Complaint

Complaint number
NTB-001-023  
NTB Type
8.1. Government Policy and regulations  
Complaint
The DRC has just published legislation prohibiting foreign vehicles from loading mining products and to remove (export) them from the DRC. The unofficial translation of the new DRC amendment:Article 4-It is strictly forbidden for any vehicle not registered in the Democratic Republic of Congo to load goods, in this case mining products from the national territory; In the event of violation of the above paragraph, the goods are immediately unloaded at the shipper's risk.

According to an unofficial translation of article four of the amendment affecting the DRC's road freight sector, "it is strictly forbidden for any vehicle not registered in the DRC to load goods, in this case mining products, from the national territory”.

The article continues, saying "in the event of violation of the above paragraph, the goods are immediately unloaded at the shipper's risk”. The decision is expected to have a wide-ranging impact on exports out of the DRC's Copperbelt region, with some transporters going so far as to say that it's wholly impractical and a protectionist strategy that is bound to boomerang against the government in Kinshasa.  
Progress update note
 
Policy or regulatory NTB
No 
Location
Democratic Republic of the Congo: The DRC government. Ministry of Transport (Government institution)  
Reporting Country or Region
South Africa  
Country specific trade issue
No  
Date of incident
2021-07-26  
Status
New  
Product Description
Mineral products

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Total value
0  
Date reported
2021-08-12 09:54  
Modified
2021-08-12 09:54  
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