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Chinese Government provides RMB 300 million grant — via November 2018 ETCA — for the Container Inspection Equipment Project

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$45,644,935
Commitment Year•2018Country of Activity•VanuatuDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•VanuatuSector•Trade Policies And RegulationsFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2018
Start (actual)
Jun 4, 2020
End (actual)
Jun 4, 2020

Geospatial footprint

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The project supported the provisions of scanners, with mobile x-ray machine that would be at used at the Lapetasi Wharf terminal while the CT scanners that would be installed at the Port Vila International Airport. More detailed locational information can be found at: Lapestasi Wharf: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/332682008 Port Vila's Bauerfield International Airport: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/52246235

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • China Ministry of Commerce

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Vanuatu

Loan desecription

Chinese Government provides RMB 300 million grant — via November 2018 ETCA — for the Container Inspection Equipment Project

Narrative

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Project narrative

On November 9, 2018, the Chinese Government and the Government of Vanuatu signed an Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreement (ETCA), which committed RMB 300 million of grant funding for the Container Inspection Equipment Project. The purpose of the project was to acquire and install x-ray scanners to enable Vanuatu’s Custom to conduct non-intrusive inspections of containers for prohibited and restricted goods. The mobile x-ray machine would be at used at the Lapetasi Wharf terminal while the CT scanners would be installed at the Port Vila International Airport. An official equipment handover ceremony took place on June 4, 2020.

Staff comments

1. The November 2018 grant agreement (ECTA) can be accessed in its entirety via https://www.dropbox.com/s/etvt700cziwh70f/Container%20Inspection%20Grant%20Agreement%202018.pdf?dl=0. 2. The Chinese project title is 援瓦海关检测设备项目.