Bukavu: Launch of a training workshop on customs procedures and regulations for goods within the central corridor

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On Monday, May 23, 2022 in Bukavu begins a capacity building workshop for customs forwarders on mastering customs procedures and regulations in order to avoid past mistakes and to make trade fluid. More than 70 customs brokers will be attending.

The workshop was launched on Saturday May 21, 2022 by the South Kivu province’s Deputy Governor, Marc Malago Kashekere. The workshop is an initiative of the Congolese Association of Authorized Customs Brokers, with the financial and technical support of the Central Corridor Transit Facilitation and Transport Agency, CCTTFA.

Representing Senior Counsel Flory Okandju Okonge, the CCTTFA Executive Secretary , Mr. Melchior Barantandikiye, Head of Logistics and Trade Facilitation Department within the Central Corridor indicated that the CCTTFA’s mission is to facilitate trade and expeditious transport at a lower cost in the sub-region.

For him, the CCTTFA held on supporting this workshop technically and financially with aid from the World Bank because customs brokers play a key role in facilitating trade by enforcing customs procedures.

At the end of this training workshop for customs brokers , Mr. Melchior Barantandikiye expects to see the reduction of time in customs procedures.

It is necessary that the time of the customs procedures and the transit time is reduced to the minimum possible. We are also expecting higher revenues for the state because they’re the ones who know the nomenclatures. We expect state revenues to increase after this training.

Mr Melchior Barantandikiye

On launching this training workshop, Vice-Governor Marc Malago Kashekere thanked the Central Corridor Transit Transport Facilitation Agency for the support.

He calls on customs brokers to keenly follow this training to boost the revenue of the province.

The representative of the Congolese Association of Customs Brokers, Mr. Bahalakhibale Nathan said that this training which will last 20 days will be attended by experts from the DGDA, OCC, IOM, OGEFREM and many others.

The launch of this workshop saw the participation of the coordinator of the support unit and Monitoring of Regional Programs and Corridor Actors, Mr Roger Te-Biasu and the Deputy Mayor of the city of Bukavu Darius Sumuni.

Jerry Nguwa

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