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<h2 id="list-of-customs-territories">List of customs territories</h2> <h3>Unions</h3> <p>Countries which are members of a customs union, which in some cases may be considered a single customs territory:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Andean_Community_of_Nations/H5tmzTuI">Andean Community of Nations</a> (CAN) <ul><li> <a href="/facts/Bolivia/YNBoDKKR">Bolivia</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Colombia/nl7r8Q2u">Colombia</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Ecuador/Tdv7czY4">Ecuador</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Peru/dBt7XrYD">Peru</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Caribbean_Community/UhcyNKyh">Caribbean Community</a> (CARICOM) <ul><li> <a href="/facts/Antigua_and_Barbuda/DXQrHm3x">Antigua and Barbuda</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Barbados/ywYtqmRB">Barbados</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Belize/2xVuhCTt">Belize</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Dominica/suCgsaVj">Dominica</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Grenada/V2kbBXcM">Grenada</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Guyana/xxadP7zF">Guyana</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Jamaica/jeDulmwE">Jamaica</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Montserrat/J9PjQ974">Montserrat</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis/SMPo2Ybr">Saint Kitts and Nevis</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Saint_Lucia/fEUDuRwb">Saint Lucia</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines/fVDmwSuG">Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Suriname/zjwRFBPL">Suriname</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Trinidad_and_Tobago/jTXQP4Fe">Trinidad and Tobago</a></li> <li>Other CARICOM member states, The Bahamas and Haiti are not a part of the customs union arrangement although Haiti is in the process of acceding.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/East_African_Community/QDI3kyLP">East African Community</a> (EAC) <ul><li> <a href="/facts/Burundi/GTNtpIra">Burundi</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Kenya/Y9Ko9pQu">Kenya</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Rwanda/UKR5UdKy">Rwanda</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Tanzania/MJueJ7E4">Tanzania</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Uganda/PabdegRm">Uganda</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Eurasian_Customs_Union/wchFYofw">Eurasian Customs Union</a> <ul><li> <a href="/facts/Armenia/t3GQx9sU">Armenia</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Belarus/vweHwgob">Belarus</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Kazakhstan/Vfs8NI6e">Kazakhstan</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Kyrgyzstan/MSNdCp8u">Kyrgyzstan</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a></li> <li>Russia unilaterally negotiated a free trade agreement (excluding sugar, alcohol, and tobacco) with <a href="/facts/Abkhazia/7to1809j">Abkhazia</a> and <a href="/facts/South_Ossetia/AF7z9Q3Q">South Ossetia</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> These areas are claimed by <a href="/facts/Georgia_(country)/ccBF8bBE">Georgia</a>, which is not a member of the customs union.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/European_Union_Customs_Union/zklwV2Cu">European Union Customs Union</a> (internal border checks) - includes the territory of <a href="/facts/European_Union/6GYcR8qM">European Union</a> member countries, excepting many areas outside of continental Europe, and some exclaves and border areas.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> (See <a href="/facts/Special_member_state_territories_and_the_European_Union/IBtLk2a9">Special member state territories and the European Union</a> for a detailed list.) Various treaties extend the EU customs area to include the non-EU states of: <ul><li> <a href="/facts/Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia/2RPAL15s">Akrotiri and Dhekelia</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Andorra/VItvtXBe">Andorra</a> (excluding agricultural produce)</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Monaco/QjjEJwKy">Monaco</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/San_Marino/dlbbyRcT">San Marino</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Turkey/KIYAWAs0">Turkey</a> (excluding agricultural produce)</li></ul></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Israel/dEe3IcaY">Israel</a> — <a href="/facts/Palestinian_Authority/AhB1P7E7">Palestinian Authority</a> customs union (internal border checks)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Southern_Common_Market/hb6taQX1">Southern Common Market</a> (MERCOSUR) <ul><li> <a href="/facts/Argentina/aFSA5bAk">Argentina</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Brazil/QHkG46GL">Brazil</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Paraguay/sbzfv4Rl">Paraguay</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Uruguay/X6V0apCb">Uruguay</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Venezuela/eX1qnkln">Venezuela</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Bolivia/YNBoDKKR">Bolivia</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Southern_African_Customs_Union/LYagbx7w">Southern