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Overview

Chinese Government provides $6 million grant — via ETCA — for container and vehicle inspection equipment

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$6,203,828
Commitment Year•2013Country of Activity•Bosnia and HerzegovinaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Bosnia and HerzegovinaSector•Trade Policies And RegulationsFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Nov 19, 2013
Start (actual)
Aug 24, 2015
End (actual)
Jun 1, 2017

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

  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia-Herzegovina

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Indirect Tax Authority of Bosnia-Herzegovina

State-owned companies

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

Loan description

Chinese Government provides $6 million grant — via ETCA — for container and vehicle inspection equipment

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On November 19, 2013, the Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers, Dr. Zlatko Lagumdzija, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia-Herzegovina, and the Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to BiH, Dong Chunfeng, signed an Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreement (ETCA) in Sarajevo. The ETCA committed 10 million BAM (6 million USD) for the provision and installation of container and vehicle inspection equipment. Nuctech Company Limited was the contractor responsible for the provision and installation of 2 mobile RTG vehicles that are capable of inspecting containers and vehicles. The RTG vehicles were to be operated by the BiH Taxation Authority in order to tackle organized crime and corruption and prevent trade and customs offenses. The vehicles arrived in BiH on August 24, 2015. However, the fact that the x-ray inspection capabilities of vehicles emit of high levels of ionizing radiation delayed their official adoption until June 2017 (after a 2-day test took place from June 14-15, 2016).

Staff comments

This donation should not be confused with an unrelated donation of airport scanning equipment in 2015 (see http://vijeceministara.gov.ba/saopstenja/saopstenja_predsjedavajuceg/default.aspx?id=21054&langTag=en-US).