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SAARC (observer), SECI
  (observer), SPC, UN, UN Security Council, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR,
  UNITAR, UNMIL, UNOMIG, UNRWA, UNTSO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO,
  WMO, WTO, ZC

Uruguay
  CAN (associate), FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC,
  ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol,
  IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, LAES, LAIA, Mercosur, MIGA, MINURSO,
  MINUSTAH, MONUC, NAM (observer), OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, RG, UN,
  UNASUR, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNMIS, UNMOGIP, UNOCI,
  UNOMIG, UNWTO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

Uzbekistan
  ADB, CIS, CSTO, EAEC, EAPC, EBRD, ECO, FAO, GCTU, IAEA,
  IBRD, ICAO, ICCt (signatory), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF,
  Interpol, IOC, ISO, ITSO, ITU, MIGA, NAM, OIC, OPCW, OSCE, PFP, SCO,
  UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO,
  WTO (observer)

Vanuatu
  ACCT, ACP, ADB, C, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFC,
  IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IOC, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM, OAS (observer),
  OIF, OPCW, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO,
  WMO, WTO (observer)

Venezuela
  Caricom (observer), CDB, FAO, G-15, G-24, G-77, IADB,
  IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO,
  IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, LAES,
  LAIA, LAS (observer), Mercosur (associate), MIGA, NAM, OAS, OPANAL,
  OPCW, OPEC, PCA, RG, UN, UNASUR, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, Union
  Latina, UNWTO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

Vietnam
  ADB, APEC, APT, ARF, ASEAN, CP, EAS, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD,
  ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol,
  IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, MIGA, NAM, OIF, OPCW, UN, UN Security
  Council (temporary), UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCL, WCO,
  WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

Virgin Islands
  IOC, UPU, WFTU

Wallis and Futuna
  PIF (observer), SPC, UPU, WFTU

Western Sahara
  WFTU

Yemen
  AFESD, AMF, CAEU, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt
  (signatory), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO,
  Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC, LAS,
  MIGA, MINURCAT, MINURSO, MONUC, NAM, OAS (observer), OIC, OPCW, UN,
  UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNOCI, UNOMIG,
  UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)

Zambia
  ACP, AfDB, AU, C, COMESA, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt,
  ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO
  (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MINURCAT, MONUC, NAM, OPCW,
  PCA, SADC, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNMIS,
  UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

Zimbabwe
  ACP, AfDB, AU, COMESA, FAO, G-15, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO,
  ICCt (signatory), ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO,
  Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM, OPCW, PCA,
  SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU,
  WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

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@2108 Merchant marine

Albania
  total: 24
  by type: cargo 22, roll on/roll off 2
  foreign-owned: 1 (Turkey 1)
  registered in other countries: 2 (Panama 2) (2008)

Algeria
  total: 33
  by type: bulk carrier 6, cargo 8, chemical tanker 1, liquefied gas
  9, passenger/cargo 3, petroleum tanker 4, roll on/roll off 2
  foreign-owned: 18 (Jordan 7, UK 11) (2008)

Angola
  total: 6
  by type: cargo 1, passenger/cargo 2, petroleum tanker 2, roll
  on/roll off 1
  foreign-owned: 1 (Spain 1)
  registered in other countries: 6 (Bahamas 6) (2008)

Antigua and Barbuda
  total: 1,146
  by type: barge carrier 2, bulk carrier 50, cargo 651, carrier 4,
  chemical tanker 5, container 392, liquefied gas 12, petroleum tanker
  1, refrigerated cargo 9, roll on/roll off 20
  foreign-owned: 1,113 (Australia 1, Colombia 2, Cyprus 18, Denmark
  19, Estonia 23, France 1, Germany 941, Greece 3, Iceland 12, Italy
  1, Latvia 13, Lithuania 5, Netherlands 20, NZ 2, Norway 8, Poland 2,
  Russia 4, Slovenia 6, Sweden 1, Switzerland 8, Turkey 6, UK 9, US 8)
  (2008)

Argentina
  total: 46
  by type: bulk carrier 3, cargo 9, chemical tanker 2, container 1,
  passenger 1, passenger/cargo 3, petroleum tanker 24, refrigerated
  cargo 2, roll on/roll off 1
  foreign-owned: 14 (Brazil 1, Chile 7, Spain 2, UK 4)
  registered in other countries: 19 (Liberia 3, Panama 8, Paraguay 5,
  Uruguay 3) (2008)

