Below are the countries corresponding to the geographical scopes allowed in the Rainforest Alliance’s certification program. A geographical region is a predetermined cluster of countries which determines the boundaries within which certificates for multi-site supply chain certificate holders can be issued. According to the Rules for Certification Bodies, CBs may carry out audits in any country that is not subject to sanctions from the United States government, as indicated in the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
The allowed geographical regions are:
1. Africa
Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Congo (Brazzaville)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
Djibouti
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Eswatini (ex-Swaziland)
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mayotte
Morroco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Reunion
Rwanda
Saint Helena
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sudan
Tanzania, United Republic of
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Western Sahara
Zambia
Zimbabwe
2. Asia and Pacific
Afganistan
Armenia
Australia
Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia
China
Fiji
French Polynesia
Georgia
Guam
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Japan
Kazakhstan
Kiribati
Korea, South
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Macao
Malaysia
Maldives
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Mongolia
Myanmar (ex-Burma)
Nepal
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
Phillipines
Samoa
Samoa, American
Singapore
Solomon, Islands
Sri Lanka (ex-Ceilan)
Taiwan, China
Tajikistan
Thailand
Timor Leste (West)
Tonga
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Vietnam
3. Europe and Middle East and Turkey
Albania
Andorra
Austria
Bahrain
Belarus
Belgium
Bosnia
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
European Union
Faroe Islands
Finland
France
Germany
Gibraltar
Greece
Guerney and Alderney
Hungary
Iceland
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jersey
Jordan
Kosovo
Kuwait
Latvia
Lebanon
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Man, Island of
Moldova
Monaco
Montenegro
Netherlands
North Macedonia
Norway
Oman
Palestine
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Russia
San Marino
Saudi Arabia
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
Vatican City State (Holy See)
Yemen
4. Latin America
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Aruba
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Bolivia
Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba
Brazil
British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Curaçao
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
French Guiana
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Martinique
Mexico
Monserrat
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Puerto Rico
Saint Lucia
Saint Martin
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint-Barthélemy
Sint Maarten
St. Kitts and Nevis
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos Islands
Uruguay
Venezuela
Virgin Islands (US)
5. US and Canada
United States
Canada
If one of your sites is not in one of these countries, and you would like to know if you can include it in a multi-site in a specific region, please contact us at supplychaincert@ra.org or farmcert@ra.org.