APLMF Membership Criteria
Membership to the APLMF is open to legal metrology authorities established by an economy within the Asia-Pacific Region and other economies within the region with links to APEC.
Full membership is available to:
APLMF membership has two membership categories:
Corresponding membership is available to any economy that fulfils the criteria for full membership and has an interest in the work of the forum. It is anticipated that a corresponding member will become a full member over time.
Full membership benefits:
Corresponding membership benefits:
Full membership annual fees
Full membership is available to:
- APEC members
- Official APEC observer members
- ASEAN members
- Pacific Island Forum (PIF) members
- Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) members
APLMF membership has two membership categories:
- Full member
- Corresponding member
Corresponding membership is available to any economy that fulfils the criteria for full membership and has an interest in the work of the forum. It is anticipated that a corresponding member will become a full member over time.
Full membership benefits:
- Full access and voting rights at forum meetings
- Voting on member papers and documents
- Access to training programmes
- Involvement in the development and publication of guide documents.
- Participation in Working Groups that interest their economy’s priorities
- Participation in surveys which are used to establish APLMF priorities
- Subsidised attendance at the annual forum meeting
Corresponding membership benefits:
- Invitation to attend the forum meeting as an observer at a cost of US$300 per person
- Access to training programmes
- Access to publications and guide documents
Full membership annual fees
- The APLMF fee structure is an equitable membership fee structure based on an economies economic development discounted for GDP per capita.
- There are five categories
Fee Structure and Current Members
Category |
Fee (USD $) |
Full membership economies |
Corresponding membership economies |
1 |
$675 |
Cambodia |
Lao PDR |
2 |
$1,350 |
DPR Korea Indonesia Malaysia Mongolia Papua New Guinea Philippines Thailand Vietnam |
Chile Colombia Mexico Peru |
3 |
$2,700 |
Brunei Darussalam Hong Kong, China New Zealand Singapore |
Nil |
4 |
$5,400 |
Australia Canada People's Republic of China Republic of Korea Chinese Taipei |
Russian Federation |
5 |
$10,800 |
Japan United States of America |
Nil |
Fees are subject to annual review.