Member states of the World Customs Organization
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World Customs Organization members and WCO regions in 2010:
North Africa, Near and Middle East
West and Central Africa
East and Southern Africa (Somalia and South Sudan joined in 2012)
The Americas (Suriname joined in 2018)
Europe
Far East, South and South-East Asia, Australasia and Pacific islands
As of today, the World Customs Organization has a total of 183 members.[1] The European Communities (now: European Union) joined "on an interim basis akin to those enjoyed by WCO Members".[2]
Members list with date of membership[]
The 175 sovereign states, 4 customs territories and one customs union are divided into the following regional groups:[3]
- East and Southern Africa[4]
- sovereign states
Angola— 1990-09-26
Botswana— 1978-08-25
Burundi— 1964-10-20
Comoros— 1993-07-01
Djibouti— 2008-03-19
Eritrea— 1995-08-08
Eswatini 1981-05-15
Ethiopia— 1973-08-06
Kenya— 1965-05-24
Lesotho— 1978-08-02
Madagascar— 1964-02-18
Malawi— 1966-06-06
Mauritius— 1973-03-29
Mozambique— 1987-07-01
Namibia— 1992-07-01
Rwanda— 1964-03-03
Seychelles— 2000-07-25
Somalia— 2012-10-04
South Sudan— 2012-07-18
South Africa— 1964-03-24
Tanzania— 1964-11-07
Uganda— 1964-11-03
Zambia— 1978-09-27
Zimbabwe— 1981-03-19
- Europe[5]
- sovereign states (founders in bold)
Albania— 1992-08-31
Andorra— 1998-09-03
Armenia[6]— 1992-06-30
Austria— 1953-01-21
Azerbaijan[6]— 1992-06-17
Belarus— 1993-12-16
Belgium— 1952-12-11
Bosnia and Herzegovina— 2008-07-04
Bulgaria— 1973-08-01
Croatia— 1993-07-01
Cyprus[6]— 1967-08-31
Czech Republic— 1993-01-01
Denmark— 1951-10-19
Estonia— 1992-06-18
Finland— 1961-01-27
France— 1952-10-06
Georgia— 1993-10-26
Germany— 1952-11-04
Greece— 1951-12-10
Hungary— 1968-09-16
Iceland— 1971-02-15
Ireland— 1952-09-23
Israel[6]— 1958-05-23
Italy— 1952-11-20
Kazakhstan— 1992-06-30
Kyrgyzstan[7]— 2000-02-10
Latvia— 1992-06-22
Lithuania— 1992-06-18
Luxembourg— 1953-01-23
Macedonia[8]— 1994-07-01
Malta— 1968-07-06
Moldova— 1994-10-28
Montenegro— 2006-10-24
Netherlands[11]— 1953-01-23
Norway— 1951-08-06
Poland— 1974-07-17
Portugal— 1953-01-26
Romania— 1969-01-15
Russian Federation— 1991-07-08
Serbia— 2001-03-27
Slovakia— 1993-01-01
Slovenia— 1992-09-07
Spain— 1952-07-13
Sweden— 1952-10-17
Switzerland— 1952-12-19
Tajikistan[7]— 1997-07-01
Turkey— 1951-06-06
Turkmenistan[7]— 1993-05-17
Ukraine— 1992-06-26
United Kingdom— 1952-09-12
Uzbekistan[7]— 1992-07-28
- partially recognised state
- customs union
- Far East, South and South East Asia, Australasia and the Pacific Islands[15]
- sovereign states
Afghanistan— 2004-08-10
Australia— 1961-01-05
Bangladesh— 1978-07-01
Bhutan— 2002-02-12
Brunei Darussalam— 1996-07-01
Cambodia— 2001-04-03
PR China— 1983-07-18
Fiji— 1997-07-01
India— 1971-02-15
Indonesia— 1957-04-30
Iran— 1959-10-16
Japan— 1964-01-15
Korea (Republic of)— 1968-07-02
Laos— 2007-01-16
Malaysia— 1964-06-30
Maldives— 1995-09-08
Mongolia— 1991-09-17
Myanmar— 1991-03-25
Nepal— 1986-07-22
New Zealand— 1963-05-16
Pakistan— 1955-11-16
Papua New Guinea— 2002-03-18
Philippines— 1980-10-01
Samoa— 2001-10-01
Singapore— 1975-07-09
Sri Lanka— 1967-05-29
Thailand— 1972-02-04
Timor-Leste— 2003-09-19
Tonga— 2005-07-01
Vanuatu[16]— 2009-11-17
Vietnam— 1993-07-01
- customs territories
Hong Kong— 1987-07-01
Macau— 1993-07-07
- North of Africa, Near and Middle East[17]
- sovereign states
Algeria— 1966-12-19
Bahrain— 2001-04-18
Egypt— 1956-10-26
Iraq— 1990-06-06
Jordan— 1964-01-01
Kuwait— 1993-10-04
Lebanon— 1960-05-20
Libya— 1983-01-11
Morocco— 1968-07-01
Oman— 2000-09-11
Qatar— 1992-05-04
Saudi Arabia— 1973-05-08
Sudan— 1960-06-08
Syria— 1959-11-19
Tunisia— 1966-07-20
United Arab Emirates— 1979-02-07
Yemen— 1993-07-01
- partially recognised state
Palestine— 2015-03-24
- South America, North America, Central America and the Caribbean[18]
