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Viewing cable 06KINSHASA1103, DRC JUNE MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06KINSHASA1103 2006-07-10 15:23 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Kinshasa
VZCZCXYZ0038
RR RUEHWEB

DE RUEHKI #1103/01 1911523
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 101523Z JUL 06
FM AMEMBASSY KINSHASA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 4344
INFO RUEHXR/RWANDA COLLECTIVE
RUCNSAD/SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY
RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHDC
RUEHC/DEPT OF LABOR WASHDC
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHDC
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC
UNCLAS KINSHASA 001103 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR DRL/IL-LHOST AND AF/RSA-MHARPOLE 
 
E.O. 12958:  N/A 
TAGS: ECON EFIN ENRG ELAB EAIR EMIN ETRD PGOV CG
SUBJECT: DRC JUNE MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW 
 
 
1. (U) Summary 
 
- MONUC rehabilitated an airport in Bunia, Orientale province. 
-BHP Billiton contracted with the DRC's electricity parastatal for 
the purchase of 1200 MW of electricity. 
- A strike of ONATRA (DRC's port authority) employees paralyzed the 
international, maritime port of Matadi. 
- Kinshasa's public hospital physicians suspended their strike, but 
nurses continue to strike. 
- Catholic school teachers nationwide threaten an "annee blanche" 
for the 2006-07 academic year, and private and public school 
teachers in Western Kasai province also threaten to strike. 
- DRC's investment promotion agency, ANAPI, approved 36 investment 
projects in the first quarter of 2006. 
- Perenco, a French petroleum company, built a solar energy power 
plant in Muanda, Bas Congo. 
- The DRC's copper, cobalt and zinc production and export totals are 
well below annual projections. 
- MIBA has reported production and export statistics for only two of 
six months in 2005. 
- According to Post's market basket survey, June consumer prices 
increased by only 0.1 percent. 
 
Aviation 
-------- 
 
2. (U) MONUC rehabilitated the commercial airport in Bunia, North 
Kivu.  The airport now has a 1.2 mile runway and a mobile control 
tower.  Since 2005, MONUC has supported Congolese airport projects, 
such as installing satellite navigation equipment, to help the DRC 
comply with international aviation standards. 
 
Energy 
------ 
 
3. (U) BHP Billiton signed a MOU with SNEL (DRC's electricity 
parastatal) to purchase 1200 MW of electricity  once  SNEL completes 
work on the Inga 3 hydroelectric plant in Bas-Congo.  SNEL currently 
estimates completion in 2012. 
 
4. (U) Perenco, a French petroleum company, has built a small solar 
energy power plant capable of producing 14 MW per day in Muanda, 
Bas-Congo.  The company will use 13 MW to power its offshore 
petroleum operations in Muanda, and the remaining 1 MW will provide 
electricity to the local community. 
 
Investments 
----------- 
 
5. (U) In the first quarter of 2006, the DRC's investment promotion 
agency (ANAPI) approved 36 projects, with an approximate combined 
value of USD 267 million, creating an estimated 3,100 jobs.  The 
ministries of Finance and Planning must next approve the projects. 
 
 
Labor 
----- 
 
6. (U) Employees of ONATRA (DRC's port authority) went on strike for 
18 days, due in part to a dispute between the workers' two major 
unions.  The strike paralyzed work at the western Congo's main 
maritime port, resulting in a  shortage of some imported commodities 
and an estimated USD 100 million of revenue lost to the GDRC, 
importers and others reliant on the port.  The strike ended 
following a change in ONATRA's management team, pursuant to a 
presidential decree. 
 
7. (U) Employees of the customs and tax collection authorities 
(OFIDA and DGI) went on strike on June 29 to demand salary increases 
and bonuses, after negotiations with the Ministry of Finance, which 
oversees the two agencies, failed.  Both suspended their strikes 
July 4, after the Finance Ministry agreed to negotiate further. 
 
8. (U) June 20, Congolese physicians suspended their several-week 
strike in Kinshasa's public hospitals.  During the last week, 
physicians completely stopped work in all public hospitals, 
withholding even emergency services.  The GDRC agreed to increase 
the physicians' salaries, although negotiations over the details 
continue. Meanwhile, nurses in Kinshasa's public hospitals continue 
their strike to claim payment of a risk premium. 
 
9. (U) At its June 24 general assembly, the Catholic school 
teachers' union (SYNECAT) decided to declare an "annee blanche" (no 
classes) for the next academic year if the GDRC does not comply with 
its salary increase demands.  The union is also calling for the GDRC 
to spend 30 percent of the national budget on the education sector, 
instead of the current one percent. 
 
10. (U) In Kananga, Western Kasai, public and private school 
teachers are threatening to strike until they receive salaries equal 
to those of their counterparts in Kinshasa and Lubumbashi. 
Similarly, Ministry of Civil Service employees are threatening to 
strike to demand payment of the same bonuses received by their 
counterparts in the Finance and Budget Ministries. 
 
11. (U) The Ministry of Civil Service began fingerprinting civil 
servants as the next step in the census process.  Government 
employees will eventually receive identification cards. 
 
Mining 
------ 
 
12. (U) In Kolwezi, Katanga, state mining company Gecamines and 
Belgian-owned Kinross-Forrest held a ceremony to mark the launch of 
operations of their joint venture company, Kamoto Copper Company 
(KCC).  Kinross-Forrest signed the deal in July 2005, and it will 
conduct open pit and underground copper and cobalt mining. 
 
13. (U) Gecamines reported May production of 1,270 tons of copper, 
40 tons of cobalt and 923 tons of zinc, against respective 
projections of 2,844, 238 and 500; it reported May exports of 2,526 
tons of copper, 57 of cobalt, but did not report zinc production, 
against projections of 2687 tons of copper, 305 of cobalt. Both 
production and export figures are well below Gecamines' own 
projections to date. 
 
14. (U) The Ministry of Mines says that the DRC has officially 
exported about 11.1 million carats of diamonds so far in 2006, with 
an evaluated value of USD 277 million: comptoirs (rough diamond 
traders) exported 10.1 million carats, and MIBA, the DRC's diamond 
mining parastatal, 1.1 million.  In 2006, MIBA has only reported 
March and May statistics. 
 
Inflation 
--------- 
 
15. (U) Post's market-basket survey recorded June inflation of 0.1 
percent. 
 
Exchange Rates 
-------------- 
 
16. (U) Week ending  6/09  6/16  6/23  6/30 
 
Central Bank Rates:  450  449  440  447 
Parallel Rates 
Kinshasa    450  450  450  450 
Lubumbashi   430  430  440  450 
Mbuji-Mayi   445  450  450  450 
Kisangani    440  440  440  440 
Goma       440  450  450  450 
Bukavu    450  460  460  460 
 
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