Commission Regulation (EU) No 1106/2012
of 27 November 2012
implementing Regulation (EC) No 471/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics relating to external trade with non-member countries, as regards the update of the nomenclature of countries and territories
(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 471/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 on Community statistics relating to external trade with non-member countries and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/95, and in particular Article 5(2) thereof,
OJ L 152, 16.6.2009, p. 23.
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1833/2006 of 13 December 2006 on the nomenclature of countries and territories for the external trade statistics of the Community and statistics of trade between Member States set out the version of that nomenclature which was valid as of 1 January 2007.
OJ L 354, 14.12.2006, p. 19.
(2) South Sudan has become an independent State.
(3) The Netherlands Antilles have been dissolved.
(4) Saint Barthélemy no longer belongs to the customs territory of the European Union.
(5) A code is needed to cover transactions involving installations on the high seas (oil platforms, wind farms, transoceanic cables).
(6) The alphabetical coding of countries and territories must reflect the current version of the standard ISO alpha 2, in so far as it is compatible with the requirements of Union legislation and the Union statistical requirements.
(7) It is therefore appropriate to draw up a new version of the nomenclature which takes account of these developments and of changes affecting certain codes.
(8) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Statistics Relating to the Trading of Goods with Non-Member Countries,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1 The version of the nomenclature of countries and territories for ... and statistics of trade ... which shall be valid as from 1 January 2013 is set out in the Annex hereto.
Words in Art. 1 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Statistics of Trade (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/47), regs. 1(4), 13(2)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Article 2 Regulation (EC) No 1833/2006 is repealed with effect from 1 January 2013.
Article 3 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2013.
...
Words in Signature omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Statistics of Trade (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/47), regs. 1(4), 13(2)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Done at Brussels, 27 November 2012.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel Barroso
ANNEX

NOMENCLATURE OF COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES FOR ... AND STATISTICS OF TRADE ... (Version valid with effect from 1 January 2013)
Code	Text	Description
AD	Andorra	
AE	United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al Khaimah, Sharjah and Umm al Qaiwain
AF	Afghanistan	
AG	Antigua and Barbuda	
AI	Anguilla	
AL	Albania	
AM	Armenia	
AO	Angola	Including Cabinda
AQ	Antarctica	Territory south of 60° south latitude; not including the French Southern Territories (TF), Bouvet Island (BV), South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands (GS)
AR	Argentina	
AS	American Samoa	
AT	Austria	
AU	Australia	
AW	Aruba	
AZ	Azerbaijan	
BA	Bosnia and Herzegovina	
BB	Barbados	
BD	Bangladesh	
BE	Belgium	
BF	Burkina Faso	
BG	Bulgaria	
BH	Bahrain	
BI	Burundi	
BJ	Benin	
BL	Saint Barthélemy	
BM	Bermuda	
BN	Brunei Darussalam	Often referred to as Brunei
BO	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	Often referred to as Bolivia
BQ	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	
BR	Brazil	
BS	Bahamas	
BT	Bhutan	
BV	Bouvet Island	
BW	Botswana	
BY	Belarus	Often referred to as Belorussia
BZ	Belize	
CA	Canada	
CC	Cocos Islands (or Keeling Islands)	
CD	Congo, Democratic Republic of	Formerly Zaire
CF	Central African Republic	
