According to the FIATA Annual Report 2021, FIATA counted 109 Associations Members representing the freight forwarding industry within a territory and 5959 Individual members, representing freight forwarding and logistics companies.

[2] FIATA was founded in Vienna, Austria, on 1926 and owes its name to its acronym French: Fédération Internationale des Associations de Transitaires et Assimilés.

[3] FIATA has consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (inter alia ECE, ESCAP, ESCWA), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, and the UN Commission on International Trade Law.

FIATA has created several documents and forms to establish a uniform standard for use by freight forwarders worldwide.

The documents are easily distinguishable as each has a distinctive colour and carries the FIATA logo which can be seen at the head of this page.