TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS A. Custom Matters · XI-A-15

China and the Customs Convention on Containers, 1972

China became bound on 1986-01-22, by accession, the 18th state to do so.

Treaty

Customs Convention on Containers, 1972

State

China

Signed

not signed

Became bound

1986-01-22 — by accession

Treaty in force since

6 December 1975, in accordance with article 19.

Depositary record

United Nations Treaty Collection

Accession is not ratification. A state accedes to a treaty it never signed, so there is no signature date to show and none is missing. The two are often written as though interchangeable; the record does not treat them that way, so neither does this page.

Where this sits

• 18 in order of becoming party
• 41 states bound in total
• Gene treaty adopted

Order is by the date the depositary records, and states that became bound on the same day share a position — eleven states became party to the Charter on 24 October 1945 and none of them was eleventh.

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