Australia
  total: 50
  by type: bulk carrier 12, cargo 5, chemical tanker 1, container 1,
  liquefied gas 4, passenger 7, passenger/cargo 7, petroleum tanker 8,
  roll on/roll off 5
  foreign-owned: 24 (Canada 9, France 1, Germany 2, Japan 1,
  Netherlands 2, Norway 1, Singapore 1, UK 5, US 2)
  registered in other countries: 28 (Antigua and Barbuda 1, Belize 1,
  Bermuda 1, Dominica 2, Fiji 1, Marshall Islands 1, NZ 1, Panama 4,
  Singapore 12, Tonga 1, US 1, Vanuatu 2) (2008)

Austria
  total: 4
  by type: cargo 2, container 2
  foreign-owned: 2 (Netherlands 2)
  registered in other countries: 4 (Cyprus 1, Malta 1, Saint Vincent
  and the Grenadines 2) (2008)

Azerbaijan
  total: 89
  by type: cargo 26, passenger 2, passenger/cargo 9, petroleum tanker
  46, roll on/roll off 3, specialized tanker 3
  registered in other countries: 3 (Malta 2, Panama 1) (2008)

Bahamas, The
  total: 1,223
  by type: barge carrier 1, bulk carrier 210, cargo 226, carrier 2,
  chemical tanker 88, combination ore/oil 12, container 65, liquefied
  gas 77, passenger 109, passenger/cargo 35, petroleum tanker 209,
  refrigerated cargo 119, roll on/roll off 16, specialized tanker 3,
  vehicle carrier 51
  foreign-owned: 1,150 (Angola 6, Belgium 15, Bermuda 12, Brazil 2,
  Canada 84, China 10, Croatia 1, Cuba 1, Cyprus 25, Denmark 67,
  Finland 9, France 30, Germany 44, Greece 209, Hong Kong 30, Iceland
  1, Indonesia 2, Ireland 2, Isle of Man 1, Italy 4, Japan 87, Jordan
  2, Kenya 1, Malaysia 13, Monaco 15, Montenegro 2, Netherlands 9,
  Nigeria 2, Norway 189, Poland 17, Russia 4, Saudi Arabia 16,
  Singapore 17, Slovenia 1, South Africa 1, Spain 14, Sweden 4,
  Switzerland 1, Thailand 5, Trinidad and Tobago 1, Turkey 8, UAE 23,
  UK 56, US 106, Venezuela 1)
  registered in other countries: 12 (Bolivia 1, Panama 9, Peru 1,
  Portugal 1) (2008)

Bahrain
  total: 9
  by type: bulk carrier 4, container 4, petroleum tanker 1
  foreign-owned: 6 (Kuwait 5, UAE 1) (2008)

Bangladesh
  total: 40
  by type: bulk carrier 3, cargo 27, container 5, passenger/cargo 1,
  petroleum tanker 4
  foreign-owned: 1 (China 1)
  registered in other countries: 10 (Comoros 2, Honduras 1, Malta 2,
  Panama 2, Singapore 2, Togo 1) (2008)

Barbados
  total: 85
  by type: bulk carrier 15, cargo 50, chemical tanker 7, passenger 1,
  passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 3, refrigerated cargo 6, roll
  on/roll off 2
  foreign-owned: 80 (Canada 9, Greece 12, India 1, Iran 2, Lebanon 1,
  Norway 38, Sweden 7, Syria 1, UK 9)
  registered in other countries: 1 (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  1) (2008)

Belgium
  total: 79
  by type: bulk carrier 20, cargo 9, chemical tanker 1, container 6,
  liquefied gas 20, passenger 2, petroleum tanker 11, roll on/roll off
  10
  foreign-owned: 6 (Denmark 4, France 2)
  registered in other countries: 111 (Bahamas 15, Cyprus 2, France 6,
  Gibraltar 2, Greece 16, Hong Kong 3, Liberia 4, Luxembourg 7, Malta
  15, Mozambique 2, Netherlands 2, Netherlands Antilles 1, Panama 2,
  Portugal 1, Portugal 7, Russia 4, Saint Kitts and Nevis 1, Saint
  Vincent and the Grenadines 8, Sierra Leone 1, Singapore 8, Vanuatu
  4) (2008)

