A map of CARIFTA Member States (red) and other Commonwealth Caribbean territories (pink) that were eligible for simplified accession to CARIFTA. CARIFTA comprised all of the Commonwealth Caribbean except the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands, Cayman Islands, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands and Anguilla (de facto)
Status
International organisation
Seat of Secretariat
Georgetown, Guyana
Largest city
Kingston, Jamaica
Official working language
English
Official languages of member states
English
Type
Regional organization, Free-trade area
Member states
12 full members
Antigua and Barbuda
Barbados
British Honduras
Dominica
Grenada
Guyana
Jamaica
Montserrat
Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago
Secretary General
• 1968–1969
Frederick L. Cozier
• 1969–1974
William Demas
Establishment
Historical era
Cold War
• Established
1 May 1968
• Disestablished
1 May 1974
Area
• Total
238,939.6 km2 (92,255.1 sq mi)
Population
• 1970 estimate
4,438,068 [1]
• Density
18.6/km2 (48.2/sq mi)
GDP (nominal)
1972 estimate
• Total
$2,705 million[2]
• Per capita
$609
Currency
Barbadian dollar (BBD)
Belize dollar (BZD)
Eastern Caribbean dollar (XCD)
Guyanese dollar (GYD)
Jamaican dollar (JMD)
Trinidad and Tobago dollar (TTD)
Preceded by
Succeeded by
West Indies Federation
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Today part of
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The Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA) was an English-speaking economic trade organisation. It organised on 1 May 1968, to provide a continued economic linkage between the English-speaking countries of the Caribbean. The agreements establishing it came following the dissolution of the West Indies Federation, which lasted from 1958 to 1962.[3]
^Population of CARICOM territories 1960–2001
^United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America: CARIFTA Countries Overview of Economic Activity 1972
^"Secretariat of the Caribbean Community – The Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA)". Archived from the original on 2008-09-16. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
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