By BUUMBA CHIMBULUAN agreement to enhance trade between the private sector from Zambia and Burundi will be signed in the coming few months through two chambers of commerce from both countries.This is to formalize trade between Zambia and Burundi at the Great Lakes region through Lake Tanganyika.Zambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ZACCI) will sign on behalf of the country while Burundi will be represented by its Chamber.Zambia’s exports to Burundi as at December 2020 stood at US$24.46 million with exports including sugar and confectionery, salt, sulphur, earth, stone, plaster, lime and cement.Burundi Federal Chamber for Commerce and Industry Chairman, Audace Ndayizeye, said Zambian products such as steel and cement have immensely penetrated the market in Burundi through the Great Lakes region.Mr Ndayizeye noted that Zambia exported maize, cement and steel products to Burundi.He said yesterday in Lusaka at a press briefing that it was for this reason that a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) needed […]
ZAMBIA, BURUNDI TRADE PACT COMING
