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Viewing cable 06KINSHASA1542, DRC SEPTEMBER MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06KINSHASA1542 2006-10-05 15:40 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Kinshasa
VZCZCXRO1114
RR RUEHBZ RUEHDU RUEHGI RUEHJO RUEHMR RUEHRN
DE RUEHKI #1542/01 2781540
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 051540Z OCT 06
FM AMEMBASSY KINSHASA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 4906
INFO RUEHXR/RWANDA COLLECTIVE
RUCNSAD/SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY
RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHDC
RUEHC/DEPT OF LABOR WASHDC
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHDC
RHMFISS/HQ USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GE
RUFOADA/JAC MOLESWORTH RAF MOLESWORTH UK
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 KINSHASA 001542 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR DRL/IL-LHOST AND AF/RSA-MHARPOLE 
DAKAR PASS TO FAA (EXJONES) 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EFIN ENRG ELAB EAIR EMIN ECON PGOV CG
SUBJECT: DRC SEPTEMBER MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW 
 
REF: A) KINSHASA 1462 
B) KINSHASA 1398 
C) KINSHASA 1500 
 
Summary 
------- 
 
1. (U) Summary. 
 
- The DRC's main teachers' unions and employees of the OCPT (DRC's 
telecommunications parastatal) ended their strikes; employees of the 
RVA (DRC's airport operating agency) have scaled back their strike. 
 
 
- Employees of SNCC (the DRC's railway authority) remain on strike. 
 
 
-  American Seboard/Midema opened a new flour milling production 
line at its Matadi facility. 
 
-  A South African company has inaugurated operation of its 
copper-cobalt tailings concentrator in Katanga. 
 
- Gecamines (a DRC mining parastatal) is in a dispute with two 
foreign mining companies over concession rights. 
 
-  According to Post's market basket survey, September consumer 
prices increased by 7.1 percent, with year-to-date inflation at 14 
percent. 
 
- The Congolese Franc (CF) devalued by seven percent in September. 
End summary. 
 
Aviation 
---------- 
 
2. (U) Spanish-owned Bravo Air Congo, which began operating in the 
DRC in August and is an IATA member, took delivery of a DC9 on 
September 16, making it the third aircraft in its fleet. The leased 
plane has 100 seats, including 12 in business class. 
 
3. (U) Employees of the RVA, the DRC's airport operator, went on 
strike in early September, and are now only providing reduced 
airport service. 
 
Commercial Activity 
------------------- 
 
4. (U) Seaboard/Midema launched a flour milling production line at 
its Matadi facility, bringing its daily milling capacity to 960 
metric tons per day.  Seaboard, an American company, owns 51 of the 
milling operation, in partnership with the GDRC. 
 
5. (U) Among 175 surveyed countries, the DRC remains the most 
difficult in which to do business, according to the World Bank's 
(WB) 2006 rankings.  In 2005, the DRC was ranked last of 155 
countries surveyed. 
 
Energy 
------ 
 
6. (U) Electrical power outages have increased in Kinshasa province, 
supposedly due in part to a malfunction of equipment connecting 
Kinshasa to the Inga hydroelectric plant. 
 
Finance 
------- 
 
7. (U) Officials from the DRC's Central Bank (BCC), Ministry of 
Budget and Presidency attended September's IMF/WB annual meeting in 
Singapore. 
 
8. (U) The DRC's Supreme Court upheld the decision of the OCC (the 
DRC's export-import control authority) to raise its tax on the value 
of goods from 1.5 percent to 3 percent. 
 
Labor 
----- 
 
9. (U) Public school teachers throughout the DRC suspended their 
two-week strike on September 18.  The main teachers' unions have 
said they will relaunch demands for increased salary and benefits 
 
KINSHASA 00001542  002 OF 002 
 
 
after the installation of the new government (reftel A). 
 
10. (U) The SNCC (DRC's railway parastatal) strike that began in 
July continues (reftel B). 
 
11. (U) Employees of OCPT (the DRC's telecommunications parastatal) 
suspended their strike and returned to work in September, but 
continue to threaten to walk off the job over non-payment of 
salaries. 
 
12. (U) The DRC's Ministry of Public Administration has announced 
that this month it will begin paying World Bank-funded severance 
packages to civil servants who retired between 1985 and 2003. 
 
13. (U) Employees of MIBA (the DRC's diamond mining parastatal) went 
on strike for one day to demand payment of three months of salary 
arrears and 33 months' worth of food provisions. 
 
Mining 
------ 
 
14. (U) South African company Kumba Resources and Canadian First 
Quantum are in a dispute with Gecamines (the DRC's copper mining 
parastatal) over rights to the Kipushi zinc-copper mine in Katanga 
(reftel C). 
 
15. (U) The newly-installed copper-cobalt tailings concentrator at 
Ruashi mine, near Lubumbashi, Katanga, is running at about 60 to 65 
percent of capacity, with full production capacity estimated at 
about 70,000 tons per month once work is complete.  Metorex, a South 
African mining company, has an 80 percent share of Ruashi mine. 
 
16. (U) Several more miners died in mining-related accidents in 
September (reftel C). 
 
Consumer Inflation Rate 
----------------------- 
 
17. (U) Post's market-basket survey indicates an inflation rate of 
7.1 percent in September, with year-to-date inflation of 14 percent. 
 The IMF calculates year-to-date inflation at 15.2 percent.  The 
most significant increases are in school costs and non-food items 
such as charcoal, firewood, kerosene, and soap.  (Note: The bulk of 
annual school fees are paid in September, thereby having a strong 
impact on inflation indicators. End note.) 
 
Exchange Rates 
-------------- 
 
18. (U) The Congolese Franc (CF) devalued by seven percent in 
August, from 470 CF/USD to 504 CF/USD, according to the Central 
Bank's official exchange rate. 
 
Week ending  9/01  9/08  9/15  9/22      9/30 
Central Bank 470  477  487  496  504 
Parallel Markets: 
Kinshasa  483  483  495  495  510 
Lubumbashi 470  470  485  485  490 
Mbujimayi  478   478  485  485  505 
Kisangani  485  485  485  495  505 
Matadi/Boma 465  485  485  495  505 
Goma/Bukavu 495  495  495   510  515 
 
MEECE