FIATA Membership
FIATA has different categories of members:
Ordinary Members (Association Members)
are organizations representing the entire or part of the forwarding sector of a country. Each association member holds the right to present motions, as well as nomination and voting rights.
Individual Members
are forwarding and logistic enterprises as well as legal entities closely associated with the forwarding and logistic branch.
Group Members
may be international organizations representing the forwarding branch of a group of countries, or international association whose members are active only in a sub-sector of the forwarding and logistic branch.
Honorary Member
are persons who have been of particular service to FIATA or the forwarding industry.
FIATA, a non-governmental organisation, represents today an industry covering approximately 40,000 forwarding and logistics firms, also known as the "Architects of Transport", employing around 8 - 10 million people in 150 countries.
FIATA has consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations (inter alia ECE, ESCAP, ESCWA), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), and the UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL).
It is recognised as representing the freight forwarding industry by many other governmental organisations, governmental authorities, private international organisations in the field of transport such as the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the International Union of Railways (UIC), the International Road Transport Union (IRU), the World Customs Organization (WCO), the World Trade Organization (WTO), etc.
In summary FIATA is the largest non-governmental organisation in the field of transportation. Its influence is worldwide.