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angle-left ADVISORY: World Trade Organization (WTO) Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Latest Notifications – 30 April 2025

The latest bulletin lists a total of 362 notifications covering various sectors such agriculture, chemical technology, clothing industry, construction materials and building, domestic and commercial equipment, entertainment, sport, electrical engineering, energy and heat transfer engineering, environment, health protection, safety, fluid systems and components for general use, food technology, health care technology, image technology, manufacturing engineering, materials handling equipment, mechanical systems and components for general use, metallurgy, metrology and measurement, physical phenomena, mining and minerals, packaging and distribution of goods, paint and color industries, paper technology, petroleum and related technologies, railway engineering, road vehicles engineering, rubber and plastic industries, services, company organization, management and quality, administration, transport, shipbuilding and marine structures, telecommunications, audio and video engineering, textile and leather technology, wood technology.  The respective issuing economies and the final date of comments are provided below:   

Agriculture 

  1. Insecticides, Rwanda, 13 May 2025 

  2. Biocidal products, European Union, 13 May 2025 

  3. Biocidal products, European Union, 12 May 2025 

  4. Fertilizer, Indonesia, deadline not indicated 

  5. Biocidal products, European Union, 12 May 2025 

  6. Biocidal products, European Union, 12 May 2025 

  7. Biocidal products and treated articles treated with or incorporating biocidal products, European Union, 12 May 2025 

  8. Insecticides, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles; Insecticides, Tanzania, 11 May 2025 

  9. Insecticides, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles; Insecticides; Mosquito repellent, Kenya, 11 May 2025 

  10. Insecticides, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles; Insecticides; Mosquito repellent, Tanzania, 11 May 2025 

  11. Fertilizers, Rwanda, deadline not indicated 

  12. Animal husbandry and breeding; Animal husbandry and breeding, Brazil, deadline not indicated 

  13. Requirements and methods of sampling and test for compounded fish feeds used in aquaculture and it applies to tilapia and catfish, Zambia, 26 May 2025 

  14. Requirements and methods of test for potassium chloride also known as Muriate of Potash (M.O.P), Zambia, 26 May 2025 

  15. Requirements and methods of test for calcium nitrate fertilizer, Zambia, 26 May 2025 

  16. Requirements and methods of test for sulphate of potash (S.O.P.) fertilizer, also called potassium sulphate (K2SO4), Zambia, 26 May 2025 

  17. Requirements and methods of test for magnesium nitrate fertilizer, Zambia, 26 May 2025 

  18. Requirements and methods of test for single super phosphate, Zambia, 26 May 2025 

  19. Requirements and methods of test for triple super phosphate (T.S.P), Zambia, 26 May 2025 

  20. Insecticides, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated 

  21. Agricultural and forestry tractors and trailers, Kazakhstan, 19 May 2025 

  22. Alcohol and tobacco; Beverages, spirits and vinegar; Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes; Agriculture, Food technology, Dominican Republic, deadline not indicated 

  23. Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding; Animal feeding stuffs, Tanzania, 16 May 2025 

  24. Agriculture, Saudi Arabia, 16 May 2025 

  25. Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding; Animal feeding stuffs, Tanzania, 16 May 2025 

  26. Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding; Animal feeding stuffs, Tanzania, 16 May 2025 

  27. Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding; Animal feeding stuffs, Tanzania, 16 May 2025 

  28. Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding; Animal feeding stuffs, Tanzania, 16 May 2025 

  29. Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding; Animal feeding stuffs, Tanzania, 16 May 2025 

  30. Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding; Animal feeding stuffs, Tanzania, 16 May 2025 

  31. Plant growing, Kenya, deadline not indicated 

  32. Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding (excl. dog or cat food put up for retail sale); Animal feeding stuffs, Kenya, deadline not indicated 

  33. Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding (excl. dog or cat food put up for retail sale); Animal feeding stuffs, Kenya, deadline not indicated 

  34. Mineral or chemical nitrogen fertilisers (excl. urea; ammonium sulphate; ammonium nitrate; sodium nitrate; double salts and mixtures of ammonium nitrate with ammonium sulphate or calcium; mixtures of urea and ammonium nitrate in aqueous or ammoniacal solu, Kenya, deadline not indicated 

  35. Ploughs for use in agriculture, horticulture or forestry; Agricultural machines, implements and equipment, Kenya, deadline not indicated 

  36. Ploughs for use in agriculture, horticulture or forestry; Agricultural machines, implements and equipment, Kenya, deadline not indicated 

