Customs union
Gulf Cooperation Council customs union (GCC)
The six GCC states apply a common external tariff since 2003 and launched a common market in 2008.
- Abbreviation
- GCC
- Status
- In force
- Type
- Customs union
- Scope
- Goods and services
- Signed
- May 1981
- In force since
- Jan 2003
- Member countries
- 6
Key features
- Common external tariff applied to imports from non-members.
- Elimination or reduction of import duties on most goods, phased in according to each party’s tariff schedule.