Member States
Current 12 full members of both CARICOM and the CSME:
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Barbados
- Belize
- Dominica
- Grenada
- Guyana
- Jamaica
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Suriname
- Trinidad and Tobago
Of the 12 members expected to join the CSME, Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago were the first six to implement the CARICOM Single Market on January 1, 2006. Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines were the next batch of members (six in all) that joined the CSM on July 3, 2006 at the recent CARICOM Heads of Government Conference.
Current full members of CARICOM and signatory for the CSME:
- Montserrat
Montserrat is currently awaiting entrustment (approval) of the United Kingdom with regards to the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas in order to participate.
Current full members of CARICOM but not the CSME:
- Bahamas
- Haiti
Haiti has not completed its accession to the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas and is therefore not a participant in the Single Market and Economy.
Current 5 associate members of CARICOM but not the CSME:
- British Virgin Islands (July 1991)
- Turks and Caicos Islands (July 1991)
- Anguilla (July 1999)
- Cayman Islands (15 May 2002)
- Bermuda (2 July 2003)
Current 7 observing members of CARICOM but not the CSME:
- Aruba
- Colombia
- Dominican Republic
- Mexico
- Netherlands Antilles
- Puerto Rico
- Venezuela
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