Treaty

International Tropical Timber Agreement, 2006

Date modified Regarding
04-08-2026 Party

Party

United States of America modified

  • Renunciation: 23-07-2026
  • Termination: 21-10-2026

28-11-2023 Party

Party

Canada modified

  • Ratification: 22-11-2023 (A)
  • Entry into force: 22-11-2023

30-05-2023 General information, Kingdom part, Party

General information

  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011

Kingdom part

Netherlands (in Europe)

  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011

Party

Albania

  • Ratification: 26-10-2011 (S)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011

Angola

  • Ratification: 07-07-2022 (A)
  • Entry into force: 07-07-2022

Australia

  • Signature: 30-06-2008
  • Ratification: 24-09-2008 (R)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011

Austria

  • Signature: 23-10-2009
  • Ratification: 03-02-2010 (R)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011

Benin

  • Signature: 07-12-2011
  • Ratification: 07-12-2011 (R)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011

Bulgaria

  • Signature: 26-11-2008
  • Ratification: 17-12-2009 (R)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011

Cambodia

  • Signature: 03-02-2009
  • Ratification: 15-07-2009 (R)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011

Cameroon

  • Signature: 13-02-2007
  • Ratification: 21-08-2009 (R)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011

Canada

  • Signature: 02-03-2009
  • Ratification: 19-11-2009 (R)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011
  • Renunciation: 14-01-2013
  • Termination: 14-04-2013

Central African Republic

  • Signature: 01-05-2008
  • Ratification: 04-11-2014 (R)
  • Entry into force: 04-11-2014

Costa Rica

  • Ratification: 01-11-2013 (A)
  • Entry into force: 01-11-2013

Côte d'Ivoire

  • Signature: 31-10-2008
  • Ratification: 31-10-2008 (R)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011

Croatia

  • Ratification: 28-04-2015 (A)
  • Entry into force: 28-04-2015

Cyprus

  • Signature: 09-07-2010
  • Ratification: 09-07-2010 (R)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011

Czech Republic

  • Signature: 23-09-2008
  • Ratification: 17-12-2009 (R)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011

Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • Ratification: 21-07-2010 (S)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011

Ecuador

  • Signature: 24-05-2007
  • Ratification: 05-11-2008 (R)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011

Estonia

  • Signature: 23-09-2009
  • Ratification: 09-08-2011 (R)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011

Fiji

  • Signature: 23-04-2010
  • Ratification: 23-04-2010 (R)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011

Finland

  • Signature: 19-02-2008
  • Ratification: 17-12-2009 (R)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011

France

  • Signature: 07-11-2008
  • Ratification: 07-04-2010 (R)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011

Gabon

  • Signature: 11-11-2008
  • Ratification: 11-11-2008 (R)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011

Germany

  • Signature: 17-12-2009
  • Ratification: 17-12-2009 (R)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011

Ghana

  • Ratification: 07-10-2008 (S)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011

Greece

  • Signature: 29-10-2007
  • Ratification: 21-10-2011 (R)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011

Guatemala

  • Signature: 14-07-2006
  • Ratification: 03-02-2011 (R)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011

Guyana

  • Ratification: 02-12-2008 (S)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011

Honduras

  • Signature: 30-07-2008
  • Ratification: 14-11-2011 (R)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011

Hungary

  • Signature: 01-06-2010
  • Ratification: 28-03-2012 (R)
  • Entry into force: 28-03-2012

India

  • Signature: 23-04-2008
  • Ratification: 25-07-2008 (R)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011

Indonesia

  • Signature: 07-04-2006
  • Ratification: 31-03-2006 (R)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011

Ireland

  • Signature: 26-06-2009
  • Ratification: 17-12-2009 (R)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011

Italy

  • Signature: 26-06-2008
  • Ratification: 23-09-2009 (R)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011

Japan

  • Signature: 16-02-2007
  • Ratification: 31-08-2007 (R)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011

Latvia

  • Signature: 09-12-2010
  • Ratification: 15-12-2010 (R)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011

Liberia

  • Signature: 03-11-2008
  • Ratification: 03-11-2008 (R)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011

Lithuania

  • Signature: 30-04-2008
  • Ratification: 17-12-2009 (R)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011

Luxembourg

  • Signature: 10-09-2009
  • Ratification: 07-07-2010 (R)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011

Madagascar

  • Signature: 19-09-2006
  • Ratification: 27-10-2016 (R)
  • Entry into force: 27-10-2016

Malaysia

  • Signature: 28-03-2007
  • Ratification: 28-09-2007 (R)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011

Mali

  • Signature: 24-09-2009
  • Ratification: 25-10-2010 (R)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011

Malta

  • Ratification: 18-11-2010 (S)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011

Mexico

  • Signature: 25-07-2007
  • Ratification: 06-03-2008 (R)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011

Mozambique

  • Ratification: 05-11-2012 (A)
  • Entry into force: 05-11-2012

Myanmar

  • Signature: 05-08-2011
  • Ratification: 12-09-2011 (R)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011

Netherlands, the Kingdom of the

  • Signature: 04-12-2007
  • Ratification: 30-09-2009 (R)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011

Nigeria

  • Signature: 14-11-2011

Norway

  • Signature: 13-09-2006
  • Ratification: 03-09-2008 (R)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011

Panama

  • Signature: 08-12-2006
  • Ratification: 14-02-2008 (R)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011

Papua New Guinea

  • Signature: 16-12-2010
  • Ratification: 16-12-2010 (R)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011

