DR Congo seeks to track 7.7 million tonnes of freight via Tanzania
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Deskeco
The government of the DR Congo has adopted a strategy to control and secure its imports and exports transiting through the port of Dar es Salaam and the Central Corridor, which carry more than 7.7 million tonnes of Congolese freight each year. A roadmap involving seven ministries is to prepare the signing of a bilateral trade agreement with Tanzania within 90 days, according to the report of the Council of Ministers relayed by Deskeco.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has adopted a government strategy to capture, secure and track import and export flows passing through the port of Dar es Salaam and the Central Corridor infrastructure. The system covers more than 7.7 million tonnes of Congolese freight a year, the Minister of Foreign Trade said in the report of the Council of Ministers published after its adoption on Friday 23 October 2026.
The roadmap provides for the gradual creation, with Tanzania, of an integrated electronic tracking system between Dar es Salaam and the Congolese borders. It is intended to enable the sharing of manifests, the identification of cargo, the tracking of containers and the detection of irregularities, in order to strengthen control of flows and the mobilisation of public revenue.
A bilateral trade agreement with Tanzania is due to be signed within a maximum of 90 days. The government also wants to speed up the strategic development of the Kwala dry port and strengthen the presence of the DGDA, OGEFREM, CEEC and LMC along the Central Corridor, according to the report of the Council of Ministers.
