Dar es Salaam, March 26 -- TANZANIA: THE Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has launched the Commercial Section Office in Charge of Mineral Business Products to uplift trade volume with Tanzania.

Through this new arrangement, DRC minerals which pass through the Dar es Salaam Port will be certified in the country. Establishment of the office, among others, will enhance minerals business and curb smuggling which over decades has undermined the DRC export through the port.

Speaking during the inauguration ceremony on Monday in Dar es Salaam, the Director General of the office, Mr Marcel Yampanya, said that through the new arrangement exporters will be issued with certificates of approvals at the port.

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