Recommendation 3

ISO CODE for Representation of Names of

At its first session, held in 1972, Group of The Working Party on Facilitation of International Trade Experts on Automatic Data Processing and Coding de- Procedures, cided to include in its programme of work the following Being aware of the need of an internationally agreed code task: system to represent names of countries,

“To define requirements for country codes for use in Considering the International Standard ISO 3166 “Codes international trade, to be forwarded to ISO and to be for the representation of names of countries” as a suitable pursued in co-operation with it”. basis for application in international trade,

It was entrusted to the secretariat to pursue this task. Recommends that the two-letter alphabetic code referred to in the International Standard ISO 3166 as “ISO AL- At a Meeting of the relevant ISO body, Working Group 2 PHA-2 Country Code”, should be used for representing of Technical Committee 46 “Documentation” in the names of countries for purposes of International Trade 1972, it was agreed to set a Co-ordination Committee whenever there is a need for a coded alphabetical desig- with the task to prepare proposals regarding a list of ; entities, candidate numerical and alphabetical codes and maintenance arrangements. This Committee was com- Invites the secretariat to inform the appropriate ISO body posed of one representative each from ISO and ITU and responsible for the maintenance of ISO 3166 of any of the UNCTAD Trade Facilitation Adviser. amendments which the Working Party suggest. At that session representatives attended from: ; The Report of the Co-ordinating Committee was accepted ; ; ; ; ; with some amendments by the Working Group 2 of TC 46 ; ; German Democratic ; Ger- and a draft International Standard was elaborated which many, of; ; ; ; has been considered at several meetings of the Group of ; ; ; ; ; ; Experts on Automatic Data Processing and Coding. The Union of Soviet Socialist ; ; draft International Standard was adopted at the plenary of America, and . meeting of TC 46 in 1974 and was accepted and published as an International Standard by ISO Council in The following specialized agencies, intergovernmental 1974. and non-governmental organizations were also repre- sented: Inter-governmental Maritime Consultative Or- At the 1st, 2nd and 3rd sessions of the Working Party on ganization (IMCO); General Agreement on Tariffs and Facilitation of International Trade Procedures, a number Trade (GATT); Central Office for International Railway of delegations made observations regarding possibility of (OCTI); International Chamber of Commerce using this code in international trade, as as on the (ICC); International Air Transport Association (IATA); question of incompleteness of the list of names of coun- International Organization for Standardization (ISO); tries and . International Union of Railways (UIC); International Chamber of Shipping (ICS); International of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA). Also present RECOMMENDATION at the invitation of the secretariat were staff officials of the Council of Mutual Economic Assistance (CMEA); the The Working Party on Facilitation of International Trade European Communities (EC) and the European Free Procedures, subsidiary organ of the Committee on the Trade Association (EFTA). Development of Trade of the Economic Commission for , at its third session on 4 1974 adopted the following Recommendation: I. SCOPE AND FIELD OF APPLICATION

The Standard ISO 3166 sets out, in an introductory part, Recommendation No.3, third edition, adopted by the Working Party its scope and field of application as being to provide a two- on Facilitation of International Trade Procedures, , January letter and a three-letter alphabetic code, for representing 1996 ECE/TRADE/201 [Edition 96.1]. the names of countries, dependencies and other areas of

Recommendation 3 15 ISO Country Code for Representation of Names of Countries

special geopolitical interest for purposes of international code. A three-letter alphabetic code is listed in the ISO interchange, and general directions for their mainte- 3166 Standard. nance. The designations “countries, dependencies, and other areas of special geopolitical interest” employed therein do not imply the expression of any opinion III. PROVISIONS FOR THE UP-DATING whatsoever concerning the legal status of any country or OF THE STANDARD or of its authorities, or concerning the delimita- tions of its frontiers. The International Standard is in- The list of countries and their code elements are subject tended for use in any application requiring the expression to amendment according to the rules set out in ISO of entities in coded form. For the purposes of the Standard Standard 3166. A maintenance agency for ISO 3166 has the term “Entity” is defined as “ the name of country, been appointed, serviced by the Secretariat of ISO/TC 46 dependency, or other of special geopolitical inter- Deutscher Normenausschuss (DIN), . As required, est”. the ECE Secretariat will provide code supplements con- taining the current version of the Alpha-2 code. The list below reflects the version valid on 1 January 1996. II. PRESENTATION OF RECOMMENDED CODES The full text of ISO 3166, with the official names of the The recommended codes are presented in two sections countries concerned are included in the Standard, which containing a two-letter alphabetic code, recommended can be procured from the ISO Central Secretariat or from for international exchange, and a three-digit numeric national ISO member bodies.

