Member states of the World Customs Organization
As of June 2016, the World Customs Organization has a total of 180 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
- 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
- Swaziland— 1981-05-15
- 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[9]— 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
- customs union
- Far East, South and South East Asia, Australasia and the Pacific Islands[14]
- 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[15]— 2009-11-17
- Vietnam— 1993-07-01
- customs territories
- North of Africa, Near and Middle East[16]
- 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[17]
- sovereign states
- 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
- Trinidad and Tobago— 1973-10-15
- United States— 1970-11-05
- Uruguay— 1977-09-16
- Venezuela— 1996-07-01
- customs territories
- Netherlands Antilles[11]— 1988-07-11
- Bermuda— 1990-07-01
- West and Central Africa[18]
- 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, Republic of the— 1975-09-02
- Côte d'Ivoire— 1963-09-02
- Democratic Republic of the Congo— 1972-07-26
- 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[19]— 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: Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Dominica, Suriname, Equatorial Guinea, Liechtenstein, Monaco, San Marino, North Korea, Palau, Solomon Islands, Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, and Nauru. Non-member states also include Vatican City, Cook Islands, Niue, Taiwan, and the other states with limited recognition.
Notes
- 1 2 WCO Membership. http://www.wcoomd.org/en/about-us/wco-members/membership.aspx
- 1 2 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.[12][13]
- ↑ WCO Regional Websites
- ↑ East and Southern Africa group
- ↑ Europe group
- 1 2 3 4 Located entirely in Western Asia, but having strong sociopolitical connections with Europe.
- 1 2 3 4 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.
- ↑ The convention was ratified for European Netherlands and the Caribbean Netherlands, Curaçao and Sint Maarten (but not Aruba).[10] 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.[11]
- 1 2 Parties to the Convention Establishing a Customs Co-operation Council
- 1 2 The WCO convention applies to Curaçao and Sint Maarten, but doesn't apply to Aruba.[10] Following the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles, Curaçao retained its position in the WCO regional group and Sint Maarten isn't listed yet.[17]
- ↑ 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
- 1 2 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