31/05/17 WORLD CUSTOMS ORGANIZATION - 182 Members – 31/05/17 South America, North America, Central America and the Caribbean NAME OF MEMBER DATE OF MEMBERSHIP Antigua and Barbuda 2017-04-10 Argentina 1968-07-01 Bahamas 1974-08-16 Barbados 1999-01-07 Belize 2008-04-22 Bermuda 1990-07-01 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 Curaçao 1988-07-11 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 31/05/17 Europe NAME OF MEMBER DATE OF MEMBERSHIP Albania 1992-08-31 Andorra 1998-09-03 Armenia 1992-06-30 Austria 1953-01-21 Azerbaijan 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 1967-08-31 Czech Republic 1993-01-01 Denmark 1951-10-19 Estonia 1992-06-18 European Union** 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 1958-05-23 Italy 1952-11-20 Kazakhstan 1992-06-30 Kyrgyzstan 2000-02-10 Kosovo 2017-01-25 Latvia 1992-06-22 Lithuania 1992-06-18 31/05/17 Luxembourg 1953-01-23 Malta 1968-07-06 Moldova 1994-10-28 Montenegro 2006-10-24 Netherlands 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 1997-07-01 The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 1994-07-01 Turkey 1951-06-06 Turkmenistan 1993-05-17 Ukraine 1992-06-26 United Kingdom 1952-09-12 Uzbekistan 1992-07-28 ** Status akin to WCO membership 31/05/17 East and Southern Africa NAME OF MEMBER DATE OF MEMBERSHIP 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 Africa 1964-03-24 South Sudan 2012-07-18 Swaziland 1981-05-15 Tanzania 1964-11-07 Uganda 1964-11-03 Zambia 1978-09-27 Zimbabwe 1981-03-19 31/05/17 North of Africa, Near and Middle East NAME OF MEMBER DATE OF MEMBERSHIP 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 Palestine 2015-03-24 Qatar 1992-05-04 Saudi Arabia 1973-05-08 Sudan 1960-06-08 Syrian Arab Republic 1959-11-19 Tunisia 1966-07-20 United Arab Emirates 1979-02-07 Yemen 1993-07-01 31/05/17 West and Central Africa NAME OF MEMBER DATE OF MEMBERSHIP 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 2010-08-19 Liberia 1975-01-07 Mali 1987-08-07 Mauritania 1979-10-02 Niger 1981-07-01 Nigeria 1963-08-21 Sao Tome and Principe 2009-09-23 Senegal 1976-03-10 Sierra Leone 1975-11-06 Togo 1990-02-12 31/05/17 Far East, South and South East Asia, Australasia and the Pacific Islands NAME OF MEMBER DATE OF MEMBERSHIP Afghanistan (Islamic Republic of) 2004-08-10 Australia 1961-01-05 Bangladesh 1978-07-01 Bhutan 2002-02-12 Brunei Darussalam 1996-07-01 Cambodia 2001-04-03 China 1983-07-18 Fiji 1997-07-01 Hong Kong, China 1987-07-01 India 1971-02-15 Indonesia 1957-04-30 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1959-10-16 Japan 1964-06-15 Korea (Republic of) 1968-07-02 Lao People’s Democratic Republic 2007-01-16 Macau, China 1993-07-07 Malaysia 1964-06-30 Maldives 1995-09-08 Mongolia 1991-09-17 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 Union of Myanmar (Republic of the) 1991-03-25 Vanuatu 2009-11-17 Vietnam 1993-07-01