SAFEGUARDING LOCAL INDUSTRY: DESCENT OF MINISTER JULIEN PALUKU KAHONGYA THIS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2025 AT THE GRAND MOULIN DE KINSHASA-GMK
Consolidation of the safeguarding of local industry in the Democratic Republic, the Minister of Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya, this Tuesday, October 7, 2025, visited the Grand Moulin de Kinshasa-GMK located in the commune of Ngaliema, today the victim of unfair competition from corn flour and wheat flour imported from Angola and other countries; objective, to reassure itself of its production capacity to satisfy local demand in the western part of the country, before taking measures restricting the importation of corn flour and wheat flour in this corner of the country.
Visiting the factories of the Grand Moulin de Kinshasa-GMK, the Minister of Foreign Trade was amazed by feeling the large production capacity of this company which is 9,000 tons of corn flour per month while the local demand is 7,500 tons and 30,000 tons for wheat flour while the demand is 20,000 tons monthly.
Grand Moulin de Kinshasa-GMK will benefit from measures to safeguard local industry and producers are called upon to increase production so that products made in DRC can flood the country's markets, with the support of the Ministry of Agriculture and thus fight against the flight of capital, said the Minister of Commerce.
Shortly before the visit to the factories, Minister Julien Paluku Kahongya accompanied by experts from his Ministry was entitled to technical explanations provided by the General Director of GMK, Papy Alekoli and his technicians.
