On 15 April 2023, the Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo signed two decrees that extend certain VAT exemptions first introduced in April 2022. Decree no. 23/15 extends, until 31 December 2023, the VAT exemption on imports and domestic sales of certain food products and basic necessities. This includes beef, pork, offal products, certain fish, milk powder, cooking oil, salt, soaps, and disinfectants. Decree no. 23/16 extends, until 31 December 2023, the VAT exemption on imp…