AITIC : AITIC Members

	Country / Separate Customs Territory	Membership by signature of AITIC Agreement*
1.	Denmark	30-04-04
2.	Finland	06-03-05
3.	Ireland	30-04-04
4.	Netherlands	30-04-04
5.	Sweden	30-04-04
6.	Switzerland	30-04-04
7.	United Kingdom	10-03-05

Participating Members:

No.	Country/Separate Customs Territory	Membership by Signature of AITIC Agreement *	Membership by Accession to the AITIC Agreement
1.	Afghanistan	21-01-05	—
2.	Algeria	30-04-04	—
3.	Antigua and Barbuda	—	05-11-05
4.	Azerbaijan	—	26-09-08
5.	Barbados	30-01-05	—
6.	Benin	30-04-04	—
7.	Bhutan	30-04-04	—
8.	Bolivia	30-04-04	—
—	Burkina Faso **	—
9.	Burundi	30-04-04	—
10.	Cambodia	30-04-04	—
11.	Cape Verde	30-04-04	—
12.	Central African Republic	—	29-04-05
13.	Chad	28-05-04	—
14.	Congo , Rep. of the	30-04-04	—
15.	Congo , Dem. Rep. of the	—	23-12-06
16.	Cuba	—	29-03-07
17.	Dominica	—	18-11-05
18.	Dominican Republic	30-04-04	—
19.	Ecuador	—	11-12-05
—	El Salvador **
20.	Ethiopia	30-04-04	—
21.	Gabon	—	09-06-06
22.	Gambia	30-04-04	—
23.	Georgia	—	10-05-06
24.	Guatemala	12-01-05	—
25.	Guinea	30-04-04	—
26.	Guinea-Bissau	—	25-07-08
27.	Guyana	30-04-04	—
28.	Haiti	30-04-04	—
29.	Honduras	30-04-04	—
30.	Jamaica	22-01-05	—
31.	Jordan	30-04-04	—
32.	Kyrgyz, Rep.	—	21-10-06
33.	Lao People’s Dem. Rep.	—	28-12-06
34.	Madagascar	—	02-02-07
35.	Mali	12-01-05	—
36.	Mauritania	30-04-04	—
37.	Mauritius	30-04-04	—
38.	Moldova , Rep. of	—	16-01-05
39.	Mongolia	—	17-04-05
40.	Montenegro	—	02-07-05
41.	Morocco	—	14-07-05
42.	Mozambique	30-04-04	—
—	Nepal **
43.	Nicaragua	30-04-04	—
44.	Nigeria	30-04-04	—
—	Paraguay **
45.	Rwanda	16-01-05	—
46.	Saint Lucia	—	21-07-05
47.	Samoa	—	17-07-05
48.	Senegal	—	11-05-08
—	Serbia **
49.	Seychelles		08-05-08
50.	Sri Lanka	30-04-04	—
51.	Sudan	—	19-10-08
52.	Suriname	—	19-08-07
53.	Togo	30-04-04	—
54.	Trinidad and Tobago	—	30-03-07
55.	Tunisia	—	11-08-06
56.	Uganda	12-01-05	—
57.	Vanuatu	30-04-04	—
58.	Yemen	30-04-04	—
59.	Zambia	30-04-04	—

Observers to the AITIC’s Council of Representatives:

	Country / Separate Customs Territory / Organisation	Date of Acceptance***
1.	Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu	26-11-2007
2.	Southern African Customs Union (SACU)	24-11-2006