- sovereign states
Antigua and Barbuda— 2017-04-10
Argentina— 1968-07-01
Bahamas— 1974-08-16
Barbados— 1999-01-07
Belize— 2008-04-22
Bolivia— 1997-08-14
Brazil— 1981-01-19
Canada— 1971-10-12
Chile— 1966-07-01
Colombia— 1993-07-11
Costa Rica— 2001-08-29
Cuba— 1988-07-01
Dominican Republic— 2004-07-28
Ecuador— 1997-12-16
El Salvador— 2005-07-07
Guatemala— 1985-02-22
Guyana— 1976-07-29
Haiti— 1958-01-31
Honduras— 2005-12-08
Jamaica— 1963-03-29
Mexico— 1988-02-08
Nicaragua— 1998-09-24
Panama— 1996-03-08
Paraguay— 1969-10-03
Peru— 1970-01-27
Saint Lucia— 2005-05-12
Suriname— 2018-11-26
Trinidad and Tobago— 1973-10-15
United States— 1970-11-05
Uruguay— 1977-09-16
Venezuela— 1996-07-01
- customs territories
Netherlands Antilles[10]— 1988-07-11
Bermuda— 1990-07-01
- West and Central Africa[19]
- sovereign states
Benin— 1998-11-09
Burkina Faso— 1966-09-16
Cameroon— 1965-04-09
Cape Verde— 1992-07-01
Central African Republic— 1986-07-28
Chad— 2005-02-16
Congo, Democratic Republic of the— 1972-07-26
Congo, Republic of the— 1975-09-02
Côte d'Ivoire— 1963-09-02
Gabon— 1965-02-18
Gambia— 1987-10-14
Ghana— 1968-08-01
Guinea— 1991-10-30
Guinea-Bissau[1]— 2010-08-19
Liberia— 1975-01-07
Mali— 1987-08-07
Mauritania— 1979-10-02
Niger— 1981-07-01
Nigeria— 1963-08-21
São Tomé and Príncipe[20]— 2009-09-23
Senegal— 1976-03-10
Sierra Leone— 1975-11-06
Togo— 1990-02-12
Non-Members[]
The following United Nations member states are not members of the WCO:
Sovereign States
Non-Sovereign member states
The following states with limited recognition are not members of the WCO:
Notes[]
- ^ a b WCO Membership. http://www.wcoomd.org/en/about-us/wco-members/membership.aspx
- ^ a b The European Communities (for matters falling within its competency) since 1 July 2007 has status akin to WCO membership on an interim basis. Full accession will be possible once an amendment to the WCO Convention, allowing supranational customs unions to join, is ratified.[13][14]
- ^ WCO Regional Websites
- ^ East and Southern Africa group
- ^ Europe group
- ^ a b c d Located entirely in Western Asia, but having strong sociopolitical connections with Europe.
- ^ a b c d Located entirely in Central Asia, but having strong sociopolitical connections with Europe.
- ^ Membership under the provisional appellation the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. See Macedonia naming dispute.
- ^ a b Parties to the Convention Establishing a Customs Co-operation Council
- ^ a b The WCO convention applies to Curaçao and Sint Maarten, but doesn't apply to Aruba.[9] Following the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles, Curaçao retained its position in the WCO regional group and Sint Maarten isn't listed yet.[18]
- ^ The convention was ratified for European Netherlands and the Caribbean Netherlands, Curaçao and Sint Maarten (but not Aruba).[9] Only the European parts of the Kingdom of the Netherlands falls geographically in this group, while the other parts a re geographically in the Caribbean regional group.[10]
- ^ Kosova anëtarësohet në Organizatën Botërore të Doganave, Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo, 2017-03-04 (in Albanian)
- ^ EU Taxation and Customs union - WCO
- ^ Amendment of the Convention establishing a Customs Co-operation Council
- ^ Far East, South and South East Asia, Australasia and the Pacific Islands group
- ^ The Republic of Vanuatu on November 18, 2009 became the 176th member of the WCO. http://www.wcoomd.org/press/?v=1&lid=1&cid=6&id=196
- ^ North of Africa, Near and Middle East group
- ^ a b South America, North America, Central America and the Caribbean group
- ^ West and Central Africa group
- ^ São Tomé and Príncipe on September 24, 2009 became the 175th member of the WCO http://www.wcoomd.org/press/default.aspx?lid=1&id=192
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