African Customs Union</a> (SACU) <ul><li> <a href="/facts/Botswana/dGw6g94p">Botswana</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Eswatini/Mfz58p4W">Eswatini</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Lesotho/gYSatY8p">Lesotho</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Namibia/ahXuaypy">Namibia</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/South_Africa/vvXQpLgq">South Africa</a></li></ul></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Switzerland/LcGuxeTe">Switzerland</a> — <a href="/facts/Liechtenstein/dPnsqDnS">Liechtenstein</a> — <a href="/facts/B%25C3%25BCsingen_am_Hochrhein/KGuINyov">Büsingen am Hochrhein</a> customs union (no external border checks)</li> <li><a href="/facts/United_Kingdom%25E2%2580%2593Crown_Dependencies_Customs_Union/SKxfUKBP">United Kingdom–Crown Dependencies Customs Union</a> <ul><li> <a href="/facts/Isle_of_Man/HG7bYyA8">Isle of Man</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Guernsey/CwEjEkm2">Guernsey</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Jersey/3lBLWgpg">Jersey</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/England/U9mE5bGL">England</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Scotland/VGwbbxB2">Scotland</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Wales/xa3W6PHH">Wales</a></li></ul></li></ul> <h3>Exclusions for external territories</h3> <p>Countries with <a href="/facts/External_territories/n2XWkq20">external territories</a> variously put them inside or outside the main domestic customs area. </p> <h4>Australia</h4> <p><a href="/facts/External_territories_of_Australia/kUd6AV5c">External territories of Australia</a> are outside its main customs zone, but the inhabited ones get preferential tariff treatment.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p> <h4>China</h4> <p>The following customs territories are outside the customs territory of the <a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p">People's Republic of China</a>: </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Special_Administrative_Region_of_the_People%2527s_Republic_of_China/PjIuCTrs">Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China</a> <ul><li> <a href="/facts/Hong_Kong/4nAf3mqQ">Hong Kong</a>, autonomous territory of <a href="/facts/PR_China/lTjIXY5p">PR China</a></li> <li> <a href="/facts/Macau/KEm5w6xH">Macau</a>, autonomous territory of <a href="/facts/PR_China/lTjIXY5p">PR China</a></li></ul></li></ul> <h4>Europe</h4> <p>Treatment of <a href="/facts/Special_territories_of_members_of_the_European_Economic_Area/IBtLk2a9">special territories of members of the European Economic Area</a> varies. </p> <h4>New Zealand</h4> <p><a href="/facts/Tokelau/J0Y8gvgx">Tokelau</a> is in a separate customs zone from the North and South Islands of New Zealand, as are the <a href="/facts/Freely_associated_state/AyCyg8WC">freely associated states</a> of <a href="/facts/Niue/BV3kv4ug">Niue</a> and the <a href="/facts/Cook_Islands/kmvk0Yed">Cook Islands</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p> <h4>United Kingdom</h4> <p>Though <a href="/facts/Northern_Ireland/Jmr0NRyl">Northern Ireland</a> is considered an integral part of the <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">United Kingdom</a> and is not part of the European Union, to maintain a peaceful resolution of the <a href="/facts/Northern_Ireland_Conflict/CvxR8ReG">Northern Ireland Conflict</a>, it has an open border with the <a href="/facts/Republic_of_Ireland/k8JzXVze">Republic of Ireland</a>, which is part of the European Union customs union. Under the <a href="/facts/Northern_Ireland_Protocol/oSC0PmDr">Northern Ireland Protocol</a>, internal shipments from <a href="/facts/Great_Britain/TNgGQRPj">Great Britain</a> to <a href="/facts/Northern_Ireland/Jmr0NRyl">Northern Ireland</a> are regulated as imports to the EU, but shipments from Northern Ireland can enter the rest of UK customs union barrier-free. </p> <h4>United States</h4> <p class="note">Further information: <a href="/facts/Foreign_trade_of_the_United_States/hgVmjTSm">Foreign trade of the United States § Customs territory</a></p> <p>The customs territory of the <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a> includes the fifty states, the <a href="/facts/District_of_Columbia/enXPK156">District of Columbia</a>, and U.S Commonwealth of <a href="/facts/Puerto_Rico/jVStMyG4">Puerto Rico</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> The following dependent United States territories are outside the customs territory and most administer customs separately:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> </p> <ul><li> <a href="/facts/American_Samoa/mpcHoegY">American Samoa</a> - Government of American Samoa</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Guam/z77Ql3fM">Guam</a> - Government of Guam</li> <li> <a href="/facts/Northern_Mariana_Islands/Tb6CPrao">Northern Mariana Islands</a> - Government of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands</li> <li><a href="/facts/United_States_Minor_Outlying_Islands/l6wulClL">United States Minor Outlying Islands</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Wake_Island/wLdjtjCF">Wake Island</a> - Department of the Air Force General Counsel</li> <li><a href="/facts/Midway_Islands/mC01YlDL">Midway Islands</a> - Department of the Navy</li> <li><a href="/facts/Johnston_Atoll/xAdQlUQR">Johnston Atoll</a> - none</li> <li>(Other islands are uninhabited, although <a href="/facts/Palmyra_Atoll/3D11PdQS">Palmyra Atoll</a>, administered by the <a href="/facts/United_States_Fish_and_Wildlife_Service/kNLNl93B">Fish and Wildlife Service</a>, is permanently staffed and has several private land parcels. It has no customs administration or duties.)