Table of Members

	Country	LDC	SIDS	LLDCs	WTO Member (M) or Observer (O)	Non-Resident	ACP	Africa (29) Asia/Pacific (9) Caribbean (10) Europe (7) Eastern Europe (4) Latin America (8) Middle East (3)	WTO language English (E) French (F) Spanish (S)
Sponsoring Members
1	Denmark				M			Europe	E
2	Finland				M			Europe	E
3	Ireland				M			Europe	E
4	Netherlands				M			Europe	E
5	Sweden				M			Europe	E
6	Switzerland				M			Europe	F
7	United Kingdom				M			Europe	E
Participating Members
1	Afghanistan	●		●	O			Middle East	E
2	Algeria				O			Africa	F
3	Antigua and Barbuda		●		M	●	●	Caribbean	E
4	Azerbaidjan				O			Eastern Europe	E
5	Barbados		●		M		●	Caribbean	E
6	Benin	●			M		●	Africa	F
7	Bhutan	●		●	O			Asia	E
8	Bolivia			●	M			Latin America	S
—	Burkina Faso *	●		●	M		●	Africa	F
9	Burundi	●		●	M		●	Africa	F
10	Cambodia	●			M			Asia	E
11	Cape Verde		●		O		●	Africa	F
12	Central African Rep.	●		●	M	●	●	Africa	F
13	Chad	●		●	M		●	Africa	F
14	Congo, Rep. of the				M		●	Africa	F
15	Congo, Dem. Rep. of the	●			M		●	Africa	F
16	Cuba		●		M			Latin America	S
17	Dominica		●		M	●	●	Caribbean	E
18	Dominican Rep.		●		M		●	Caribbean	S
19	Ecuador				M			Latin America	S
—	El Salvador *				M			Latin America	S
20	Ethiopia	●		●	O		●	Africa	E
21	Gabon				M		●	Africa	F
22	Gambia	●			M	●	●	Africa	E
23	Georgia				M			Eastern Europe	E
24	Guatemala				M			Latin America	S
25	Guinea	●			M		●	Africa	F
26	Guinea Bissau	●			M	●	●	Africa	F
27	Guyana		●		M	●	●	Caribbean	E
28	Haiti	●	●		M		●	Caribbean	F
29	Honduras				M			Latin America	S
30	Jamaica		●		M		●	Caribbean	E
31	Jordan				M			Middle East	E
32	Kyrgyz Rep.			●	M			Asia	E
33	Lao, People’s Dem. Rep.	●		●	O	●		Asia	E
34	Madagascar	●			M		●	Africa	F
35	Mali	●		●	M		●	Africa	F
36	Mauritania	●			M		●	Africa	F
37	Mauritius		●		M		●	Africa	E
38	Moldova, Rep. of			●	M			Europe	E
39	Mongolia			●	M			Asia	E
40	Montenegro				O			Europe	E
41	Morocco				M		●	Africa	F
42	Mozambique	●			M		●	Africa	E
—	Nepal *	●		●	M			Asia	E
43	Nicaragua				M			Latin America	S
44	Nigeria				M		●	Africa	E
—	Paraguay *			●	M			Latin America	S
45	Rwanda	●		●	M		●	Africa	F
46	Saint Lucia		●		M	●	●	Caribbean	E
47	Samoa	●	●		O	●	●	Asia/Pacific	E
48	Senegal	●			M		●	Africa	F
—	Serbia *				O			Eastern Europe	E
49	Seychelles				O	●	●	Africa	E
50	Sri Lanka				M			Asia	E
51	Sudan	●			O		●	Africa	E
52	Suriname		●		M	●	●	Caribbean	E
53	Togo	●			M	●	●	Africa	F
54	Trinidad and Tobago		●		M		●	Caribbean	E
55	Tunisia				M			Africa	F
56	Uganda	●		●	M		●	Africa	E
57	Vanuatu	●	●		O	●	●	Asia/Pacific	E
58	Yemen	●			O			Middle East	E
59	Zambia	●		●	M		●	Africa	E

*: The AITIC Agreement was open to signature until 31 December 2004, the deadline for ratification was 31 December 2005. (return to text)

**: En cours d’accession. (return to text)

***:I nitially for a period of two years from the date of acceptance. (return to text)

Note 1: Least-Developed Countries. (return to text)

Note 2: Small Island Developing Countries. (return to text)

Note 3: Landlocked Developing Countries. (return to text)

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