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List of Countries Within Regions/Groups ACP Countries List of Countries within Regions/Groups ACP Countries Angola, Antigua & Barbuda, Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rep. of Congo, Cook Islands, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Micronesia, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & les Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia South Africa, Sudan Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Zambia, Zimbabwe Africa Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Rep., Chad, Comoros, Congo, Dem. Rep., Congo, Rep., Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi ,Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome & Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, St. Helena, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe African Union Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Rep., Chad, Comoros, Congo, Dem. Rep., Congo, Rep., Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi ,Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome & Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, St. Helena, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe Africa, English-Speaking African Countries Botswana, Egypt, Eritrea*, Ethiopia*, Gambia*, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho*, Liberia*, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Malawi*, Mauritius, Mozambique*, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda*, Seychelles, Sierra Leone*, Somalia*, South Africa, Sudan*, Swaziland, Tanzania*, Uganda*, Zambia*, Zimbabwe Africa, French-Speaking African Countries Algeria, Angola*, Benin*, Burkina Faso*, Burundi*, Cameroon, Cape Verde*, Central African Rep.*, Chad*, Comoros*, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Dem. Rep. of Congo*, Djibouti*, Equatorial Guinea*, Gabon, Guinea*, Guinea-Bissau*, Madagascar*, Mali*, Mauritania*, Morocco, Niger*, Sao Tome & Principe*, Senegal*, Togo*, Tunisi Africa, Portuguese-Speaking African Countries Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique, Sao Tome, Africa, North Algeria, Egypt, Liby, Morocco, Tunisia Africa - North of Sahara Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia Africa - South of Sahara Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Rep., Chad, Comoros, Congo, Dem. Rep., Congo, Rep., Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome, , &, , Principe, , Senegal, , Seychelles, , Sierra, , Leone, Somalia, , South Africa, St, Helena, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzani, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe South African Customs Union (SACU) Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland. South African Development Community (SADC) Angola, Botswana, Dem. Rep of Congo, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Angola, Burundi comoros, D.R. Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, Rwanda, Seycelles, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe East African Community (EAC) Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Dem. Rep., Congo, Rep., Equitorial Guinea, Gabon, São Tomé et Principe West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo Economic Community of Western African States (ECOWAS) Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles Arab and Middle East Countries Algeria, Djibouti*, Egypt, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Mauritania*, Morocco, Sudan*, Tunisia, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanese Republic, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen Middle East Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestinian Adm. Areas, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Benin, Brunei- Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyz Republic, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Tajikistan, The Comoros, The Gambia, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Yemen Asia Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Chinese Taipei, Georgia, Hong Kong, China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Korea Rep., Korea, Dem. Rep., Kuwait, Kyrgyz Republic, Laos, Lebanon, Macao. Malaysia. Maldives. Mongolia. Myanmar. Nepal. Oman. Pakistan. Palestinian Adm. Areas. Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam, Yemen Asia, Far East Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, China, Indonesia, Korea, Rep Korea, Dem. Rep., Laos, Macao, Malaysia, Mongolia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste Asia, South and Central Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Georgia, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan South Asian Preferential Trade Agreement (SAPTA) Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA) Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam Melanesion Spearhead Group Trade Agreement (MSG) Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Isalands, and Vanuatu. United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA) Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen Mekong River Commission (MRC) Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam Asia and the Pacific Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong China, India, Indonesia, Korea Rep., Korea, Dem Rep., Lao, People's Democratic Republic of, Macao (China), Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Chinese Taipei, Timor-Leste, Thailand, Viet Nam. Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue Island, Palau, Tuvalu Pacific Island Forum (PIF) Cook Islands, Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu Caribbean Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago. Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Anguilla, British Virgin Islands America Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, St. Kitts-Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent And Gr., Trinidad
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