92 ITH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 2026: INFORMATION NOTE RELATING TO THE FOREIGN TRADE SECTOR
During the 92nd meeting of the Council of Ministers chaired this Friday, June 12, 2026 at the city of the African Union by the Head of State, the Minister of Foreign Trade informed the Council of the signing of the International Agreement on Cocoa-ICCO in the premises of the International Cocoa Organization in Abidjan in Côte d'Ivoire on June 2, 2026.
He indicated that the Democratic Republic of Congo is the 4th country to have signed this new agreement out of the 23 which make up the group of exporters.
This text brings innovations such as guaranteed living income for exporters, sustainability, forced traceability, local promotion and processing, but also an indefinite duration of the agreement dedicated to guaranteeing more structural stability to the cocoa sector in the face of crises.
Addressing the prospects for revitalizing the cocoa sector in the DRC, the Minister of Foreign Trade said that in 10 years, the country aims to produce 1 million tonnes of cocoa and strengthen the valorization of the cocoa sector with the development of value chains...
