Customs union
Southern African Customs Union (SACU)
The world’s oldest customs union still in operation (since 1910), with a common external tariff and a shared revenue pool.
- Abbreviation
- SACU
- Status
- In force
- Type
- Customs union
- Scope
- Trade in goods
- Signed
- Oct 2002
- In force since
- Jul 2004
- Member countries
- 5
Key features
- Common external tariff applied to imports from non-members.
- A common customs revenue pool shared among members.