1969 - 2018

2018 - present

ICC currently has 21 coconut-producing member countries, accounting for over 90 percent of world coconut production and exports of coconut products. The ICC member countries include:

• Eight Asian countries: India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, and Timor Leste.
• Nine Pacific countries: Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu.
• One Caribbean country: Jamaica
• Two African countries: Kenya, Côte d'Ivoire
• One country in South America: Guyana

Membership to the Community is open to all coconut-producing countries, with the unanimous consent of the existing members and by acceding to the agreement establishing the Coconut Community.

The representatives of member countries hold the office of the Chairman. Each Chairman holds the office for one year. The Community carries out its functions through its Secretariat based in Jakarta, Indonesia. The ICC Secretariat is hosted by the Government of Indonesia and is headed by the Director General, appointed for a four-year term at the Session of the Community.

For executing its functions, the ICC Secretariat coordinates with member countries through a network of National Liaison Officers (NLOs), whose responsibilities include the development of the coconut industry and national focal points that deal with coconut in their respective countries.

ICC maintains close contacts with United Nations bodies and UN-ESCAP, as well as international institutions such as ACIAR, SPC, CGIAR, Bioversity International, ITC, NAM CSSTC, DOST-PCAARRD, CABI, SCP, Crop Trust, CIRAD, GPDJ, UNIDO, ITPGRFA, INFO, and others to effectively exercise its functions.