The World Trade Organisation (WTO) announced that on 24 August Senegal had ratified the Trade Facilitation Agrement (TFA), becoming the 91st WTO member, and the 11th least developed country (LDC) to do so. On 30 August 2016 Uruguay followed suit, as the 92nd.
The TFA will enter into force once two-thirds of the WTO membership has formally ratified the agreement. Just in case you were wondering. On 29 July 2016 the WTO had 164 members. So, 56.10% of the WTO members have ratified the TFA.
In addition to Senegal and Uruguay, the following WTO members have ratified the TFA: Hong Kong China, Singapore, the United States, Mauritius, Malaysia, Japan, Australia, Botswana, Trinidad and Tobago, the Republic of Korea, Nicaragua, Niger, Belize, Switzerland, Chinese Taipei, China, Liechtenstein, Lao PDR, New Zealand, Togo, Thailand, the European Union (on behalf of its 28 member states), the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Pakistan, Panama, Guyana, Côte d’Ivoire, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Kenya, Myanmar, Norway, Viet Nam, Brunei, Ukraine, Zambia, Lesotho, Georgia, Seychelles, Jamaica, Mali, Cambodia, Paraguay, Turkey, Brazil, Macao China, the United Arab Emirates, Samoa, India, the Russian Federation, Montenegro, Albania, Kazakhstan, Sri Lanka, St. Kitts and Nevis, Madagascar, the Republic of Moldova, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Peru, Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan.
South Africa has yet to do so.