MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE TECHNICAL MEETING WITH THE GENERAL DIRECTOR OF THE AGRO-INDUSTRIAL GARDEN OF CONGO ON PROMOTING THE EXPORT OF MAD IN DRC PEPPERS TO CHINA
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This is good news for pepper and cocoa producers throughout the national territory in the Democratic Republic of Congo, now called upon to supply China annually with 180,000 tonnes of dried chili peppers and 50,000 tonnes of cocoa, the result of the bilateral agreement signed on September 6, 2024 in Beijing between the Congolese Minister of Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya and Chinese counterpart, Wang Wentao, which enabled the signing of the strategic partnership agreement for the marketing of dried peppers between the International Chamber of Commerce of Christian Communities, represented by Paul Okitana Omambo, Director General of the Congo Agro-industrial Garden and the Chinese company Hunan Pengfei International Trade Co.Ltd, based in Changsha, represented by Shixian Luo
This Monday, July 27, 2026, Paul Okitana Omambo came to request the support of the Congolese Government to allow local producers and exporters to take advantage of this agreement, which will make it possible to earn more than 500 million dollars per year, just for the pepper sector.
On behalf of the Congolese State, the Minister of Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya, who further consolidates the economic and commercial diplomacy of the DRC, in the name of the President of the Republic, Félix Tshisekedi Tshilombo, with the conquest today of several markets including Chinese where products made in DRC are exempt from customs duties, encouraged the economic operator Paul Okitana Omambo, while calling for the structuring of the chili and pepper sectors. cocoa, the creation of a federation of producers and exporters of peppers and cocoa, the mapping and identification of production areas throughout the national territory, the mobilization of the expertise of the Ministers of Agriculture and Food Security, Rural Development and Foreign Trade in order to ensure access to improved seeds and organize producers into cooperatives, but also, train them on compliance with international standards including Chinese, with the assistance of the Congolese Control Office-OCC and the National Agency for the Promotion of Exports-ANAPEX, he insisted.
To find out the Government's support arrangements and participate in this dynamic, the Minister of Foreign Trade invited interested producers and economic operators to contact his Cabinet and the National Agency for the Promotion of Exports-ANAPEX.
On behalf of producers and economic operators, the General Director of Jardin Agro-industriel du Congo threw flowers to the Congolese Government for its commitment.
Note that chili pepper plays an important role in the manufacture of defense or technical equipment including tear gas and cable protection, in the food industry and in pharmacy with pain relieving creams, cosmetics with lipsticks, etc.
