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| type                = [[transport]], [[law of the sea]]

| date_signed         =                               8 July 1965
| location_signed     = [[New York City]], [[United States]]
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| date_effective      = 9 June 1967
| condition_effective = ratification by two land-locked states and two states with a sea coast
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| signatories         = 27
| parties             = 43
| depositor           = [[Secretary-General of the United Nations]]
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| languages           = English, French, Russian, Chinese, and Spanish
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The '''Convention on Transit Trade of Land-locked States''' is a multilateral [[treaty]] that addresses international rules allowing for [[land-locked countries]] to transport goods to and from [[seaport]]s. The convention imposes obligations on both land-locked states and on coastal states that ratify the treaty.

The convention was concluded at the United Nations Conference on Transit Trade of Land-locked Countries, which had been established by the [[United Nations General Assembly]]. It was concluded and signed on 8 July 1965. The treaty came into force on 9 June 1967.

Coastal states that ratify the convention (known as "transit states")<ref>A land-locked state may also be a "transit state" if another land-locked state is transporting goods across its territory in order to reach a seaport.)</ref> agree to make arrangements with land-locked states that are party to the treaty that wish to transit goods across the territory of the transit state to or from a coastal port in the transit state. The transit states agree that they will not discriminate based on place of origin or destination of the goods being transported. The land-locked states agree to be responsible for any expenses that the transit states incur in supervising or protecting the transit of the land-locked state's goods.

The convention has been noted as the first international agreement to recognise the special disadvantaged position of land-locked states.<ref>R. Makil, "Transit Right of Landlocked Countries: An Appraisal of International Conventions", ''Journal of World Trade Law'' '''4''':35 at 46 (1970).</ref>

As of June 2014, the treaty has been ratified by 43 states, made up of an approximately even split of land-locked and coastal states. The convention has essentially been superseded by the [[United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea]], which contains similar provisions for transit arrangements to be made between coastal and land-locked states.

==Notes==
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==References==
*Kishor Uprety, ''[https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/7405/347710PAPER0Tr101OFFICIAL0USE0ONLY1.pdf?sequence=1 The Transit Regime for Landlocked States: International Law and Development Perspectives]'' (Washington DC: The World Bank, 2006, ISBN 9780821362990) pp. 66–75.

==External links==
*[http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/other_treaties/text.jsp?file_id=200358 Text]
*[http://treaties.un.org/pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=X-3&chapter=10&lang=en Signatures and ratifications].

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