</li></ul></li> <li> <a href="/facts/United_States_Virgin_Islands/VwDBzBGT">US Virgin Islands</a> - Federal rules as modified by the Virgin Islands legislature, but implemented by <a href="/facts/U.S._Customs_and_Border_Protection/o80grAfX">U.S. Customs and Border Protection</a></li></ul> <h3>Taiwan</h3> <p><a href="/facts/Taiwan/VcJoUD8w">Taiwan</a> is officially titled as <a href="/facts/Separate_Customs_Territory_of_Taiwan%2c_Penghu%2c_Kinmen%2c_and_Matsu/DUYRXqxI">Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu</a> or <a href="/facts/Chinese_Taipei/DUYRXqxI">Chinese Taipei</a> in the <a href="/facts/WTO/p7hgb1lP">WTO</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_free_economic_zones/JD3a7exe">List of free economic zones</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Economic_integration/wJsysnYY">Economic integration</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Member_states_of_the_World_Customs_Organization/QsJ1dSEQ">Member states of the World Customs Organization</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/customs/customs_duties/rules_origin/introduction/article_403_en.htm">"List of non-EU countries"</a>. Retrieved 2014-04-12.</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>For example: Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Montenegro, of the other part. <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/pdf/montenegro/key_documents/interim_agreementlexuriserv_en.pdf" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/pdf/montenegro/key_documents/interim_agreementlexuriserv_en.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>see the list of customs unions for references <a href="/wiki/Customs_union#Current" target="_blank">/wiki/Customs_union#Current</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"New Separatist Recruits for Russia's Customs Union". Eurasianet. <a href="https://eurasianet.org/new-separatist-recruits-for-russias-customs-union" target="_blank">https://eurasianet.org/new-separatist-recruits-for-russias-customs-union</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Some of the special EU member state territories are covered by EU law (Art.52 TEU and Art.355 TFEU), but nevertheless remain outside the EU customs territory. "Annex 1: Overview of European Union countries" (PDF). Retrieved 21 Apr 2014. <a href="/wiki/Special_member_state_territories_and_the_European_Union" target="_blank">/wiki/Special_member_state_territories_and_the_European_Union</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"External Territories". Australian Border Force. <a href="https://www.abf.gov.au/importing-exporting-and-manufacturing/fta/other-preferential-arrangements/external-territories" target="_blank">https://www.abf.gov.au/importing-exporting-and-manufacturing/fta/other-preferential-arrangements/external-territories</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Tokelau Customs Regulations 1991 <a href="https://www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/1991/0004/1.0/whole.html" target="_blank">https://www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/1991/0004/1.0/whole.html</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Niue Customs Act 1966, Niue Customs Tariff Act 1982 <a href="https://niue.tradeportal.org/media/Customs%20Act%201966.pdf" target="_blank">https://niue.tradeportal.org/media/Customs%20Act%201966.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Cook Islands Customs Legislation and Tariffs <a href="https://www.mfem.gov.ck/customs-legislation-tariffs" target="_blank">https://www.mfem.gov.ck/customs-legislation-tariffs</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>19 CFR 101.1 <a href="/wiki/Title_19_of_the_Code_of_Federal_Regulations" target="_blank">/wiki/Title_19_of_the_Code_of_Federal_Regulations</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>19 CFR 7.2 <a href="/wiki/Title_19_of_the_Code_of_Federal_Regulations" target="_blank">/wiki/Title_19_of_the_Code_of_Federal_Regulations</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu (Chinese Taipei), World Trade Organization, retrieved 2014-09-10, Chinese Taipei has been a member of WTO since 1 January 2002. <a href="http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/countries_e/chinese_taipei_e.htm" target="_blank">http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/countries_e/chinese_taipei_e.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>