DRC-TANZANIA COMMERCIAL COOPERATION THE PORT OF DAR ES SALAAM VISITED BY THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN TRADE, JULIEN PALUKU KAHONGYA
After the solemn commitment of the Congolese and Tanzanian Governments to sign a bilateral trade agreement within 90 days, the Minister of Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya accompanied by officials of Congolese public services deployed in Tanzania including the General Directorate of Customs and Excise-DGDA, the Multimodal Freight Management Office-OGEFREM and the Center of Expertise, Evaluation and Certification-CEEC
visited the port of Dar es Salaam this Saturday, September 19, 206; objective, to reassure ourselves of the good security of imports and exports from the DRC.
On site, the Minister of Foreign Trade was entitled to technical explanations provided by the Tanzanian port authorities,
who indicated that the DRC has half of the freight intended for transit at the port of Dar es Salaam, which today has the capacity to process Congolese freight in 2 days, instead of 10 days in the past.
On behalf of the Congolese Government, Minister Julien Paluku Kahongya asked the management of the port of Dar es Salaam to ensure interconnection with the DRC's public services based in Tanzania, to thus allow regular monitoring of all cargoes intended for the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The model of the port of Dar es Salaam will inspire the DRC in the project to build the deep water port of Banana in the province of Kongo Central and modernize other ports across the country, with the aim of increasing the flow of trade from the DRC with the rest of the world, he added.
Note that the port of Dar es Salaam has a total quay length of approximately 2,600 meters.
