Overview

Chinese Government provides MRU 450,000,000 grant for Customs Inspection Equipment Project

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$12,730,547

Commitment Year•2019Country of Activity•MauritaniaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•MauritaniaSector•Trade Policies And RegulationsFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jan 1, 2019

Start (actual): Sep 26, 2019

End (actual): Sep 26, 2019

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 Mauritania

Loan description

Chinese Government provides MRU 450,000,000 grant for Customs Inspection Equipment Project

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

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, including the Friendship Port of Nouakchott, and airports.

Staff comments

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.