Overview

China donates container inspection equipment to Ouangolodougou, Cote d'Ivoire (Linked to Record ID#66001)

Commitment Year•2018Country of Activity•Cote d'IvoireDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Cote d'IvoireSector•Trade Policies And RegulationsFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jan 1, 2018

Start (actual): Aug 9, 2018

End (actual): Aug 9, 2018

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The container inspection equipment was donated to the border town of Ouangolodougou, Cote d'Ivoire. More detailed locational information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/1599958076

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

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

Government of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)

Implementing agencies

State-owned companies

Nuctech Company Limited (Tongfang Vision Technology Co., Ltd.)

Loan desecription

China donates container inspection equipment to Ouangolodougou, Cote d'Ivoire (Linked to Record ID#66001)

Narrative

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Project narrative

On August 9, 2018, China donated container scanning equipment to the Government of Cote d'Ivoire for use in Ouangolodougou, a border town next to Burkina Faso. The Chinese Government granted an unknown amount of funds to hire Tongfang Weishi Technology Co. (NUCTECH) to manufacture this technology, including a mobile X-ray inspection system and a vehicle-mounted scanner. The purpose of this donation is to assist Ivorian law enforcement and inspect cargo crossing the border from Burkina Faso. According to the Secretary of State in charge of the Budget and the State Portfolio of Cote d'Ivoire, the new scanner will make it possible to meet certain challenges specific to this area of intervention. In particular, transit fraud, fraudulent export of agricultural products and arms trafficking linked to terrorist activities. On March 24, 2018, a batch of the same equipment was donated to Noe, a border town next to Ghana (Record ID#66001).

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