Glossary

Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs)

Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) are a group of territories associated with the European Union (EU). This unique relationship allows the EU to apply preferential trade agreements to entire regions rather than individual countries.

Currently, there are 23 OCTs:

  • Anguilla

  • Antarctica

  • Aruba

  • Bermuda

  • Bonaire

  • British Virgin Islands

  • British Indian Ocean

  • Territory

  • Curaçao

  • Falkland Islands

  • French Polynesia

  • French Southern

  • Territories

  • Greenland

  • Cayman Islands

  • Montserrat

  • New Caledonia

  • Pitcairn

  • Saint-Barthélemy

  • St. Helena

  • St. Martin

  • St. Pierre and Miquelon

  • South Georgia and the

  • South Sandwich Islands

  • Turks and Caicos Islands

  • Wallis and Futuna