STOP AT INTOX TO TURN THE TRANSSHIPMENT OF GOODS IN NORTH KIVU. MINISTER JULIEN PALUKU KAHONGYA CALLS FOR CALM
Stop the intoxication around the transshipment of goods in the province of North Kivu, the Minister of Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya this Tuesday during the Magazine Parole aux Listeners on Radio Okapi called the population and economic operators of Kasindi/Lubiriha-Oicha, Beni-Butembo-
Lubero calm down and not give in to false and tendentious information spread by people with bad intentions.
For JulienPaluku Kahongya, competences being assigned, the Ministry of Foreign Trade regulates exports and imports while safeguarding local industries against dumping, while questions of goods and customs fall under the Ministry of Finance, he insisted.
To the Minister of Foreign Trade to continue, to support economic operators based in provinces under a state of siege shaken by armed conflicts, the Government through a decree from the Prime Minister has decided to grant them exemptions.
During this interactive program focused on the advantages of the Simplified Commercial Regime-RECOS officially launched on October 30 by the DRC and Burundi within the framework of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa-COMESA and on the fallout from the 23rd summit of COMESA Heads of State and Government held in Bujumbura, Burundi, Minister Julien Paluku Kahongya announced that shortly, he will go to the level border posts of Kasindi-Lubiriha in North Kivu and Mahagi-Aru in Ituri where the Simplified Commercial Regime-RECOS will also be launched with the involvement of the Ministry of Finance, and this, after technical meetings with the Ugandan authorities, he added.
Note that the Simplified Commercial Regime-RECOS aims to
-simplify import and export procedures for small traders, hence saving time at border posts,
-reduce tax rates and payment for other services, hence increasing profits
-create and maintain small jobs through cross-border trade