  37. Ploughs for use in agriculture, horticulture or forestry; Agricultural machines, implements and equipment, Kenya, deadline not indicated 

  38. Animal or vegetable fertilisers, whether or not mixed together or chemically treated; fertilisers produced by the mixing or chemical treatment of animal or vegetable product; Fertilizers, Kenya, deadline not indicated 

  39. Ploughs for use in agriculture, horticulture or forestry; Agricultural machines, implements and equipment, Kenya, deadline not indicated 

  40. Agriculture (Vocabularies); Plant growing, Kenya, deadline not indicated 

  41. Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding (excl. dog or cat food put up for retail sale); Animal feeding stuffs, Kenya, deadline not indicated 

  42. Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding (excl. dog or cat food put up for retail sale)); Animal feeding stuffs, Kenya, deadline not indicated 

  43. Ammonium sulphate (excl. that in tablets or similar forms, or in packages with a gross weight of, Kenya, deadline not indicated 

  44. Nicotine Pouches, Bahrain, 09 June 2025 

  45. Cashew nut shell liquid as a feed additive, Japan, deadline not indicated 

Chemical Technology 

  1. Drugs Phenethyl bromide, Propionic anhydride, Benzyl chloride, Carisoprodo, Canada, 30 May 2025 

  2. Alcohols. Ethers, Malawi, 12 May 2025 

  3. Chemical analysis, Malawi, 12 May 2025 

  4. Cosmetics, European Union, 12 May 2025 

  5. Chemicals for purification of water, Malawi, 12 May 2025 

  6. Nitrous oxide (laughing gas), Sweden, 12 May 2025 

  7. Alcohols. Ethers, Malawi, 12 May 2025 

  8. Cosmetics. Toiletries, Paraguay, deadline not indicated 

  9. Cosmetic Products, Thailand, 03 June 2025 

  10. Cosmetic Products, Thailand, 03 June 2025 

  11. Chemical substances classified as drug precursors, European Union, 31 May 2025 

  12. Surface active agents, Egypt, deadline not indicated 

  13. Gases for industrial application, Egypt, 26 May 2025 

  14. Drain opener, Israel, 26 May 2025 

  15. Bleach, Sodium hypochlorite solutions, Israel, 26 May 2025 

  16. Liquid synthetic detergents for kitchen and table ware, Egypt, deadline not indicated 

  17. Oven cleaners and grease removers, Israel, 26 May 2025 

  18. Gases for industrial application, Egypt, 26 May 2025 

  19. Chemicals for industrial and domestic disinfection purposes, Egypt, deadline not indicated

  20. Beauty or make-up preparations, skin care preparations (excluding medicaments), sunscreen or suntan preparations, cosmetics, toiletries, henna powder, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated 

  21. Glass or metal polishes; Surface active agents, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated 

  22. Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, dental waxes and dental preparations with a basis of plaster; surface active agents, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated 

  23. Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, ‘dental waxes’ and dental preparations with a basis of plaster, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated 

  24. Manicure or pedicure preparations; Cosmetics. Toiletries, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated 

  25. Preparations for use on the hair (excl. shampoos, preparations for permanent waving or straightening and hair lacquers); Cosmetics. Toiletries; Hair oils, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated 

  26. For detailed information regarding the products involved, please refer to: https://images.io.gov.mo//bo/i/2024/44/de spce-168-2024.pdf (page 2-8), Macao, China, deadline not indicated 

  27. Hazardous substances, Thailand, deadline not indicated 

  28. Biocidal products, European Union, 16 May 2025 

  29. Treated with paint, stains, creosote or other preservatives; Wood-protecting chemical, Kenya, deadline not indicated 

  30. Wood in the rough, treated with paint, stains, creosote or other preservatives (excl. rough-cut wood for walking sticks, umbrellas, tool shafts and the like; wood in the form of railway sleepers; wood cut into boards or beams, etc.); Wood protecting chemical, Kenya, deadline not indicated 

  31. Beauty or make-up preparations and preparations for the care of the skin (other than medicaments), incl. sunscreen or suntan preparations (excl. medicaments, lip and eye make-up preparations, manicure or pedicure preparations and make-up or skin care powder, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, 07 June 2025 

  32. Cocoa butter, fat and; Cosmetics. Toiletries, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, 07 June 2025 

  33. Preparations for use on the hair (excl. shampoos, preparations for permanent waving or straightening and hair lacquers); Cosmetics. Toiletries; Hair neutralizer, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, 06 June 2025 

