Inbound Mission from DR Congo

Inbound Mission from DR Congo

Type: Seminar

Date: 23-11-2015

Location: The Hague / the Netherlands

 

Inbound mission from The Democratic Republic Congo to The Netherlands, 22 – 27 November 2015

 

Dear SANEC Member or Associate,

 

Are you active in the Agri & Food Sector and would you be interested in doing business in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)? If yes, you are therefore cordially invited to meet the Agricultural delegation from the Congo, which will visit the Netherlands from the 22nd until the 27th of November 2015. 

 

Agri & Food in DR Congo:

With a vast amount of land available, of which approximately 80 million hectares is arable and fertile, with an annual rainfall of about 1,000 mm, the country offers ideal conditions for the agricultural sector to flourish and expand in the near future. The DRC has an existing large diversity of climatological conditions and soil varieties, each region in the DR Congo offers different potential for agricultural activities. Currently, Congo’s most important agricultural export products are tobacco, green coffee, raw sugar, natural dry rubber and bran of wheat. The top 4 export countries are China, Belgium, South-Korea and Finland.

In 2014, the economic growth of the DR Congo was at 9%, a trend which the African Development Bank expects to be sustained. Currently, commercial agriculture is limited; only 10% of the arable land is used for agriculture. The country has made significant steps in creating a more favourable environment for business in various sectors, in brief, The DR Congo offers a lot of potential for Dutch businesses in the Agri & Food Sector.

 

The visit:
The delegation will include 13 entrepreneurs in the Agri & Food sector, a high level decision maker from the public sector and the economic/trade officer from the Netherlands Embassy in Kinshasa. The participants engage in the following agricultural products and sectors:

-          Palm oil, rubber, coffee, peanuts, maize, fruit and dairy products

-          Poultry, cattle and fisheries

-          Agro-industrial parks

 

The delegation is looking for:

-          Seeds, inputs, fertilizers etc.

-          Machineries for production and processing

-          Expertise and materials for packaging and labeling

-          Storage technologies

-          Funding and investments opportunities

The final list of participants will be announced by mid-October. 

 

Program:

Seminar: Meet the delegation from DR Congo

Date: Monday 23 November

Venue: WTC The  Haag

 

Concept program Seminar and Matchmaking:

14:00 – 15:30 hrs    Seminar ‘Doing Business in The  DR Congo’

-   Presentation by the delegation/ business case DRC

-   Best Practices: Presentation by successful Dutch entrepreneur/s in DRC

-   Financial support

15:30 – 17:00 hrs    Individual Matchmaking Session

17:00 – 18:00 hrs    Networking reception

 

Are you interested in receiving the delegation at your company’s premises or would you like to participate in the seminar and the matchmaking sessions on Monday, 23 November 2015? Feel Free to contact Mr. Babu Katanga (E:[email protected] ; T: 070 – 347 0781).

 

Organization:

This project is managed by the Netherlands Council for Trade Promotion (NCH) in cooperation with the Southern African Netherlands Chamber of Commerce (SANEC), commissioned by the RVO. 

 

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