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16/03/2026

Ministry of External Trade

China announces tariff-free access to African products and calls for a multipolar world

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi announced that China will apply a zero-tariff regime on 100% of African products subject to import taxes from May ...

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13/03/2026

Ministry of External Trade

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE: RELAUNCH OF ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL COOPERATION BETWEEN THE DRC AND SENEGAL, AT THE CENTER OF A TECHNICAL MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR CHRISTOPHE MUZUNGU KABEMBA

The implementation of concrete and realistic strategies to relaunch economic and commercial cooperation between the Democratic Republic of Congo an...

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12/03/2026

Ministry of External Trade

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE: TECHNICAL MEETING WITH UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS ON THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE SUCCESS OF HIGH-LEVEL NATIONAL WORKSHOP, IN THE FRAMEWORK OF MODERNIZATION OF PARTNERSHIP WITH UNCTAD

Successful organization of the high-level national workshop scheduled for March 17 to 18, 2026 in Kinshasa, with the objective of increasing produc...

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11/03/2026

Ministry of External Trade

(Multimedia) LEAD China's foreign trade up 18.3 pct in first two months of 2026

BEIJING, March 10 (Xinhua) -- China's foreign trade got off to a robust start to the year, with double-digit growth in the total value of merchandi...

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10/03/2026

Ministry of External Trade

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE: TECHNICAL MEETING ON THE SUCCESS OF THE ORGANIZATION OF THE HIGH-LEVEL NATIONAL WORKSHOP SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 17 TO 18, 2026 AND OF SPECIALIZED TECHNICAL TRAINING ON COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS OF THE PRODUCTIVE CAPACITY INDEX, SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 19 TO 18, 2026. MARCH 20, 2026, CHAIRED THIS TUESDAY IN KINSHASA BY MINISTER JULIEN PALUKU KAHONGYA

To reassure ourselves of the success of the organization of the high-level National Workshop scheduled for March 17 to 18, 2026 in Kinshasa and the...

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08/03/2026

Ministry of External Trade

81ST MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS CHAIRED THIS FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2026 AT THE AFRICAN UNION CITY BY THE PRIME MINISTER, JUDITH SUMINWA INFORMATION NOTE REPORTING TO THE FOREIGN TRADE SECTOR

Following the instruction of the Prime Minister, Head of Government, the Minister of Foreign Trade for his part highlighted to the council for exam...

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05/03/2026

Ministry of External Trade

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE: OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF THE UNITED KINGDOM-DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE THIS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 2026 IN KINSHASA BY MINISTER JULIEN PALUKU KAHONGYA

Increasing trade between London and Kinshasa, the United Kingdom-Democratic Republic of Congo Chamber of Commerce was launched this Wednesday March...

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05/03/2026

Ministry of External Trade

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE: THE FORMALIZATION OF THE NATIONAL COMMITTEES SPS- SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY, TBT- TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE AND CODEX ALIMENTARIUS, AT THE CENTER OF A TECHNICAL MEETING THIS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 2026 IN KINSHASA BETWEEN MINISTER JULIEN PALUKU KAHONGYA AND SAID ALI, INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE EXPERT

Consolidation of the integration of the Democratic Republic of Congo into international trade, and this, after the ratification of the agreement on...

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04/03/2026

Ministry of External Trade

In Trump's trade war, who wins? Who loses?

Record customs duties, global surcharge, abandonment of AGOA... The first year of Donald Trump's second term has redesigned trade flows between Was...

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