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# Geographical Scopes of the Certification Program

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](mailto:supplychaincert@ra.org) or [farmcert@ra.org](mailto:farmcert@ra.org).