  34. Extracted oleoresins; concentrates of essential oils in fats, fixed oils, waxes and the like, obtained by enfleurage or maceration; terpenic by-products of the deterpenation of essential oils; aromatic aqueous distillates and aqueous solutions of essential, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, 06 June 2025 

  35. Ground-nut oil and its fractions, whether or not refined (excl. chemically modified and crude); Cosmetics. Toiletries; Groundnut oil; Peanut oil, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, 06 June 2025 

  36. Cosmetics, Toiletries, Chinese Taipei, 06 June 2025 

  37. Hazardous substances, United Kingdom, 06 June 2025 

Clothing Industry 

  1. Headgear, Clothing accessories, Fastening of clothing, Kenya, deadline not indicated 

  2. Women's or girls' suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers, dresses, skirts, divided skirts, trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts (excl. knitted or crocheted, wind-jackets and similar articles, slips, petticoats and panties, tracksuits, ski sui, Kenya, deadline not indicated 

Construction Materials and Building 

  1. Coal Tar-Based Sealants; PAHContaining Sealants; Indoor Use Products Containing 2- Butoxyethanol (2- BE), Canada, deadline not indicated 

  2. Electric toilet seat for water closet and toilet seat cover, Thailand, 12 May 2025 

  3. Plastics; Construction, Civil Engineering, and Manufacturing, Switzerland, 09 May 2025 

  4. Building materials and building components, Costa Rica, deadline not indicated 

  5. Bricks, slabs, tiles, and other ceramic pieces made of fossil siliceous flour (for example: kieselguhr, tripolite, diatomite) or similar siliceous earth (HS Code(s): 6901); Bricks, slabs, tiles, and other similar construction ceramic pieces, refractory (except those made from fossil siliceous flour or similar siliceous earth) (HS Code(s): 6902); Tiles and slabs for pavements, chimneys, or walls, with a water absorption coefficient by weight of 0.5%, Ecuador, deadline not indicated 

  6. Shutters, awnings, blinds and similar equipment, South Korea, 30 May 2025 

  7. Building materials, Italy, 20 May 2025 

  8. Construction materials, Argentina, deadline not indicated 

  9. Materiales para la construcción, Argentina, deadline not indicated 

  10. Electricity meters, including calibrating meters therefor Single-phase electricity meters; Other electricity meters, Columbia, 17 May 2025 

  11. Padlocks of base metal; Building accessories, Kenya, deadline not indicated 

Domestic and Commercial Equipment, Entertainment, Sport 

  1. Dishwashers, South Korea, 30 May 2025 

  2. Grills, toasters and similar portable cooking appliances, South Korea, 30 May 2025 

  3. Kitchen machines, South Korea, 30 May 2025 

  4. Spin extractors, South Korea, 30 May 2025 

  5. Vaporizer, South Korea, 30 May 2025 

  6. Foot warmers and heating mats, South Korea, 30 May 2025 

  7. Battery chargers, South Korea, 30 May 2025 

  8. Commercial microwave ovens, South Korea, 30 May 2025 

  9. Refrigerating appliances, ice-cream appliances and ice makers, Israel, 24 May 2025 

  10. Domestic electrical appliances in general, Costa Rica, deadline not indicated 

  11. Domestic electrical appliances in general, Costa Rica, deadline not indicated 

  12. Domestic electrical appliances in general, Costa Rica, deadline not indicated 

  13. Cold appliances; household washing machines; household tumble dryers; household dishwashers; electronic displays; local space heaters; refrigerating appliances with a direct sales function; smartphones; mobile phones other than smartphones; cordless phones; slate tablets; ventilators; stand-by, Switzerland, 20 May 2025 

  14. Mattresses, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated 

  15. SNI 7859-2013, Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 1: General requirements; SNI IEC 60335-2-14- 2011, Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-14: Particular requirements for kitchen machines; SNI IEC 60335-2-15, Indonesia, deadline not indicated 

