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The Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC) is one of four standing committees of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). It was established in 1981 at the Third Islamic Summit Conference held in Mecca/Ta'if and serves as a multilateral economic and commercial cooperation forum in the Islamic world. The committee convenes annually at ministerial level in Istanbul under the Chairmanship of the President of the Republic of Turkey.

Contents

The organization defines its scope of cooperation by trade, transport, agriculture, tourism, poverty alleviation, and financial as well as private sector cooperation.

Objectives

The COMCEC lists following objectives on its website: [1]

History

Membership

Member states

Observers

The Trade Preferential System (TPS-OIC)

The Trade Preferential System aims to promote trade among the Member States of the OIC by means of exchanging preferences. It includes a Most-Favored Nation clause, providing that all states participating in the TPS-OIC receive equal trade advantages as the "most favoured nation" by the country granting such treatment.

Trade among OIC countries

The official website indicates a goal of 20% intra-OIC trade by the year 2015. However, some economists consider this goal to be unrealistic. [5]

Yearintra-OIC trade
(as % of total trade)
200916,7% [5]
201017,0% [6]
201117,8% [6]
2012N.A.
201318,2% [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "COMCEC". Archived from the original on 2014-11-25. Retrieved 2014-11-25.
  2. ↑ 4th Extraordinary Session of the Islamic Summit Conference (14–15 August 2012) "COMCEC Strategy for Building an Interdependent Islamic World" (PDF). COMCEC Coordination Office. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-18. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Report and Resolutions of the Fourth Session of the COMCEC" (PDF). COMCEC. September 7, 1988. Retrieved December 31, 2014.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. ↑ "Report and Resolutions of the Sixth Session of the COMCEC" (PDF). COMCEC. October 10, 1990. Retrieved December 31, 2014.[ permanent dead link ]
  5. 1 2 "Facilitating trade among muslim nations". DAWN MEDIA GROUP. 23 April 2012. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
  6. 1 2 3 "Trade". Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
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