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The '''Asian and Pacific Coconut Community''' ('''APCC''' or '''Cocommunity''') is an intergovernmental organisation of states in [[Earth:Asia-Pacific|Asia-Pacific]] that produce [[Biology:Coconut|coconut]]s. The purpose of the APCC is "to promote, coordinate and harmonize all activities of the coconut industry".<ref>[https://www.coconutcommunity.org Asian and Pacific Coconut Community: About Us] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116011533/https://coconutcommunity.org/ |date=November 16, 2018 }}.</ref>

In [[Place:Bangkok|Bangkok]] on 12 December 1968, the '''Agreement establishing the Asian Coconut Community''' was concluded and signed by {{wipe|India}}, Indonesia, and the {{wipe|Philippines}}. After the treaty was ratified by these states, the '''Asian Coconut Community''' came into existence on 9 September 1969 with headquarters in [[Place:Jakarta|Jakarta]]. When states outside Asia began to be admitted to the organisation, its name was changed to the "Asian and Pacific Coconut Community".

The member states of the APCC account for over 90 per cent of the world's coconut production and coconut exports. Member states of the APCC and the dates they joined are as follows (an asterisk indicates that the state has ratified the original 1968 Agreement):
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*{{flag|Fiji}} 
*{{flag|India}}* (1969)
*{{flag|Indonesia}}* (1969)
*{{flag|Jamaica}}* (2011, associate member)
*{{flag|Kenya}} (associate member)
*{{flag|Kiribati}}* (2004)
*{{flag|Malaysia}}* (1972)
*{{flag|Marshall Islands}}* (2004)
*{{flag|Federated States of Micronesia}}* (2004)
*{{flag|Papua New Guinea}}* (1976)
*{{flag|Philippines}}* (1969)
*{{flag|Samoa}}* (1972)
*{{flag|Solomon Islands}}
*{{flag|Sri Lanka}}* (1969)
*{{flag|Thailand}} (1972)
*{{flag|Tonga}}
*{{flag|Vanuatu}}
*{{flag|Vietnam}}* (2004)
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==Executive Directors==
# Mr. G. P.Reyes (1969–85)
# Mr. P. G.Punchihewa (1985–2000)
# Mr. Norberto Boceta (2000–01)
# Dr. P. Rethinam (2002–05)
# Mr. Romulo N. Arancon, Jr. (2006–13)
# Mr. Uron N. Salum (2013–)

==Notes==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20181116011533/https://coconutcommunity.org/ Asian and Pacific Coconut Community]: official website.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150907180740/https://treaties.un.org/pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XIX-7&chapter=19&lang=en Ratifications of 1968 Agreement].


[[Category:Intergovernmental commodity organizations|Coconut, Asian and Pacific Community]]

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