CLOSURE OF THE MEETING OF THE REGIONAL COORDINATION COMMITTEE OF THE TRADE FACILITATION AND INTEGRATION PROJECT IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION-PFCIGL
Further facilitate cross-border trade within the framework of the trade agreement signed in 2022 between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi, in favor of small traders and the entire population; but also accelerate
infrastructure construction work including one-stop border posts, markets and ports financed by the World Bank along the common borders of these two neighboring countries;
These are the key outcomes of the meeting of the regional coordination committee for the Trade Facilitation and Integration Project in the GREAT LAKES Region.
PFCIGL which drew its curtains this Tuesday in Kinshasa.
The Democratic Republic of Congo has just made operational since October 15, 2024, the
Simplified Commercial Regime-RECOS
announced his Minister of Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya, closing this two-day work
For her part, the Burundian Minister of Commerce, Industry, Transport and Tourism, Marie-Chantal Nijimbere welcomed the DRC's assurances regarding the series of measures prohibiting the temporary importation of some products to safeguard its industries which do not concern products of Burundian origin.
It was an opportunity for the World Bank to reiterate its commitments to accelerate the execution of these various projects.
Note that the Deputy Executive Secretary in charge of programs at the secretariat level of the
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa- COMESA,
Ambassador Doctor Mohamed Kadah declared that this meeting allowed these two countries to evaluate their commitments on tariff dismantling.
