Section 10
Country Groupings

   This section contains information on the country and territory  
designations for use in compiling the U.S. export and import  
statistics. In addition, selected international organizations,
economic and geographic country groupings are listed.  



Country Groupings




    

  1. Country Identification: 1990

      

    1. Schedule C -- "Classification of Country and Territory 
Designations for U.S. Foreign Trade Statistics,"
contains the completeand abbreviated alphabetic 
descriptions and numeric codes for countries apprearing in
current and/or historical Bureau of Census foreign trade
data reports.

      
continent and sub-content codes (i.e., first digit of
Schedule C code) are as follows:

      
1. North America
2. Central America
3. South America
4. Europe
5. Asia
6. Australia, New Zealand and Oceania
7. Africa

    

  2. Country Table: 1989

    

      

    1. Developed and developing countries--generally follow the
country assignments made by the United Nations.
Developed countries include Australia, Canada, Japan,
New Zealand, South Africa, and Western Europe, (i.e.,
Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Faroe 
Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Gibralter, Greece,
Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtestein, Luxemborg, Malta,
and Goxo, Monaco, Neterlands, Norway, Portugal, San
Marino, Spain, Svalbard, Jan Mayen Island, Sweden,
Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdon, Vatican City, and 
Yugoslavia). Developing countries include the rest of
the world except Easterm europe (i.e., Albania, Bulgaria,
Czechoslavakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, U.S.S.R.) and
China, Mongolia, North Korea, and Vietnam.

      

    2. Developing Africa, Asia and Oceania--excludes South
Africa, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand; includes all 
other Africa, Asia and Oceania.

      

    3. Developing Western Hemisphere--excludes Canada; includes
all other North America, South America, and Central
America including island nations situated in the South
Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea areas.

      

    4. APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation):
Autralia, Brunei, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia,
Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Phillippines,
Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, United States.

      

    5. Arab League:
Algeria, Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait,
Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi
Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab 
Emirates, Yemen.

      

    6. Arab Maghreb Union:
Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia.

      

    7. ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations):
Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand.

      

    8. Cairns Group:
Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, 
Hungary, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines,
Thailand, Uruguay.

      

    9. CACM (Central American Common Market):
Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua.

      

    10. CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States):
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Byelarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukrane,
Uzbekistan.

      

    11. COCOM (Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls):
Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, German,
Greece, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway,
Portugal, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdon, United States.

      

    12. CSCE (Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe):
Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia-
Hercegovina, Bulgaria, Byelarus, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus,
Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, The Holy Sea, Kazachastan, Kyrgyzstan,
Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lituania, Luxembourg, Macedonia,
Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland,
Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Slovenia, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan,
Ukrane, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan, 
Yugoslavia.

      

    13. Council of Europe:
Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy,
Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway,
Portugal, San Marino, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey,
United Kingdom.

      

    14. EC (European Community):
Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland,
Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, United 
Kingdom.

      

    15. EFTA (European Free Trade Association):
Austria, Finland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Sweden, 
Switzerland.

      

    16. GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council):
Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates.

      

    17. Group of 5:
France, Germany, Japan, United Kingdom, United States.

      

    18. Group of 7:
Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, 
United States.

      

    19. Group of 15:
Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, Egypt, India, Indonesia,
Jamaica, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, Senegal,
Venezuela, Yugoslovia, Zimbabwe.

      

    20. LAFTA (Latin American Free Trade Association):
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,
Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela.

      

    21. Near East Asia:
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Iraq-Saudi Arabia Neutral Zone,
Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi
Arabia, Syrian Arab Republic, United Arab Emirates,
Yemen.

      

    22. Other Asia except ASEAN or NICS:
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia,
China, India, Japan, Laos, Macau, Maldive Islands,
Mongolia, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, Sri lanka,
Vietnam.

      

    23. NICS (Newly Industrialized Countries of Asia):
Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan.

      

    24. Nordic Council:
Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden.

      

    25. NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization):
Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece,
Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway,
Portugal, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States.

      

    26. OAPEC (Organization of Arab Petrolium Exporting Countries):
Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Qatar, 
Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates.

      

    27. OAS (Organization of American States):
Antigua and Barbados, Argentina, the Bahamas, Barbados,
Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa
Rica, Cuba (participation suspended), Dominica, Domanican
Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatamala,
Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua,
Panama, Paraguay, Peru, St. Christopher-Nevis, St. Lucia,
St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and
Tobago, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela.

      

    28. OECD:
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland,
France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan,
Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, 
Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom,
United States.

      

    29. OIC:
Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Benin, Brunei,
Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Comoros, Cyprus, Djibouti,
Egypt, Gabon, The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau,
Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya,
Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger,
Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal,
Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey,
Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Yemen.

      

    30. OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries):
Algeria, Ecuador, Gabon, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait,
Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab 
Emirates, Venezuela.

      

    31. Pacific Rim:
Asia (Brunei, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Macau,
Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan)
Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea.