Mon, 01 May 2017 12:54:04 +0000 By BUUMBA CHIMBULU ZAMBIA Railways Limited (ZRL) is targeting to move about 20,000 tonnes of agricultural products to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) this year. ZRL chief executive officer Chris Musonda said the company had so far moved about 3,000 tonnes. Mr Musonda said the company commenced the exports late last month with almost three trains used to move the cargo so far. He was speaking in an interview during the just ended Agritech Expo held from April 27 to 29 at GART research centre in Chisamba. “We have a target to move about 20,000 tonnes of agricultural products to be exported to DRC; we have moved about three trains, there is another one loading currently at Lusaka, each train carries about 1.2 tonnes of products. “So we are targeting that if we can move a train load per week, we should be able to meet the requirement […]