Electrical Engineering 

  1. Single-capped fluorescent lamps, South Korea, 31 May 2025 

  2. Plugs and socket-outlets for household and similar purposes, South Korea, 31 May 2025 

  3. Lamp controlgear, South Korea, 31 May 2025 

  4. Electric cables marked with CENELEC codes H07V2-U - ו H07V2- R, H07V2-K, Israel, deadline not indicated 

  5. Single-capped fluorescent lamps, South Korea, 31 May 2025 

  6. Tungsten filament lamps for domestic and similar general lighting purposes, South Korea, 31 May 2025 

  7. Cord sets and interconnection cord sets, South Korea, 31 May 2025 

  8. Lamp controlgear, South Korea, 31 May 2025 

  9. Self-ballasted fluorescent lamps, South Korea, 31 May 2025 

  10. Drives for gates, doors and windows, South Korea, 30 May 2025 

  11. Luminaire for classroom, China, 26 May 2025 

  12. Electrical transformers, static converters (for example, rectifiers) and inductors; parts thereof including, New Zealand, 08 June 2025 

  13. Three-phase cage induction motors (electric motors) Motors, New Zealand, 08 June 2025 

Energy and Heat Transfer Engineering 

  1. Projectors, China, 12 May 2025 

  2. Electric vehicle charging piles, China, 12 May 2025 

Environment, Health protection, Safety 

  1. Certain existing chemicals; Environmental protection; Protection against dangerous goods; Production in the chemical industry; Products of the chemical industry, USA, deadline not indicated 

  2. Fire safety signs, China, 12 May 2025 

  3. Laser eye-protectors, China, 12 May 2025 

  4. Intense light sources (non-laser) protector, China, 12 May 2025 

  5. Fire extinguisher, South Korea, 12 May 2025 

  6. Personal protective equipment, China, 12 May 2025 

  7. Rescue helmets, China, 11 May 2025 

  8. Safety nets, China, 11 May 2025 

  9. Heavy-duty engines; Environmental protection; Transport exhaust emissions, USA, deadline not indicated 

  10. Protective toecap, China, 11 May 2025 

  11. Protective gloves against thermal risks, China, 11 May 2025 

  12. Descender devices, China, 11 May 2025 

  13. Self-contained closed-circuit oxygen breathing apparatus for escape, China, 11 May 2025 

  14. Energy absorbers, China, 11 May 2025 

  15. Automatic welding filters, China, 11 May 2025 

  16. Guided-type fall arrester including a flexible anchor line, China, 11 May 2025 

  17. Welding Protector, China, 11 May 2025 

  18. Penetration-resistant insert, China, 11 May 2025 

  19. Chainmail gloves and arm guards, China, 11 May 2025 

  20. Protective helmets to be worn by all riders and passengers of motorcycles, scooters, mopeds, three- or fourwheeled off-road motorcycles and other similar motorized two- or three-wheeled vehicles, Chile, deadline not indicated 

  21. Safety shoes and chemical resistant shoes, China, 11 May 2025 

  22. Earplugs, China, 11 May 2025 

  23. Protective gloves against cold, China, 11 May 2025 

  24. Earmuffs, China, 11 May 2025 

  25. Occupational antistatic headwear, China, 11 May 2025 

  26. Self-contained open-circuit compressed air breathing apparatus, China, 11 May 2025 

  27. Emergency shower, eyewash, eye_face wash, combination units, China, 11 May 2025 

  28. Connectors, China, 11 May 2025 

  29. Protective clothing, China, deadline not indicated 

  30. Personal flotation devices - Lifejackets for seagoing ships, Israel, 09 May 2025 

  31. Trichloroethylene; Environmental protection; Production in the chemical industry; Products of the chemical industry, USA, deadline not indicated 

  32. Motor vehicles, tractors, velocipedes, and other land vehicles, their parts and accessories, Ecuador, deadline not indicated 

  33. Hazardous air pollutants from blast furnace (BF) stoves and basic oxygen process furnaces (BOPFs); Product and company certification. Conformity assessment; Environmental protection; Air quality; Environmental testing; Particle size analysis. Sieving; Industrial furnaces; Iron and steel products; Equipment for the metallurgical industry, USA, deadline not indicated 

  34. Fire emergency rescue equipment, China, 26 May 2025 

  35. Electrical receptacles and switches with fire monitoring and alarm function, China, 26 May 2025 

  36. Superfine powder extinguishing agent, China, 26 May 2025 

  37. Residual current electrical fire monitoring detector, China, 25 May 2025 

  38. Materials, reagents, equipment for water treatment and water purification, Russian Federation, 24 May 2025 

  39. Heavy duty vehicles: transport CO2 emissions; Transport exhaust emissions, Commercial vehicles, European Union, 24 May 2025 

  40. Heavy duty vehicles: transport CO2 emissions; Transport exhaust emissions , Commercial vehicles, European Union, 24 May 2025 