CG	Congo	
CH	Switzerland	Including the German territory of Büsingen and the Italian municipality of Campione d’Italia
CI	Côte d’Ivoire	Often referred to as Ivory Coast
CK	Cook Islands	
CL	Chile	
CM	Cameroon	
CN	China	
CO	Colombia	
CR	Costa Rica	
CU	Cuba	
CV	Cape Verde	
CW	Curaçao	
CX	Christmas Island	
CY	Cyprus	
CZ	Czech Republic	
DE	Germany	Including the island of Heligoland; excluding the territory of Büsingen
DJ	Djibouti	
DK	Denmark	
DM	Dominica	
DO	Dominican Republic	
DZ	Algeria	
EC	Ecuador	Including the Galápagos Islands
EE	Estonia	
EG	Egypt	
EH	Western Sahara	
ER	Eritrea	
ES	Spain	Including the Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands; excluding Ceuta (XC) and Melilla (XL)
ET	Ethiopia	
FI	Finland	Including the Åland Islands
FJ	Fiji	
FK	Falkland Islands	
FM	Micronesia, Federated States of	Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei and Yap
FO	Faroe Islands	
FR	France	Including Monaco, the French overseas departments (French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion) and the French northern part of St Martin
GA	Gabon	
GB	United Kingdom	Great Britain, Northern Ireland, Channel Islands and Isle of Man
GD	Grenada	Including Southern Grenadines
GE	Georgia	
GH	Ghana	
GI	Gibraltar	
GL	Greenland	
GM	Gambia	
GN	Guinea	
GQ	Equatorial Guinea	
GR	Greece	
GS	South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands	
GT	Guatemala	
GU	Guam	
GW	Guinea-Bissau	
GY	Guyana	
HK	Hong Kong	Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China
HM	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	
HN	Honduras	Including Swan Islands
HR	Croatia	
HT	Haiti	
HU	Hungary	
ID	Indonesia	
IE	Ireland	
IL	Israel	
IN	India	
IO	British Indian Ocean Territory	Chagos Archipelago
IQ	Iraq	
IR	Iran, Islamic Republic of	
IS	Iceland	
IT	Italy	Including Livigno; excluding the municipality of Campione d’Italia
JM	Jamaica	
JO	Jordan	
JP	Japan	
KE	Kenya	
KG	Kyrgyz, Republic	
KH	Cambodia	
KI	Kiribati	
KM	Comoros	Anjouan, Grande Comore and Mohéli
KN	St Kitts and Nevis	
KP	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	Often referred to as North Korea
KR	Korea, Republic of	Often referred to as South Korea
KW	Kuwait	
KY	Cayman Islands	
KZ	Kazakhstan	
LA	Lao People’s Democratic Republic	Often referred to as Laos
LB	Lebanon	
LC	St Lucia	
LI	Liechtenstein	
LK	Sri Lanka	
LR	Liberia	
LS	Lesotho	
LT	Lithuania	
LU	Luxembourg	
LV	Latvia	
LY	Libya	
MA	Morocco	
MD	Moldova, Republic of	
ME	Montenegro	
MG	Madagascar	
MH	Marshall Islands	
MK Provisional code that does not affect the definitive denomination of the country to be attributed after the conclusion of the negotiations currently taking place in the United Nations.	Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	
ML	Mali	
MM	Myanmar	Often referred to as Burma
MN	Mongolia	
MO	Macao	Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China
MP	Northern Mariana Islands	
MR	Mauritania	
MS	Montserrat	
MT	Malta	Including Gozo and Comino
MU	Mauritius	Mauritius, Rodrigues Island, Agalega Islands and Cargados Carajos Shoals (St Brandon Islands)
MV	Maldives	
MW	Malawi	
MX	Mexico	
MY	Malaysia	Peninsular Malaysia and Eastern Malaysia (Labuan, Sabah and Sarawak)
MZ	Mozambique	
NA	Namibia	
NC	New Caledonia	Including Loyalty Islands (Lifou, Maré and Ouvéa)
NE	Niger	
NF	Norfolk Island	
NG	Nigeria	
NI	Nicaragua	Including Corn Islands
NL	Netherlands	
NO	Norway	Including Svalbard Archipelago and Jan Mayen Island
NP	Nepal	
NR	Nauru	
NU	Niue	
NZ	New Zealand	Excluding Ross Dependency (Antarctica)
OM	Oman	
PA	Panama	Including former Canal Zone
PE	Peru	
PF	French Polynesia	Marquesas Islands, Society Islands (including Tahiti), Tuamotu Islands, Gambier Islands and Austral Islands.
PG	Papua New Guinea	Eastern part of New Guinea; Bismarck Archipelago (including New Britain, New Ireland, Lavongai (New Hanover) and Admiralty Islands); Northern Solomon Islands (Bougainville and Buka); Trobriand Islands, Woodlark Island; d’Entrecasteaux Islands and Louisiade Archipelago.
