Caribbean Free Trade Association | |||||||||
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| 1965/1968–1974 | |||||||||
 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 | |||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||
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| Today part of | Caribbean Community | ||||||||
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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.