161
members since 26 April 2015 , with dates of WTO membership (and pre-WTO
GATT membership dates where applicable).
Members
and Observers
Albania 8
September 2000
Angola 23
November 1996 (GATT: 8 April 1994)
Antigua and Barbuda
1 January 1995 (GATT: 30 March 1987)
Argentina 1
January 1995 (GATT: 11 October 1967)
Armenia 5
February 2003
Australia 1
January 1995 (GATT: 1 January 1948)
Austria 1
January 1995 (GATT: 19 October 1951)
Bahrain, Kingdom of
1 January 1995 (GATT: 13 December 1993)
Bangladesh 1
January 1995 (GATT: 16 December 1972)
Barbados 1
January 1995 (GATT: 15 February 1967)
Belgium 1
January 1995 (GATT: 1 January 1948)
Belize 1
January 1995 (GATT: 7 October 1983)
Benin 22
February 1996 (GATT: 12 September 1963)
Bolivia, Plurinational State of 12 September 1995 (GATT: 8 September 1990)
Botswana 31 May
1995 (GATT: 28 August 1987)
Brazil 1
January 1995 (GATT: 30 July 1948)
Brunei Darussalam
1 January 1995 (GATT: 9 December 1993)
Bulgaria 1
December 1996
Burkina Faso 3
June 1995 (GATT: 3 May 1963)
Burundi 23 July
1995 (GATT: 13 March 1965)
Cabo Verde 23 July 2008
Cambodia 13 October 2004
Cameroon 13
December 1995 (GATT: 3 May 1963)
Canada 1
January 1995 (GATT: 1 January 1948)
Central African Republic 31 May 1995 (GATT: 3 May 1963)
Chad 19 October
1996 (GATT: 12 July 1963)
Chile 1 January
1995 (GATT: 16 March 1949)
China 11
December 2001
Colombia 30
April 1995 (GATT: 3 October 1981)
Congo 27 March
1997 (GATT: 3 May 1963)
Costa Rica 1
January 1995 (GATT: 24 November 1990)
Côte d'Ivoire 1
January 1995 (GATT: 31 December 1963)
Croatia 30
November 2000
Cuba 20 April
1995 (GATT: 1 January 1948)
Cyprus 30 July
1995 (GATT: 15 July 1963)
Czech Republic
1 January 1995 (GATT: 15 April 1993)
Democratic Republic of the Congo 1 January 1997
Denmark 1
January 1995 (GATT: 28 May 1950)
Djibouti 31 May
1995 (GATT: 16 December 1994)
Dominica 1
January 1995 (GATT: 20 April 1993)
Dominican Republic
9 March 1995 (GATT: 19 May 1950)
Ecuador 21
January 1996
Egypt 30 June
1995 (GATT: 9 May 1970)
El Salvador 7
May 1995 (GATT: 22 May 1991)
Estonia 13
November 1999
European Union (formerly European Communities) 1 January 1995
Fiji 14 January
1996 (GATT: 16 November 1993)
Finland 1
January 1995 (GATT: 25 May 1950)
France 1
January 1995 (GATT: 1 January 1948)
Gabon 1 January
1995 (GATT: 3 May 1963)
The Gambia 23
October 1996 (GATT: 22 February 1965)
Georgia 14 June
2000
Germany 1
January 1995 (GATT: 1 October 1951)
Ghana 1 January
1995 (GATT: 17 October 1957)
Greece 1
January 1995 (GATT: 1 March 1950)
Grenada 22
February 1996 (GATT: 9 February 1994)
Guatemala 21
July 1995 (GATT: 10 October 1991)
Guinea 25
October 1995 (GATT: 8 December 1994)
Guinea-Bissau
31 May 1995 (GATT: 17 March 1994)
Guyana 1
January 1995 (GATT: 5 July 1966)
Haiti 30
January 1996 (GATT: 1 January 1950)
Honduras 1
January 1995 (GATT: 10 April 1994)
Hong Kong, China
1 January 1995 (GATT: 23 April 1986)
Hungary 1
January 1995 (GATT: 9 September 1973)
Iceland 1 January
1995 (GATT: 21 April 1968)
India 1 January
1995 (GATT: 8 July 1948)
Indonesia 1
January 1995 (GATT: 24 February 1950)
Ireland 1
January 1995 (GATT: 22 December 1967)
Israel 21 April
1995 (GATT: 5 July 1962)
Italy 1 January
1995 (GATT: 30 May 1950)
Jamaica 9 March
1995 (GATT: 31 December 1963)
Japan 1 January
1995 (GATT: 10 September 1955)
Jordan 11 April
2000
Kenya 1 January
1995 (GATT: 5 February 1964)
Korea, Republic of
1 January 1995 (GATT: 14 April 1967)
Kuwait, the State of
1 January 1995 (GATT: 3 May 1963)
Kyrgyz Republic
20 December 1998
Lao People’s Democratic Republic 2 February 2013
Latvia 10
February 1999
Lesotho 31 May
1995 (GATT: 8 January 1988)
Liechtenstein 1
September 1995 (GATT: 29 March 1994)
Lithuania 31
May 2001
Luxembourg 1
January 1995 (GATT: 1 January 1948)
Macao, China 1
January 1995 (GATT: 11 January 1991)
Madagascar 17
November 1995 (GATT: 30 September 1963)
Malawi 31 May
1995 (GATT: 28 August 1964)
Malaysia 1
January 1995 (GATT: 24 October 1957)
Maldives 31 May
1995 (GATT: 19 April 1983)
Mali 31 May
1995 (GATT: 11 January 1993)
Malta 1 January
1995 (GATT: 17 November 1964)
Mauritania 31
May 1995 (GATT: 30 September 1963)
Mauritius 1
January 1995 (GATT: 2 September 1970)
Mexico 1
January 1995 (GATT: 24 August 1986)
Moldova, Republic of
26 July 2001
Mongolia 29
January 1997
Montenegro 29
April 2012
Morocco 1
January 1995 (GATT: 17 June 1987)
Mozambique 26
