Membership Procedure
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The procedures for becoming a member of the International Cocoa Organization are provided in Articles 52 to 57 of the International Cocoa Agreement, 2010.
Membership of the International Cocoa Agreement, 2010
EXPORTING COUNTRIES
Brazil (Signature: 7 June 2012)
Cameroon (Signature: 26 March 2012 / Provisional Application 24 January 2013)
Colombia (Accession: 10 May 2023)
Congo (Democratic Republic) (Signature and Provisional Application: 4 November 2011)
Côte d’Ivoire (Signature: 20 September 2011 / Approval: 16 May 2012)
Dominican Republic (Signature and Provisional Application: 9 March 2012)
Ecuador (Accession: 25 September 2013)
Gabon (Signature and Provisional Application: 18 January 2012 / Approval: 11 June 2013)
Ghana (Signature: 19 August 2011 / Ratification: 18 December 2012)
Guinea (Accession: 19 June 2012)
Indonesia (Signature: 12 September 2011 / Ratification: 13 November 2012)
Liberia (Signature: 13 November 2012 / Acceptance: 17 January 2014)
Madagascar (Signature and Provisional Application: 29 December 2015)
Malaysia (Signature: 5 August 2013 / Ratification: 30 August 2013)
Nicaragua (Accession: 15 July 2013)
Nigeria (Accession: 10 October 2018)
Papua New Guinea (Signature: 21 April 2016)
Peru (Signature: 4 March 2014 / Ratification: 12 May 2016)
Sierra Leone (Signature: 1 October 2012)
Togo (Signature: 19 September 2011 / Ratification: 22 June 2012)
Trinidad and Tobago (Signature: 24 September 2012)
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (Accession: 27 June 2016)
IMPORTING COUNTRIES
European Union
(Signature and Provisional Application: 10 June 2011 / Approval: 15 May 2012)
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Non European Union
Russian Federation(Signature: 1 October 2014 / Ratification: 29 January 2016)
Switzerland (Signature: 22 December 2010 / Ratification: 12 May 2011)
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