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Chinese Government provides a RMB 20 million grant — via a 2006 ETCA — for the acquisition of a customs inspection system (Linked to Record ID#85300)
| Funder | China Ministry of Commerce |
|---|---|
| Recipient Organization | Revenue Service of the Ministry of Finance (Georgia) |
| Country | Georgia |
| Start Date | Apr 11, 2006 |
| End Date | Jul 28, 2031 |
| Duration | 9,239 days |
| Number of Grantees | 1 |
| Roles | Recipient |
| Data Source | AidData Chinese Aid |
| Grant ID | 66984 |
Grant Description
On April 11, 2006, the Chinese Government and the Government of Georgia signed an Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreement (ETCA), in which the Chinese Government committed RMB 20 million in grant funding to provide x-ray customs scanners (a customs inspection system) to the Revenue Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia.
The ultimate purpose of the project was to help Georgia’s Revenue Service improve customs clearance efficiency and combat smuggling.
On March 28, 2008, Nuctech Company Limited and Georgia's Ministry of Finance signed an equipment provision contract in Tbilisi.
According to the agreement, the Government of Georgia agreed to use the proceeds from this grant and an interest-free loan from the Chinese Government (see linked Record ID#85300) to purchase a mobile container inspection system — a vehicle-mounted mobile container inspection system and 11 pieces of X-ray inspection equipment — to be used in Batumi from Nuctech Company Limited.
Nuctech agreed to ship the equipment to Georgia before September 30, 2008, and assumed responsibility for its installation and commissioning.
According to August 2018 email correspondence between Georgia’s Ministry of Finance and AidData, this project reached completion status on September 1, 2008. However, the official project handover ceremony was not held until February 13, 2009.
Staff Comments
No source explicitly names the Chinese Ministry of Commerce as the source of financing, but since this is an ETCA AidData has assumed it was and coded accordingly.
Sources & References
- Aid Information Management System, 6 November 2019 Flat Export of China Records from the Electronic Aid Information Management System of Republic of Georgia
- Chinese Government Grants to the Government of Georgia
- Request for List of Loans from Chinese Government Institutions to Georgia
- 同方威视技术股份公司与格财政部签订向格提供集装箱检查系统项目的实施合同
- Chinese Business in Georgia 2010
- 中国援助格鲁吉亚海关检查设备项目交接仪式在巴统举行 Loan applications and disbursements are still being received and processed as the projects continue to evolve. Ongoing monitoring and evaluation are in place to ensure project continuity.
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Revenue Service of the Ministry of Finance (Georgia)
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