PH	Philippines	
PK	Pakistan	
PL	Poland	
PM	St Pierre and Miquelon	
PN	Pitcairn	Including the Ducie, Henderson and Oeno Islands
PS	Occupied Palestinian Territory	West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and Gaza Strip
PT	Portugal	Including Azores and Madeira
PW	Palau	
PY	Paraguay	
QA	Qatar	
RO	Romania	
RU	Russian Federation	Often referred to as Russia
RW	Rwanda	
SA	Saudi Arabia	
SB	Solomon Islands	
SC	Seychelles	Mahé Island, Praslin Island, La Digue, Frégate and Silhouette; Amirante Islands (including Desroches, Alphonse, Platte and Coëtivy); Farquhar Islands (including Providence); Aldabra Islands and Cosmoledo Islands.
SD	Sudan	
SE	Sweden	
SG	Singapore	
SH	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	
SI	Slovenia	
SK	Slovakia	
SL	Sierra Leone	
SM	San Marino	
SN	Senegal	
SO	Somalia	
SR	Suriname	
SS	South Sudan	
ST	Sao Tome and Principe	
SV	El Salvador	
SX	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	The island of Saint Martin is divided into the French northern part and the Dutch southern part.
SY	Syrian Arab Republic	Often referred to as Syria
SZ	Swaziland	
TC	Turks and Caicos Islands	
TD	Chad	
TF	French Southern Territories	Including Kerguélen Islands, Amsterdam Island, Saint-Paul Island, Crozet Archipelago and French scattered Indian Ocean Islands formed by Bassas da India, Europa Island, Glorioso Islands, Juan de Nova Island and Tromelin Island.
TG	Togo	
TH	Thailand	
TJ	Tajikistan	
TK	Tokelau	
TL	Timor-Leste	
TM	Turkmenistan	
TN	Tunisia	
TO	Tonga	
TR	Turkey	
TT	Trinidad and Tobago	
TV	Tuvalu	
TW	Taiwan	Separate customs territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu
TZ	Tanzania, United Republic of	Pemba, Zanzibar Island and Tanganyika
UA	Ukraine	
UG	Uganda	
UM	United States Minor Outlying Islands	Including Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Islands, Navassa Island, Palmyra Atoll and Wake Island
US	United States	Including Puerto Rico
UY	Uruguay	
UZ	Uzbekistan	
VA	Holy See (Vatican City State)	
VC	St Vincent and the Grenadines	
VE	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	Often referred to as Venezuela
VG	Virgin Islands, British	
VI	Virgin Islands, United States	
VN	Viet Nam	
VU	Vanuatu	
WF	Wallis and Futuna	Including Alofi Island
WS	Samoa	Formerly known as Western Samoa
XC	Ceuta	
XK	Kosovo	As defined by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999
XL	Melilla	Including Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera, Peñón de Alhucemas and Chafarinas Islands.
XS	Serbia	
YE	Yemen	Formerly North Yemen and South Yemen
YT	Mayotte	Grande-Terre and Pamandzi
ZA	South Africa	
ZM	Zambia	
ZW	Zimbabwe	
MISCELLANEOUS		
. . .	. . .	. . .
QP	High seas	Maritime domain outside of territorial waters
QQ	Stores and provisions	Optional heading
or		
QR	Stores and provisions within the framework of UK -EU trade	Optional heading
QS	Stores and provisions within the framework of trade with non-EU countries	Optional heading
QU	Countries and territories not specified	Optional heading
or		
QV	Countries and territories not specified within the framework of UK -EU trade	Optional heading
QW	Countries and territories not specified within the framework of trade with non-EU countries	Optional heading
QX	Countries and territories not specified for commercial or military reasons	Optional heading
or		
QY	Countries and territories not specified for commercial or military reasons in the framework of UK -EU trade	Optional heading
QZ	Countries and territories not specified for commercial or military reasons in the framework of trade with non-EU countries	Optional heading
Words in Annex heading omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Statistics of Trade (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/47), regs. 1(4), 13(3)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Annex omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Statistics of Trade (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/47), regs. 1(4), 13(3)(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Word in Annex substituted (31.12.2020) by The Statistics of Trade (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/47), regs. 1(4), 13(3)(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Annex substituted (31.12.2020) by The Statistics of Trade (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/47), regs. 1(4), 13(3)(b)(iii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)