August 1995 (GATT: 27 July 1992)
Myanmar 1
January 1995 (GATT: 29 July 1948)
Namibia 1
January 1995 (GATT: 15 September 1992)
Nepal 23 April
2004
Netherlands 1
January 1995 (GATT: 1 January 1948)
New Zealand 1
January 1995 (GATT: 30 July 1948)
Nicaragua 3
September 1995 (GATT: 28 May 1950)
Niger 13
December 1996 (GATT: 31 December 1963)
Nigeria 1
January 1995 (GATT: 18 November 1960)
Norway 1
January 1995 (GATT: 10 July 1948)
Oman 9 November
2000
Pakistan 1
January 1995 (GATT: 30 July 1948)
Panama 6
September 1997
Papua New Guinea
9 June 1996 (GATT: 16 December 1994)
Paraguay 1
January 1995 (GATT: 6 January 1994)
Peru 1 January
1995 (GATT: 7 October 1951)
Philippines 1
January 1995 (GATT: 27 December 1979)
Poland 1 July
1995 (GATT: 18 October 1967)
Portugal 1
January 1995 (GATT: 6 May 1962)
Qatar 13
January 1996 (GATT: 7 April 1994)
Romania 1
January 1995 (GATT: 14 November 1971)
Russian Federation
22 August 2012
Rwanda 22 May
1996 (GATT: 1 January 1966)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
21 February 1996 (GATT: 24 March 1994)
Saint Lucia 1
January 1995 (GATT: 13 April 1993)
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines 1 January 1995 (GATT: 18 May 1993)
Samoa 10 May
2012
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of 11 December 2005
Senegal 1
January 1995 (GATT: 27 September 1963)
Seychelles 26
April 2015
Sierra Leone 23
July 1995 (GATT: 19 May 1961)
Singapore 1
January 1995 (GATT: 20 August 1973)
Slovak Republic
1 January 1995 (GATT: 15 April 1993)
Slovenia 30
July 1995 (GATT: 30 October 1994)
Solomon Islands
26 July 1996 (GATT: 28 December 1994)
South Africa 1
January 1995 (GATT: 13 June 1948)
Spain 1 January
1995 (GATT: 29 August 1963)
Sri Lanka 1
January 1995 (GATT: 29 July 1948)
Suriname 1
January 1995 (GATT: 22 March 1978)
Swaziland 1
January 1995 (GATT: 8 February 1993)
Sweden 1
January 1995 (GATT: 30 April 1950)
Switzerland 1
July 1995 (GATT: 1 August 1966)
Chinese Taipei 1 January 2002
Tajikistan 2 March 2013
Tanzania 1
January 1995 (GATT: 9 December 1961)
Thailand 1
January 1995 (GATT: 20 November 1982)
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) 4 April 2003
Togo 31 May
1995 (GATT: 20 March 1964)
Tonga 27 July
2007
Trinidad and Tobago
1 March 1995 (GATT: 23 October 1962)
Tunisia 29
March 1995 (GATT: 29 August 1990)
Turkey 26 March
1995 (GATT: 17 October 1951)
Uganda 1 January
1995 (GATT: 23 October 1962)
Ukraine 16 May 2008
United Arab Emirates
10 April 1996 (GATT: 8 March 1994)
United Kingdom
1 January 1995 (GATT: 1 January 1948)
United States of America 1 January 1995 (GATT: 1 January 1948)
Uruguay 1
January 1995 (GATT: 6 December 1953)
Vanuatu 24
August 2012
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1 January 1995 (GATT: 31 August 1990)
Viet Nam 11
January 2007
Yemen 26 June
2014
Zambia 1
January 1995 (GATT: 10 February 1982)
Zimbabwe 5
March 1995 (GATT: 11 July 1948)
WTO (GATT) Documents
AMS-Aggregate Measurement of
Support (in Agreement on Agriculture)
BISD-Basic Instruments and
Selected Documents (published by GATT)
CCC-Customs Co-operation
Council
DSB-Dispute Settlement Body
FAO-Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations
GATS- General Agreement on Trade in Services
GATT- General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
HS-Harmonized Commodity
Description and Coding System
IMF-International Monetary Fund
ISO-International Organization
for Standardization
IEC-International
Electrotechnical Commission
MFA-Arrangement Regarding
International Trade in Textiles
PGE-Permanent Group of Experts
(in Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures)
SCM-Subsidies and
Countervailing Measures
SSG-Special Safeguard (in
Agreement on Agriculture)
ST-Special Treatment (in Annex
5, Agreement on Agriculture)
TMB-Textiles Monitoring Body
TPRB- Trade Policy Review Body
TPRM-Trade Policy Review
Mechanism
TRIM’s-Trade-Related Investment
Measures
TRIPS-Trade-Related Aspects of
Intellectual Property Rights
TSB-Textiles Surveillance Body
World Bank-International Bank
for Reconstruction and Development
WTO-World Trade Organization
WTO Agreement-Agreement
Establishing the World Trade Organization
FROM-
PANKAJ ’WELA’
M.PHIL.
GANDHI & PEACE STUDIES.
GFANDHI
& PEACE STUDIES DEPARTMENT
MAHATMA
GANDHI ANTARRASHTRIYA HINDI VISHWA VIDYALAYA,
WARDHA
CONTECT-9990841992/9119568237
MAIL
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