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WTO Membership

as of 9 Aug 2000

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	WTO =	World Trade Organization
	GATT=	General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
On 1st January 1995, the GATT - as an international agency - was replaced by the World Trade Organization, a permanent international organization.

Country/City	Date of joining WTO*	Date of joining GATT*

Congo	1997-03-27	1963-05-03
Niger	1996-12-13	1963-12-31
Angola	1996-11-23	1994-04-08
The Gambia	1996-10-23	1965-02-22
Chad	1996-10-19	1963-07-12
Solomon Islands	1996-07-26	1994-12-28
Papua New Guinea	1996-06-09	1994-12-16
Rwanda	1996-05-22	1966-01-01
United Arab Emirates	1996-04-10	1994-03-08
Benin	1996-02-22	1963-09-12
Grenada	1996-02-22	1994-02-09
Saint Kitts and Nevis	1996-02-21	1994-03-24
Haiti	1996-01-30	1950-01-01
Fiji	1996-01-14	1993-11-16
Qatar	1996-01-13	1994-04-07
Cameroon	1995-12-13	1963-05-03
Madagascar	1995-11-17	1963-09-30
Guinea	1995-10-25	1994-12-08
Bolivia	1995-09-12	1990-09-08
Nicaragua	1995-09-03	1950-05-28
Liechtenstein	1995-09-01	1994-03-29
Mozambique	1995-08-26	1992-07-27
Cyprus	1995-07-30	1963-07-15
Slovenia	1995-07-30	1994-10-30
Burundi	1995-07-23	1965-03-13
Sierra Leone	1995-07-23	1961-05-19
Guatemala	1995-07-21	1991-10-10
Switzerland	1995-07-01	1966-08-01
Poland	1995-07-01	1967-10-18
Egypt	1995-06-30	1970-05-09
Burkina Faso	1995-06-03	1963-05-03
Guinea Bissau	1995-05-31	1994-03-17
Malawi	1995-05-31	1964-08-28
Maldives	1995-05-31	1983-04-19
Mali	1995-05-31	1993-01-11
Mauritania	1995-05-31	1963-09-30
Djibouti	1995-05-31	1994-12-16
Central African Republic	1995-05-31	1963-05-03
Lesotho	1995-05-31	1988-01-08
Togo	1995-05-31	1964-03-20
Botswana	1995-05-31	1987-08-28
El Salvador	1995-05-07	1991-05-22
Colombia	1995-04-30	1981-10-03
Israel	1995-04-21	1962-07-05
Cuba	1995-04-20	1948-01-01
Tunisia	1995-03-29	1990-08-29
Turkey	1995-03-26	1951-10-17
Jamaica	1995-03-09	1963-12-31
Dominican Republic	1995-03-09	1950-05-19
Zimbabwe	1995-03-05	1948-07-11
Trinidad and Tobago	1995-03-01	1962-10-23
Portugal	1995-01-01	1962-05-06
South Africa	1995-01-01	1948-06-13
Uganda	1995-01-01	1962-10-23
Brazil	1995-01-01	1948-07-30
New Zealand	1995-01-01	1948-07-30
Cote d'Ivoire	1995-01-01	1963-12-31
Spain	1995-01-01	1963-08-29
Antigua and Barbuda	1995-01-01	1987-03-30
Brunei Darussalam	1995-01-01	1993-12-09
Malaysia	1995-01-01	1957-10-24
Romania	1995-01-01	1971-11-14
Sri Lanka	1995-01-01	1948-07-29
Guyana	1995-01-01	1966-07-05
Argentina	1995-01-01	1967-10-11
United Kingdom	1995-01-01	1948-01-01
Japan	1995-01-01	1955-09-10
Finland	1995-01-01	1950-05-25
Suriname	1995-01-01	1978-03-22
Australia	1995-01-01	1948-01-01
Uruguay	1995-01-01	1953-12-06
Kenya	1995-01-01	1964-02-05
Nigeria	1995-01-01	1960-11-18
Czech Republic	1995-01-01	1993-04-15
France	1995-01-01	1948-01-01
Swaziland	1995-01-01	1993-02-08
Honduras	1995-01-01	1994-04-10
Austria	1995-01-01	1951-10-19
Venezuela	1995-01-01	1990-08-31
Korea, Republic of	1995-01-01	1967-04-14
Malta	1995-01-01	1964-11-17
Norway	1995-01-01	1948-07-10
Saint Lucia	1995-01-01	1993-04-13
Gabon	1995-01-01	1963-05-03
Sweden	1995-01-01	1950-04-30
Hong Kong	1995-01-01	1986-04-23
Bahrain	1995-01-01	1993-12-13
Zambia	1995-01-01	1982-02-10
Kuwait	1995-01-01	1963-05-03
Pakistan	1995-01-01	1948-07-30
Denmark	1995-01-01	1950-05-28
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines	1995-01-01	1993-05-18
Hungary	1995-01-01	1973-09-09
Bangladesh	1995-01-01	1972-12-16
Canada	1995-01-01	1948-01-01
Mauritius	1995-01-01	1970-09-02
Senegal	1995-01-01	1963-09-27
Tanzania	1995-01-01	1961-12-09
Iceland	1995-01-01	1968-04-21
Barbados	1995-01-01	1967-02-15
Netherlands	1995-01-01	1948-01-01
Mexico	1995-01-01	1986-08-24
Dominica	1995-01-01	1993-04-20
Germany	1995-01-01	1951-10-01
Thailand	1995-01-01	1982-11-20
India	1995-01-01	1948-07-08
Belgium	1995-01-01	1948-01-01
United States of America	1995-01-01	1948-01-01
Paraguay	1995-01-01	1994-01-06
Singapore	1995-01-01	1973-08-20
Ghana	1995-01-01	1957-10-17
Indonesia	1995-01-01	1950-02-24
Belize	1995-01-01	1983-10-07
Morocco	1995-01-01	1987-06-17
Chile	1995-01-01	1949-03-16
Peru	1995-01-01	1951-10-07
Slovak Republic	1995-01-01	1993-04-15
Greece	1995-01-01	1950-03-01
Ireland	1995-01-01	1967-12-22
Luxembourg	1995-01-01	1948-01-01
Philippines	1995-01-01	1979-12-27
Macau	1995-01-01	1991-01-11
Myanmar	1995-01-01	1948-07-29
Italy	1995-01-01	1950-05-30
Namibia	1995-01-01	1992-09-15
Costa Rica	1995-01-01	1990-11-24
Yugoslavia*	---	1966-08-25
Zaire*	---	1971-09-11

*Yugoslavia:	The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) has dissolved in 1993 when Croatia, Slovenia, Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro ceded.

*Zaire:	Zaire became in 1997 the "The Democratic Republic of the Congo" or DROC after the conquest of power by Laurent-Desire Kabila.

Source:	Trading into the Future - the organization - members, WTO web site Contracting Parties to the GATT, WTO web site