  41. Consumer water heaters; Environmental protection; Domestic, commercial and industrial heating appliances, USA, deadline not indicated 

  42. Walk-In Coolers and freezers; Refrigerators, household type; Freezers of the upright type, of a capacity, USA, deadline not indicated 

  43. Climate protection; Environmental protection; Air quality in general, USA, deadline not indicated 

  44. Materials, reagents, equipment for water treatment and water purification, Kazakhstan, 19 May 2025 

  45. Wireless emergency alerts; Domestic safety; Alarm and warning systems, USA, deadline not indicated 

  46. Wireless emergency alerts; Domestic safety; Alarm and warning systems, USA, 19 May 2025 

  47. Pressure equipment, with and without fire, Argentina, deadline not indicated 

  48. Cellulosic biofuel production; Environmental protection; Biofuels, USA, deadline not indicated 

  49. Fire safety signs, China, 17 May 2025 

  50. Head protective equipment, China, deadline not indicated 

  51. Cyclone dust collector, filter dust collector, bag dust collector, pulse spray type, dry dust collector, wet dust collector system, insert dust collector, honeycomb dust collector, etc, China, 09 June 2025 

  52. The equipment and facilities involved in the production process of aluminum and aluminum alloy plates, strips, and foils include casting and rolling mills, milling machines, heating furnaces, rolling mills, plate filters, sewing machines, stretching machine, China, 09 June 2025 

  53. Flame sensor, pressure sensor, detector, controller, explosion suppressor, China, 09 June 2025 

  54. Coal mill, bag filter, China, 09 June 2025 

  55. Pressure inerting system, vacuum inerting system, purge inerting system, displacement inerting system, inert dust inerting system, China, 09 June 2025 

  56. Dust removal equipment, explosion-proof valves, explosion relief devices, China, 09 June 2025 

  57. Chemical substances; Environmental protection; Production in the chemical industry; Products of the chemical industry, USA, 07 May 2025 

Fluid Systems and components for general use 

  1. Stationary circulation pumps for heating and service water installations, South Korea, 30 May 2025 

  2. Liquefied petroleum cylinder valve, China, deadline not indicated 

  3. Air conditioners, Costa Rica, deadline not indicated 

  4. Air conditioners, Costa Rica, deadline not indicated 

  5. Domestic electrical products (refrigerators, freezers, washing machines, air conditioners, microwave ovens, electric water heaters, lamps, televisions, induction motors (single-phase and three-phase), dishwashers, electric ovens, electric pumps), Argentina, deadline not indicated 

  6. Air compressors, Faucets, Line voltage thermostats, Pool pumps, Showerheads, Room air conditioners, Large air conditioners, Single package central air conditioners, Split system central air conditioners, Portable air conditioners, Large heat pumps, Single, Canada, deadline not indicated 

Food Technology 

  1. Food, South Korea, deadline not indicated 

  2. Food, South Korea, 13 May 2025 

  3. Foods, Thailand, 13 May 2025 

  4. Foods, Thailand, 13 May 2025 

  5. Food, European Union, 12 May 2025 

  6. Food, European Union, 12 May 2025 

  7. Food, European Union, 12 May 2025 

  8. Cocoa powder, Indonesia, deadline not indicated 

  9. Fish and Fish Products; Crustaceans and Mollusks; Seaweed, Spain, deadline not indicated 

  10. Edible oils and fats. Oilseeds, Bahrain, deadline not indicated 

  11. Meat, Poultry and their Products, Milk and Dairy Products, Egypt, deadline not indicated 

  12. Foodstuffs, Turkiye, deadline not indicated 

  13. Food, South Korea, 09 May 2025 

  14. Food products in general, Kenya, 09 May 2025 

  15. Foods for retail sale in Australia and New Zealand in which caffeine has been added, including sports foods, New Zealand, 03 May 2025 

  16. Food products in general, Kenya, 09 May 2025 

  17. Beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.); Cereals, pulses and derived products, Kenya, 09 May 2025 

  18. Waters, incl. mineral waters and aerated waters, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured, and other non-alcoholic beverages (excl. fruit, nut or vegetable juices and milk) (HS code(s): 2202); Nonalcoholic beverages (ICS code(s): 67.160.20), Tanzania, 02 June 2025 

  19. Infant and young child food, Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matter; Milk and processed milk products, Thailand, deadline not indicated 

