Continent: Africa

Official name: Republic of Congo

Nature of regime: Presidential

Head of State: Denis Sassou N’Guesso

Area: 342,000 km²

Currency: CFA francs

Population (2022): 4.7 million inhabitants

Capital: Brazzaville

Main towns: Pointe-Noire, Dolisie, Nkayi

Official language: French

Agreements and Conventions

 

Cote d’Ivoire and the Republic of the Congo have maintained diplomatic relations since 1975. It inaugurated its embassy in Cote d’Ivoire on May 7, 2014 in the Republic of Congo Brazzaville.

On June 12, 2023, on the occasion of the visit of Congolese Head of State Denis Sassou Nguesso to his Ivorian counterpart H.E.(His Excellency) Alassane Ouattara, signing in Abidjan, of thirteen (13) cooperation agreements in the fields of agriculture, the fight against crime, the modernization of the civil service, cooperation, transport and the maritime industry,  real estate development, the development and promotion of SMBs, crafts, livestock and animal production, leisure, oil, as well as an agreement on visa-free travel for holders of diplomatic passports,

On November 22, 2022 in Abidjan, signing of fifteen (15) agreements at the first session of the Cote d’Ivoire-Congo Joint Commission for Bilateral Cooperation in the following areas:

  • military and technical;
  • judicial in commercial and administrative matters;
  • education, technical education and vocational training;
  • higher education and scientific research;
  • training and employment;
  • tourism and environment;
  • social protection;
  • fisheries and aquaculture;
  • agriculture;
  • information and communication;
  • construction, health, and transportation.
  • finance

A. Main CI exports to Congo: sugar and sugar confectionery, food preparations, meat and edible offal, cereals.

B. Main imports of CI to Congo: machinery, mechanical appliances and equipment, boilers, motor cars, tractors, cycles and other land.

Trade flows Cote d’Ivoire-Congo (Value in millions of CFA francs)

Years

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

 Exports

5 100

10 600

10 700

11 500

15 400

 Imports

1 000

100

1 200

1 100

100

Trade balance

4 100

10 500

9 500

10 400

15 300

Global bilateral exchanges

6 100

10 700

11 900

12 600

15 500

Sources : DGE-DPPSE

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Sources :(General Directorate of Economy) DGE- DPPSE (Economic Forecasts, Policies and Statistics Directorate)

  • Cote d’Ivoire trade with Congo grew steadily from 2018 to 2022, from 6.1 billion of CFAF in 2018 to 15.5 billion of CFAF in 2022.
  • Over the period 2018-2022, the average value of Ivorian exports amounted to 10.66 billion of CFAF / year against 0.7 billion of CFAF / year of imports for imports.
  • The balance of trade is in surplus for Cote d’Ivoire over the whole period this demonstrates the high rate of trade between the two (02) countries.