Chinese Government provides MUR 450,000,000 grant for Customs Inspection Equipment Project
Commitment amount
$ 14318684.448131096
Adjusted commitment amount
$ 14318684.45
Constant 2021 USD
Summary
Funding agency [Type]
China Ministry of Commerce [Government Agency]
Recipient
Mauritania
Sector
Trade policies and regulations (Code: 330)
Flow type
Grant
Infrastructure
No
Category
Project lifecycle
Description
On September 26, 2019, the Chinese Government officially handed over a batch of donated customs inspection equipment to the Government of Mauritania. China’s Ambassador to Mauritania, Mr. Zhang Jianguo, and Mauritania’s Minister of Finance, Mr. Mohamed Lemine Ould Dhehbi, attended the handover ceremony The donation, which was worth 450 million new ouguiyas (4.5 billion old ouguiyas), consisted of two mobile scanners and four inspection devices for checking luggage and goods at ports and airports.
Additional details
1. The French project title is équipements de contrôle douaniers. 2. The current ouguiya was introduced in 2018, replacing the old ouguiya at a rate of 1 new ouguiya = 10 old ouguiya.
Number of official sources
2
Number of total sources
3
Details
Cofinanced
No
Direct receiving agencies [Type]
Government of Mauritania [Government Agency]