  20. Other fermented beverages (for example, cider, perry, mead, saké); mixtures of fermented beverages and mixtures of fermented beverages and nonalcoholic beverages, not elsewhere specified or included; Non-alcoholic beverages, Tanzania, 02 June 2025 

  21. Jelly confectionery products containing konjac, Hong Kong, 02 June 2025 

  22. Tableware and kitchenware, of plastics; Plastics, Italy, 01 June 2025 

  23. Food technology, Brazil, 19 May 2025 

  24. Cereals, pulses and derived products (ICS code: 67.060), Burundi, 30 May 2025 

  25. Fruits, vegetables and derived products in general, Burundi, 30 May 2025 

  26. Alcoholic beverages, Burundi, 30 May 2025 

  27. Requirements for tomato products, namely, tomato juice, ketchup (catsup), sauce, puree and paste, Zambia, 26 May 2025 

  28. Olive oil and its fractions obtained from the fruit of the olive tree solely by mechanical or other physical means under conditions that do not lead to deterioration of the oil, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified; Other oils and their fractions, obtained solely from olives, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, incl. blends of these oils or fractions with oils, Ukraine, deadline not indicated 

  29. Requirements and methods of sampling and analysis for table wines, Zambia, 26 May 2025 

  30. Requirements for Baby foods intended primarily for use during the normal infant's weaning period and also for the progressive adaptation of infants and children to ordinary food. They may be either in ready-to-eat form or in dry form requiring reconstitution with water only. They do not include products covered by the Codex Standard for Infant Formula (CODEX STAN 72) or by the Codex Standard for Processed Cereal-Based Foods for Infants and Children (CODEX STAN 74), Zambia, 26 May 2025 

  31. Requirements and methods of sampling and tests for energy drinks, Zambia, 26 May 2025 

  32. Food that has been prepackaged for direct sale, Prepackaged food, Turkiye, 25 May 2025 

  33. Processes in the food industry, Rwanda, 25 May 2025 

  34. Wheat and meslin, processed cereal grains (except rice), malt extract, pasta, cereal-based products obtained by puffing or roasting, bakery products, pastry products, biscuit products, food preparations not elsewhere specified or included, Peru, 20 May 2025 

  35. Live animals; Animal produce in general, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated 

  36. Carcasses or half-carcasses of bovine animals, fresh or chilled; boneless fresh or chilled bovine meat; meat and meat products; beef grades and cuts, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated 

  37. Prepared or preserved meat or meat offal of ducks, geese, and guinea fowl of the species domesticus, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated 

  38. Meat and meat products, Kenya, deadline not indicated 

  39. Meat of bovine animals, salted, in brine, dried or smoked; Meat and meat products; Canned corned beef, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated 

  40. Meat and meat products, Kenya, deadline not indicated 

  41. Frozen meat of swine, Meat and meat products, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated 

  42. Processes in the food industry, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, 17 May 2025 

  43. Processes in the food industry, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, 17 May 2025 

  44. Fruits, Vegetables, Kenya, 17 May 2025 

  45. Canned Tuna and Canned Bonitos, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Qatar, Oman, Kingdom of Bahrain, the State of Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, deadline not indicated 

  46. Edible olive oil and olive pomace oil, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Qatar, Oman, Kingdom of Bahrain, the State of Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, deadline not indicated 

  47. Food products in general, Kenya, deadline not indicated 

  48. Rice; Cereals, pulses and derived products, Kenya, deadline not indicated 

  49. Cashew nuts; Animal and vegetable fats and oils, Kenya, deadline not indicated 

  50. Natural honey; Sugar and sugar products, Kenya, deadline not indicated 

  51. Fruits, Vegetables, Kenya, deadline not indicated 

  52. Rice; Cereals, pulses and derived products, Kenya, deadline not indicated 

  53. Macadamia nuts; Animal and vegetable fats and oils, Kenya, deadline not indicated 

  54. Food products in general, Kenya, deadline not indicated 

  55. Processes in the food industry; Vegetables and derived products, Kenya, deadline not indicated 

  56. Animal and vegetable fats and oils, Kenya, deadline not indicated 

  57. Food products in general, Kenya, deadline not indicated 

  58. Natural honey; Sugar and sugar products, Kenya, deadline not indicated 

  59. Oilseeds, Kenya, deadline not indicated 

  60. Mijo y harina de mijo, Argentina, deadline not indicated 

  61. Tea, Argentina, deadline not indicated 

  62. