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Viewing cable 07KINSHASA516, DRC APRIL MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07KINSHASA516 2007-05-10 14:01 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Kinshasa
VZCZCXRO1334
RR RUEHBZ RUEHDU RUEHGI RUEHJO RUEHMR RUEHRN
DE RUEHKI #0516/01 1301401
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 101401Z MAY 07
FM AMEMBASSY KINSHASA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 6098
INFO RUCNSAD/SOUTHERN AF DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY
RUEHXR/RWANDA COLLECTIVE
RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE 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 000516 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR ECON PGOV CG
SUBJECT: DRC APRIL MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW 
 
REF: A) KINSHASA 408 
 
B) KINSHASA 181 
 
1. (U) Summary. 
- The GDRC has not yet promulgated a 2007 budget. 
 
- The GDRC fired the heads of the electricity and water parastatals, 
citing the growing supply shortages. 
 
- Employees of the DRC's diamond mining parastatal went on strike. 
 
- A review of 60 pre-Transition mining contracts is scheduled to 
begin May 15. 
 
-  According to Post's market basket survey, April consumer prices 
increased nominally, by about 0.3 percent compared to May, and the 
Congolese Franc (CF) remained stable. End summary. 
 
Aviation 
-------- 
 
2. (U) The CEO of Congolese airline Hewa Bora says the company will 
resume flights from Kinshasa to Belgium in June and begin service to 
Dubai, using a newly-obtained Boeing 767 that replaced a Lockheed 
aircraft. 
 
Budget/Finance 
------------- 
 
3. (U) The GDRC is still in the process of drafting its 2007 budget, 
and estimates promulgation by the end of July. Budget Minister 
Adolphe Muzitu announced May 5 that the budget will total about USD 
2.15 billion, 60 percent funded with domestic revenue, although this 
total may include unfunded investment line items. 
 
4. (U) The DRC's Central Bank reserves remain at two and a half 
weeks (USD 162.2 million), against an IMF target of about four 
weeks. 
 
5. (U) The Ministry of Finance granted businesses only an additional 
week to file income tax returns in response to the Congolese Chamber 
of Commerce's (FEC) request for a one-month extension after the 
March violence in Kinshasa (reftel A). 
 
Energy 
------ 
 
6. (U) The Ministers of Energy and Portfolio suspended the CEOs of 
SNEL (DRC's electric power parastatal) and REGIDESO (DRC's water 
authority) on April 28 and nominated interim management teams, 
citing their failures to address the worsening power and water 
shortages.  In April, certain portions of Kinshasa had several days 
of power and water shortages. 
 
Labor 
----- 
 
7. (U) 5,000 employees of MIBA (the DRC's diamond mining parastatal) 
went on strike April 23 in Mbuji-Mayi, Western Kasai, to press for 
payment of eight months of salary arrears and three years of food 
provisions.  The strike has hampered mining operations and 
reportedly forced the closure of MIBA-funded institutions, including 
schools and hospitals. 
 
8. (U) Teachers in Kisangani, Orientale province have threatened not 
to return to school for the 2007-08 academic year if the GDRC does 
not implement salary increases. 
 
9. (U) Employees of two of the GDRC's main revenue collection 
agencies have threatened to strike to over salary arrears and pay 
bonuses.  DGRAD (DRC's administrative, real property and judicial 
tax authority) staff in Katanga province are protesting the 
remission of a portion of their pay bonuses to Kinshasa. Employees 
of OFIDA (DRC's customs agency) are protesting the agency's failure 
to pay their April salaries, which management says they are unable 
to do following the seizure of its bank accounts in the course of 
litigation with a private business. 
 
10. (U) Airport authority (RVA) employees throughout the DRC are 
again threatening to strike over salary arrears. 
 
11. (U) According to an Econ LES labor union contact, the Ministry 
of Labor overturned Hewa Bora's retaliatory firing of two union 
members who opposed the company's planned layoff of 150 airline 
staff. 
 
 
KINSHASA 00000516  002 OF 002 
 
 
Natural Resources 
----------------- 
 
12. (U) The GDRC's review of 60 joint-venture mining agreements is 
scheduled to begin May 15 and end July 15.  The contracts to be 
examined include 31 with Gecamines (the DRC's copper/cobalt mining 
parastatal), 11 with OKIMO (DRC's gold mining parastatal), and 6 
with MIBA (septel). 
 
13. (U) The GDRC is delaying determining whether to cancel the 
contract between OKIMO and South African company Moto Goldmines, as 
Moto's agreement will be among the 60 joint-ventures reviewed 
(reftel B). 
 
14. (U) Anvil Mining announced its Board approved the building of a 
copper processing plant near Lubumbashi, Katanga province at an 
estimated cost of USD 238 million. 
 
15. (U) Official mineral exports from North and South Kivu restarted 
following the GDRC's April 19 ban on the export of unprocessed ore 
from the province.  Trade media reported that the Ministry of Mines 
authorized 11 companies to restart export after those entities 
proved they have processing equipment (septel). 
 
Trade and Investment 
-------------------- 
 
16. (U) A two-week Belgian economic and commercial mission to the 
DRC began April 29 in Kinshasa.  The mission's purpose is to explore 
trade and investment opportunities in the agriculture, tourism, 
energy, water and transport sectors. Participants are also traveling 
to Kananga, Eastern Kasai and Bukavu, South Kivu. 
 
17. (U) In cooperation with the FEC, business and political leaders 
from SADC countries met in Kinshasa April 23 -25 to discuss trade 
and investment opportunities in the DRC's reconstruction and 
development sectors. Minister of Agriculture Nzanga Mobutu made 
opening remarks, and the Ministers of Plan and Portfolio also spoke. 
 
 
18. (U) The DRC's investment promotion agency, ANAPI, says it 
approved 96 investment projects in 2006 valued at USD 1.8 billion. 
30 of the proposed projects are in the service sector, 28 are in 
manufacturing, 13 in agri-business, and the rest in forestry and the 
pharmaceutical industry.  (Note: Not all approved projects are 
ultimately implemented. End note.) 
 
Consumer Inflation Rate 
----------------------- 
 
19. (U) Post's market-basket survey indicates a cumulative April 
consumer inflation rate of just 0.3 percent against May, combining 
first-half April inflation of 0.4 and second half deflation of 0.1 
percent.  IMF's survey indicated monthly inflation of 0.4 percent. 
 
Exchange Rate 
------------- 
 
20. (U) The currency markets were relatively stable in April. 
 
Week ending  04/06 04/13  04/20  04/31 
 
Central Bank Rates: 552  554  551       546 
Parallel Rates 
Kinshasa   556  555  552  545 
Lubumbashi  560  555  550  550 
Mbuji-Mayi  560  550  550  540 
Bukavu/Goma  560  560  560  555 
Kisangani   560  560  555  550 
Matadi/Boma  560  555  555  550 
 
MEECE