SUCRE

[1] International trade between member states in SUCRE reached its maximum in 2012 with 2,646 transactions worth almost 1,066 million US dollars.

[citation needed] In the case of ALBA members Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Antigua and Barbuda, the new currency posed a dilemma as they are already a member of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union and use the East Caribbean dollar,[3] although none of them had agreed to the treaty establishing the SUCRE and the regional payments clearinghouse.

The formal treaty[4] establishing the regional payments clearinghouse was signed by the six Latin American presidents in Cochabamba, Bolivia, on October 17, 2009.

ISO 4217 Standard definition:In 2013 Uruguay joined the currency.

[6] In 2018, the government of Venezuela proposed using the Petro, instead, for trade within ALBA.

Map of participants in the ALBA
Transactions in Sucre. The graph shows the evolution of trade using the Sucre 2010–2016. Data for the trade volume between all participants are from the Informe de Gestión 2015. Data for Ecuador from the Central Bank of Ecuador.