Belize
  total: 216
  by type: barge carrier 1, bulk carrier 32, cargo 152, chemical
  tanker 2, container 1, passenger 1, petroleum tanker 9, refrigerated
  cargo 12, roll on/roll off 5, specialized tanker 1
  foreign-owned: 178 (Australia 1, China 71, Croatia 2, Cyprus 1,
  Estonia 6, Greece 1, Iceland 2, Italy 3, Japan 8, South Korea 1,
  Latvia 12, Norway 3, Peru 1, Russia 31, Singapore 2, Spain 1, Turkey
  15, Ukraine 7, UAE 5, UK 5) (2008)

Bermuda
  total: 137
  by type: bulk carrier 23, chemical tanker 3, container 22, liquefied
  gas 33, passenger 24, passenger/cargo 5, petroleum tanker 18,
  refrigerated cargo 9
  foreign-owned: 115 (Australia 1, China 10, France 1, Germany 22,
  Greece 9, Hong Kong 4, Ireland 1, Israel 3, Japan 2, Nigeria 11,
  Norway 5, Sweden 20, UK 3, US 23)
  registered in other countries: 50 (Bahamas 12, Marshall Islands 4,
  Philippines 34) (2008)

Bolivia
  total: 23
  by type: bulk carrier 1, cargo 11, carrier 1, passenger/cargo 1,
  petroleum tanker 7, refrigerated cargo 1, specialized tanker 1
  foreign-owned: 7 (Bahamas 1, China 1, Iran 1, Singapore 1, Syria 2,
  Taiwan 1) (2008)

Brazil
  total: 136
  by type: bulk carrier 19, cargo 22, carrier 1, chemical tanker 7,
  container 11, liquefied gas 12, passenger/cargo 12, petroleum tanker
  45, roll on/roll off 7
  foreign-owned: 25 (Chile 1, Denmark 2, Germany 6, Greece 1, Mexico
  1, Norway 5, Spain 9)
  registered in other countries: 8 (Argentina 1, Bahamas 2, Ghana 1,
  Liberia 3, Marshall Islands 1) (2008)

British Virgin Islands
  registered in other countries: 1 (Panama 1)
  (2008)

Brunei
  total: 8
  by type: liquefied gas 8
  foreign-owned: 1 (UK 1) (2008)

Bulgaria
  total: 74
  by type: bulk carrier 37, cargo 14, chemical tanker 5, container 6,
  liquefied gas 2, passenger/cargo 2, petroleum tanker 3, roll on/roll
  off 4, specialized tanker 1
  foreign-owned: 65 (Germany 63, Ireland 1, Russia 1)
  registered in other countries: 31 (Comoros 2, Malta 5, Panama 3,
  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 15, Slovakia 6) (2008)

Burma
  total: 24
  by type: bulk carrier 1, cargo 17, passenger 2, passenger/cargo 3,
  specialized tanker 1
  foreign-owned: 3 (Cyprus 1, Germany 1, Japan 1)
  registered in other countries: 1 (Panama 1) (2008)

Cambodia
  total: 626
  by type: bulk carrier 41, cargo 530, carrier 3, chemical tanker 10,
  container 8, passenger/cargo 6, petroleum tanker 11, refrigerated
  cargo 15, roll on/roll off 1, vehicle carrier 1
  foreign-owned: 467 (Canada 2, China 193, Cyprus 7, Egypt 13, Gabon
  1, Greece 3, Hong Kong 8, Indonesia 2, Japan 1, South Korea 22,
  Latvia 1, Lebanon 8, Netherlands 1, Romania 1, Russia 83, Singapore
  4, Syria 48, Taiwan 1, Turkey 26, Ukraine 34, UAE 2, US 6) (2008)

Canada
  total: 175
  by type: bulk carrier 60, cargo 13, carrier 1, chemical tanker 10,
  combination ore/oil 1, container 2, passenger 6, passenger/cargo 64,
  petroleum tanker 12, roll on/roll off 6
  foreign-owned: 17 (Germany 3, Netherlands 1, Norway 3, US 10)
  registered in other countries: 206 (Australia 9, Bahamas 84,
  Barbados 9, Cambodia 2, Cyprus 2, Denmark 1, Honduras 1, Hong Kong
  44, Liberia 7, Malta 1, Marshall Islands 6, Norway 7, Norway 3,
  Panama 18, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1, Spain 1, Spain 3,
  Taiwan 2, Vanuatu 5) (2008)