Paraguay

  • Signature: 28-09-2010

Peru

  • Signature: 30-01-2008
  • Ratification: 16-06-2010 (R)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011

Philippines

  • Signature: 29-09-2008
  • Ratification: 08-07-2009 (R)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011

Poland

  • Signature: 05-11-2010
  • Ratification: 05-11-2010 (R)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011

Portugal

  • Signature: 09-06-2008
  • Ratification: 17-12-2009 (R)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011

Republic of Korea, the

  • Ratification: 03-02-2009 (S)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011

Republic of the Congo

  • Signature: 31-07-2008
  • Ratification: 02-12-2010 (R)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011

Romania

  • Signature: 25-09-2008
  • Ratification: 17-12-2009 (R)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011

Slovakia

  • Signature: 06-03-2009
  • Ratification: 17-12-2009 (R)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011

Slovenia

  • Signature: 15-12-2008
  • Ratification: 17-12-2009 (R)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011

Spain

  • Signature: 23-09-2008
  • Ratification: 17-12-2009 (R)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011

Suriname

  • Ratification: 28-02-2014 (A)
  • Entry into force: 28-02-2014

Sweden

  • Signature: 28-10-2008
  • Ratification: 28-10-2008 (R)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011

Switzerland

  • Signature: 13-12-2006
  • Ratification: 27-04-2007 (R)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011

Thailand

  • Ratification: 01-09-2015 (A)
  • Entry into force: 01-09-2015

Togo

  • Signature: 21-04-2006
  • Ratification: 16-11-2009 (R)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011

Trinidad and Tobago

  • Ratification: 05-11-2012 (A)
  • Entry into force: 05-11-2012

United States of America

  • Ratification: 27-04-2007 (S)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011

Vietnam

  • Ratification: 10-04-2014 (A)
  • Entry into force: 10-04-2014

Belgium

  • Signature: 25-04-2008
  • Ratification: 28-07-2015 (R)
  • Entry into force: 28-07-2015
  • Reservations / Declarations: Yes
  • Objections: No
  • reservation
    25-04-2008
    Declaration of provisional application


Brazil

  • Signature: 09-09-2010
  • Ratification: 18-10-2013 (R)
  • Entry into force: 18-10-2013
  • Reservations / Declarations: Yes
  • Objections: No
  • reservation
    09-09-2010
    [Interpretative declaration relating to Article I, paragraph (n) of the Agreement:] For the purpose of this Article, illegal logging means an activity, or a series of activities, considered a contravention to the national law of a producer country and therefore must be addressed exclusively within the exercise of the law enforcement prerogative of that State.


China

  • Signature: 28-05-2008
  • Ratification: 14-12-2009 (R)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011
  • Reservations / Declarations: Yes
  • Objections: No
  • Macao SAR
    Entry into force: 14-12-2009
  • reservation
    14-12-2009
    In accordance with the provisions of Article 138 of the Basic Law of the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China and Article 153 of the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, the Government of the People’s Republic of China decides that the Agreement shall apply to the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, and unless otherwise notified by the Government, shall not apply to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China.


Colombia

  • Signature: 03-05-2007
  • Ratification: 15-03-2013 (R)
  • Entry into force: 15-03-2013
  • Reservations / Declarations: Yes
  • Objections: No
  • reservation
    15-03-2013
    The Colombian Government, in line with the provisions of the Political Constitution and its obligations under international human rights law, declares that, the right to prior consultation shall be fully respected when, in the course of implementation of the Agreement, any decisions concerning legislative or administrative measures, actions, plans, programmes, projects or other tasks pursued in the framework of the International Tropical Timber Organization that could directly affect one or more indigenous or Afro-Colombian communities are adopted.


Denmark

  • Ratification: 18-11-2009 (S)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011
  • Reservations / Declarations: Yes
  • Objections: No
  • reservation
    18-11-2009
    [...] the signature does not apply to the Faroe Islands and Greenland.


EU (European Union)

  • Signature: 02-11-2007
  • Reservations / Declarations: Yes
  • Objections: No
  • reservation
    02-11-2007
    In accordance with Article 36 (3) of the International Tropical Timber Agreement, 2006, this declaration indicates the powers transferred to the European Community by its Member States in the matters governed by the Agreement. The European Community declares that, in accordance with the Treaty establishing the European Community: - with respect to the trade matters covered by the Agreement, the European Community has exclusive competence under the common commercial policy, and - the European Community shares powers with its Member States in environmental matters and in development cooperation. The scope and the exercise of the European Community powers are, by their nature, subject to continuous development, and the European Community will complete or amend this declaration, if necessary, in accordance with Article 36 (3) of the Agreement. [...] that the Community will provisionally apply the International Tropical Timber Agreement 2006, from the date on which it enters into force.


New Zealand

  • Signature: 06-03-2008
  • Ratification: 13-10-2008 (R)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011
  • Reservations / Declarations: Yes
  • Objections: No
  • reservation
    13-10-2008
    [...] consistent with the constitutional status of Tokelau and taking into account the commitment of the Government of New Zealand to the development of self-government for Tokelau through an act of self-determination under the Charter of the United Nations, this ratification shall not extend to Tokelau unless and until a Declaration to this effect is lodged by the Government of New Zealand with the Depositary on the basis of appropriate consultation with that territory.


United Kingdom

  • Signature: 21-12-2007
  • Ratification: 05-03-2009 (R)
  • Entry into force: 07-12-2011
  • Reservations / Declarations: Yes
  • Objections: No
  • reservation
    21-12-2007
    The Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland will provisionally apply the Agreement in accordance with its laws and regulations with effect from its entry into force.