINISTER OF FOREIGN TRADE DOUALA–BANGUI–ZONGO CORRIDOR: MINISTER JULIEN PALUKU KAHONGYA DESPATCHES A MISSION TO REMOVE OBSTACLES TO TRANSIT

Faced with complaints from economic operators in the North-West of the DRC on the alleged double customs clearance of goods in transit, the Minister of Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya, dispatched a multi-sectoral mission to the Douala–Bangui–Zongo corridor.

Objective, identify bottlenecks and propose solutions to streamline imports and exports.

Made up of experts from the office of the Minister of Foreign Trade, ANAPEX, DGDA, SEGUCE, ONAPAC and ACGT, this delegation began its consultations on August 4 in Yaoundé, with the Cameroonian Commerce and Customs administrations.

From August 5 to 6 in Douala, the mission continued its discussions with customs services, the Central African customs window and the Single Window for Foreign Trade Operations, before a trip to the port to examine the logistics chain of goods in transit.

After Cameroon, the delegation continued its consultations in the Central African Republic before completing the mission in Zongo, in the DRC, with an inventory of the border post.

Note that this mission is led by Henri GERENDAWELE, Deputy Director General of ANAPEX, the Office of the Minister of Foreign Trade is represented by Shopper KASIKI, Deputy Coordinator, and Carlos BENGA, Advisor to the Minister