Back Suider-Afrikaanse Doeane-unie Afrikaans الاتحاد الجمركي لإفريقيا الجنوبية Arabic Xunión Aduanera d'África Austral AST Паўднёваафрыканскі мытны саюз Byelorussian Jihoafrická celní unie Czech Zollunion des Südlichen Afrika German Νότια Αφρικανική Τελωνειακή Ένωση Greek Unión Aduanera de África Austral Spanish Union douanière d'Afrique australe French Južnoafrička carinska unija Croatian
Southern African Customs Union | |
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 Members of the SACU | |
| Headquarters | Windhoek |
| Largest city | Johannesburg |
| Official language | English (de facto)a |
| Demonym(s) | Southern African |
| Type | Customs union |
| Membership | 5 states |
| Leaders | |
• SACU Chair |  Lesotho[1] |
• SACU Executive Secretary | T.D. Khasipe[2] |
| Establishment | 1910[3] |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,672,830 km2 (1,031,990 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• 2021 estimate |  68,358,016[4] |
| GDP (PPP) | 2021 estimate |
• Total | $950.7 billion[5] |
• Per capita | $13,907 |
| GDP (nominal) | 2021 estimate |
• Total | $457.3 billion[6] |
• Per capita | $6,689 |
| Gini (2015) |  59.0[7]high inequality |
| HDI (2021) |  0.696medium |
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| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Website sacu | |
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The Southern African Customs Union (SACU) is a customs union among five countries of Southern Africa: Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia and South Africa. Its headquarters are in the Namibian capital, Windhoek. It was established in 1910.
- ^ Shttps://www.sacu.int/docs/pr/2023/Press-Release-SACU-Chairmanship-Rotation-and-Handover-15-July-2023.pdf
- ^ "** Welcome to the SACU Website *".
- ^ SACU (Southern African Customs Union). s.a. What is SACU?. https://www.sacu.int/about/what_is.html Date of access: 16 October 2021
- ^ World Bank. 2022. Population, total – South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Eswatini. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?locations=ZA-BW-LS-NA-SZ Date of access: 19 July 2022
- ^ World Bank. 2022. GDP, PPP (current international $) – South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Eswatini. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.PP.CD?locations=ZA-BW-LS-NA-SZ Date of access: 19 July 2022
- ^ World Bank. 2022. GDP (current US$) – South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Eswatini. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.CD?locations=ZA-BW-LS-NA-SZ Date of access: 19 July 2022
- ^ World Bank. 2022. In Southern Africa, Leveling the Playing Field at Birth Critical to Reducing Inequality, Intergenerational Poverty. https://www.worldbank.org/en/region/afr/publication/in-southern-africa-leveling-the-playing-field-at-birth-critical-to-reducing-inequality-intergenerational-poverty Date of access: 13 April 2022