AFGHANISTAN AF 004 CANADA CA 124 AL 008 VERDE CV 132 DZ 012 CAYMAN KY 136 AMERICAN AS 016 CF 140 AD 020 TD 148 AO 024 CL 152 AI 660 CN 156 AQ 010 CHRISTMAS CX 162 AND BARBUDA AG 028 COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS CC 166 AR 032 CO 170 AM 051 KM 174 AW 533 CONGO CG 178 AU 036 CK 184 AUSTRIA AT 040 RICA CR 188 AZ 031 COTE D’IVOIRE CI 384 HR 191 BAHAMAS BS 044 CU 192 BH 048 CY 196 BD 050 CZ 203 BB 052 BY 112 DENMARK DK 208 BELGIUM BE 056 DJ 262 BZ 084 DM 212 BJ 204 DO 214 BM 060 BT 064 BO 068 EAST TP 626 BOSNIA AND EC 218 HERZEGOVINA BA 070 EG 818 BW 072 SV 222 BV 074 EQUATORIAL GQ 226 BR 076 ER 232 BRITISH EE 233 TERRITORY IO 086 ET 231 DARUSSALAM BN 096 BULGARIA BG 100 BF 854 (MALVINAS) FK 238 BI 108 FO 234 FJ 242 KH 116 FINLAND FI 246 CM 120 FRANCE FR 250

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FRANCE, METROPOLITAN FX 249 MW 454 GF 254 MY 458 FRENCH PF 258 MV 462 FRENCH SOUTHERN ML 466 TERRITORIES TF 260 MT 470 MH 584 GA 266 MQ 474 GAMBIA GM 270 MR 478 GE 268 MU 480 DE 276 YT 175 GH 288 MX 484 GI 292 , FEDERATED GR 300 STATES OF FM 583 GL 304 , REPUBLIC OF MD 498 GD 308 MC 492 GP 312 MN 496 GU 316 MS 500 GT 320 MA 504 GUINEA GN 324 MZ 508 GUINEA- GW 624 MM 104 GY 328 NA 516 HT 332 NR 520 HEARD ISLAND AND NP 524 MC DONALD ISLANDS HM 334 NETHERLANDS NL 528 HN 340 NETHERLANDS AN 530 HK 344 NC 540 HUNGARY HU 348 NZ 554 NI 558 IS 352 NE 562 IN 356 NIGERIA NG 566 ID 360 NU 570 ( OF) IR 364 NF 574 IQ 368 MP 580 IRELAND IE 372 NORWAY NO 578 IL 376 ITALY IT 380 OM 512

PAKISTAN PK 586 JM 388 PW 585 JAPAN JP 392 PA 591 JO 400 PG 598 PY 600 KZ 398 PE 604 KE 404 PH 608 KI 296 PN 612 KOREA, DEMOCRATIC POLAND PL 616 PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KP 408 PT 620 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF KR 410 PR 630 KW 414 KG 417 QA 634

LAO PEOPLE’S REUNION RE 638 DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC LA 418 ROMANIA RO 642 LV 428 RUSSIAN FEDERATION RU 643 LB 422 RW 646 LS 426 LR 430 SH 654 LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA LY 434 AND KN 659 LI 438 LC 662 LT 440 SAINT PIERRE AND MIQUELON PM 666 LU 442 AND THE GRENADINES VC 670 MO 446 SAMOA WS 882 MG 450 SM 674 Recommendation 3 17 ISO Country Code for Representation of Names of Countries

SÃO TOME AND PRINCIPE ST 678 AND TT 780 SA 682 TN 788 SN 686 TR 792 SC 690 TM 795 SL 694 TC 796 SG 702 TV 798 SK 703 SI 705 UG 800 SB 090 UA 804 SO 706 UNITED ARAB AE 784 SOUTH ZA 710 UNITED KINGDOM GB 826 SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE UNITED STATES US 840 SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS GS 239 UNITED STATES MINOR SPAIN ES 724 OUTLYING ISLANDS UM 581 LK 144 UY 858 SD 736 UZ 860 SR 740 AND ISLANDS SJ 744 VU 548 VATICAN () VA 336 SWAZILAND SZ 748 SWEDEN SE 752 VE 862 VIET NAM VN 704 SWITZERLAND CH 756 SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC SY 760 (BRITISH) VG 092 VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.) VI 850 , OF CHINA TW 158 TJ 762 ISLANDS WF 876 , UNITED REPUBLIC OF TZ 834 732 TH 764 THE FORMER YUGOSLAV MK 807 YE 887 REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA YUGOSLAVIA YU 891 TG 768 TK 772 ZAIRE ZR 180 TO 776 ZM 894 ZW 716

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