Cape Verde
  total: 8
  by type: cargo 2, chemical tanker 1, passenger/cargo 5
  foreign-owned: 2 (Spain 1, UK 1) (2008)

Cayman Islands
  total: 109
  by type: bulk carrier 30, cargo 2, chemical tanker 42, petroleum
  tanker 15, refrigerated cargo 10, roll on/roll off 3, vehicle
  carrier 7
  foreign-owned: 107 (Denmark 3, Germany 15, Greece 16, Italy 4, Japan
  13, Norway 1, Singapore 10, UK 3, US 42) (2008)

Chile
  total: 44
  by type: bulk carrier 9, cargo 7, chemical tanker 8, container 1,
  liquefied gas 2, passenger 4, passenger/cargo 2, petroleum tanker 7,
  roll on/roll off 1, vehicle carrier 3
  registered in other countries: 40 (Argentina 7, Brazil 1, Cyprus 1,
  Isle of Man 6, Marshall Islands 4, Norway 2, Panama 12, Singapore 6,
  Venezuela 1) (2008)

China
  total: 1,826
  by type: barge carrier 4, bulk carrier 451, cargo 689, carrier 2,
  chemical tanker 69, combination ore/oil 1, container 162, liquefied
  gas 44, passenger 8, passenger/cargo 83, petroleum tanker 244,
  refrigerated cargo 33, roll on/roll off 10, specialized tanker 9,
  vehicle carrier 17
  foreign-owned: 20 (Ecuador 1, Greece 2, Hong Kong 12, Indonesia 1,
  Japan 2, South Korea 1, Norway 1)
  registered in other countries: 1,441 (Bahamas 10, Bangladesh 1,
  Belize 71, Bermuda 10, Bolivia 1, Cambodia 193, Cyprus 10, France 5,
  Georgia 10, Germany 2, Honduras 3, Hong Kong 324, India 1, Indonesia
  2, Kiribati 15, South Korea 1, Liberia 11, Malta 12, Marshall
  Islands 7, Mongolia 1, Norway 36, Panama 532, Philippines 4, Saint
  Vincent and the Grenadines 94, Sierra Leone 15, Singapore 14,
  Thailand 1, Tuvalu 16, unknown 39) (2008)

Colombia
  total: 17
  by type: cargo 13, petroleum tanker 3, specialized tanker 1
  registered in other countries: 6 (Antigua and Barbuda 2, Panama 4)
  (2008)

Comoros
  total: 136
  by type: bulk carrier 15, cargo 87, carrier 2, chemical tanker 5,
  container 2, passenger 1, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 9,
  refrigerated cargo 5, roll on/roll off 8, specialized tanker 1
  foreign-owned: 68 (Bangladesh 2, Bulgaria 2, Cyprus 1, Greece 6,
  India 2, Kenya 1, Kuwait 1, Lebanon 4, Norway 1, Pakistan 4,
  Philippines 1, Russia 12, Saudi Arabia 1, Singapore 1, Syria 4,
  Turkey 8, Ukraine 8, UAE 7, US 2) (2008)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the
  total: 1
  by type: petroleum tanker 1
  foreign-owned: 1 (Congo, Republic of the 1) (2008)

Congo, Republic of the
  registered in other countries: 1 (Congo,
  Democratic Republic of the 1) (2008)

Cook Islands
  total: 26
  by type: cargo 14, chemical tanker 1, petroleum tanker 1,
  refrigerated cargo 8, roll on/roll off 2
  foreign-owned: 17 (Latvia 1, Lithuania 1, NZ 1, Nigeria 1, Norway 5,
  Sweden 8) (2008)

Costa Rica
  total: 1
  by type: passenger/cargo 1 (2008)

Croatia
  total: 80
  by type: bulk carrier 25, cargo 11, chemical tanker 3,
  passenger/cargo 30, petroleum tanker 8, refrigerated cargo 1, roll
  on/roll off 2
  registered in other countries: 30 (Bahamas 1, Belize 2, Liberia 2,
  Malta 9, Marshall Islands 6, Panama 3, Saint Vincent and the
  Grenadines 7) (2008)

Cuba
  total: 11
  by type: bulk carrier 2, cargo 3, passenger 1, petroleum tanker 3,
  refrigerated cargo 2
  foreign-owned: 1 (Spain 1)
  registered in other countries: 13 (Bahamas 1, Cyprus 1,