KPK: Kolpak contract, REL: released, RET: retired, YTH: from youth teams, EUP: European Union passport, UKP: recently-obtained UK passport. Also shows, where relevant, players' previous counties

Kolpak contracts are signed by foreign players, using a loophole in European Union law to avoid counting against the quota of one overseas player per club.

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Derbyshire

Overseas player: Chris Rogers (Australia)

Ins: Garry Park (Durham), Mark Lawson (Yorkshire), Tim Groenewald (Warwickshire), Atif Sheikh (YTH), Paul Borrington (YTH), Stuart Law (Lancashire), Nantie Hayward (KPK), Chesney Hughes (UKP), Steffan Jones (Somerset, month's loan)

Outs: Kevin Dean (RET), Nayan Doshi (REL), Wayne White (REL), Liam Hughes (REL), Chris Paget (REL), Akhil Patel (REL), Ollie Saffell (REL)

Durham

Overseas player: David Warner (Australia - for Twenty20 Cup); Shivnarine Chanderpaul (West Indies - from mid-August)

Ins: Ian Blackwell (Somerset)

Outs: Garry Park (Derbyshire), Gary Scott (REL)

Essex

Overseas player: Danish Kaneria (Pakistan, until end of June, planning to return at end of July); Hashim Amla (South Africa, July, subject to visa and clearance from Cricket South Africa)

Ins: Matt Walker (Kent), Mark Hardinges (Gloucestershire)

Outs: Alex Tudor (Surrey)

Glamorgan

Overseas player: Mark Cosgrove (Australia - for first half of season); Herschelle Gibbs (SA - for July until September)

Ins: Garnett Kruger (Leicestershire, KPK)

Outs: David Hemp (REL), Matthew Wood (RET), Richard Grant (REL), Kyle Tudge (REL)

Gloucestershire

Overseas player: James Franklin (New Zealand)

Ins: Jack Taylor (YTH), Gemaal Hussain

Outs: Ian Fisher (Worcestershire), Carl Greenidge (REL), Mark Hardinges (Essex), Will Rudge (REL), Marcus North (Hampshire)

Hampshire

Overseas player: Marcus North (Australia, April); Imran Tahir (Pakistan; from May until the end of the season)

Ins: Dominic Cork (Lancashire), Danny Briggs (YTH)

Outs: Greg Lamb (REL), Kevin Latouf (REL), Richard Morris (REL), Nantie Hayward (REL), Rory Kleinveldt (REL), Michael Brown (Surrey)

Kent

Overseas player: Wayne Parnell (South Africa, until early June, then from 10 July to 4 August)

Ins: Rob Ferley (Nottinghamshire), Steffan Jones (Somerset -month's loan), James Hockley

Outs: Neil Dexter (Middlesex), Matt Walker (Essex), Yasir Arafat (Sussex)

Possible signings: Kent have handed Worcestershire 28 days' notice of an approach for paceman Chris Whelan, who is out of contract at the end of this season.

Lancashire

Overseas player: Ashwell Prince (SA, for first few weeks of season), VVS Laxman (India, after Indian Premier League finishes in late May)

Ins: Simon Kerrigan (YTH), Adrian Shankar (YTH)

Outs: Dominic Cork (Hampshire), Stuart Law (Derbyshire), Simon Marshall (REL)

Leicestershire

Overseas player: Iain O'Brien (New Zealand)

Ins: AJ Harris (Notts), Wayne White (Derbys)

Outs: Garnett Kruger (Glamorgan, KPK), Ryan Cummins (Northants), Dillon du Preez (KPK - was refused a work permit), Harry Gurney (REL), Daniel Rowe (REL), Jermaine Lawson (REL), Edward Foster (REL), Johan Malcolm (REL)

Middlesex

Overseas player: Phillip Hughes (Aus, for first part of season), Murali Kartik (India, after Indian Premier League finishes)

Ins: Neil Dexter (Kent)

Outs: Ed Smith (RET), Ed Joyce (Sussex), Dirk Nannes (REL), Chris Peploe (REL), Shaun Levy (REL)

Northants

Overseas player: Ian Harvey (Australia, for Twenty20 Cup)

Ins: Jack Brooks (Oxfordshire), Lee Daggett (Warwickshire), Ryan Cummins (Leicestershire)

Outs: Jason Brown (Nottinghamshire), Richard Browning (REL), Lance Klusener (REL), Richard Logan (REL)

Nottinghamshire

Overseas player: Adam Voges (Australia); David Hussey (Australia, brief spell during June/July while Voges is playing for Australia A)

Ins: Jason Brown (Northants), Ali Brown (Surrey)

Outs: AJ Harris (Leicestershire), Rob Ferley (Kent), Gareth Clough (REL)

Possible signings: South African seamer Kyle Hodnett has joined the club on trial.

Somerset

Overseas player: Justin Langer (Australia)

Ins: David Stiff (ex-Leicestershire, joined after trial spell in spring)

Outs: Ian Blackwell (Durham), Andy Sutton (REL), Keith Parsons (RET), Steffan Jones (Kent - month's loan; then Derbyshire - month's loan)

Surrey

Overseas player: Grant Elliott (NZ, for first few weeks of season), Ryan Harris (Australia, for three Championship matches in June)

Ins: Michael Brown (Hampshire), Alex Tudor (Essex), Andre Nel (KPK)

Outs: Ali Brown (Notts), Saqlain Mushtaq (REL), Lee Hodgson (Yorkshire), Neil Saker (REL), Richard Clinton (REL)

Possible signings: Harbhajan Singh (India) is in the reckoning to rejoin for the second half of the season, while Surrey have given 28 days' notice of an approach to Worcestershire for wicketkeeper Steven Davies.

Sussex

Overseas player: Yasir Arafat (Pakistan); Piyush Chawla (India, for a short spell during June)

Ins: Damien Wright (Australia), Ed Joyce (Middlesex), Joe Gatting (YTH), Pepler Sandri (EUP; awaiting ECB approval)

Outs: Mushtaq Ahmed (RET), Chris Adams (Surrey)

Possible signings: Former Middlesex paceman Chad Keegan has joined on trial.

Warwickshire

Overseas player: Jeetan Patel (NZ)

Ins: Ateeq Javed (YTH)

Outs: Tim Groenewald (Derbyshire), Lee Daggett (Northants), Stuart Hole (REL), Nick James (REL), Luke Parker (REL), Michael Powell (REL), Ian Salisbury (RET)

Possible signings: Young South African-born batsman Dawid Malan, currently at Middlesex, is a target. Also searching for a replacement overseas bowler for the second half of the season.

Worcestershire

Overseas player: Ashley Noffke (Australia, for first four months of season)

Ins: Ian Fisher (Gloucestershire), Imran Arif (having played as an overseas player in 2008, has now been granted British citizenship)

Out: Graeme Hick (RET)

Possible signings: Have given 28 days' notice of approaches for Yorkshire seamers Matthew Hoggard and Ajmal Shahzad, but will not be signing a mid-season replacement for Noffke for financial reasons.

Possible departures: The county have received 28-day notices of approach from Surrey and Kent for wicketkeeper Steven Davies and paceman Chris Whelan respectively. Meanwhile, injury-plagued seamer Simon Jones has been told he will not be offered a new contract.

Yorkshire

Overseas player: Rana Naved-ul-Hasan (Pakistan)

Ins: Azeem Rafiq (YTH - had been picked for a Twenty20 game in 2008 but was found to be an ineligible player), Jonathan Bairstow (YTH), John Blain (Scotland; has joined as assistant bowling coach but will be registered as a player), Lee Hodgson (Surrey)

Outs: Darren Gough (RET), Mark Lawson (Derbyshire), Greg Wood (REL), Michael Vaughan (retired on 30 June)

Possible departures: Worcestershire have given 28 days' notice of approaches for seamers Matthew Hoggard and Ajmal Shahzad, who will be out of contract at the end of the season.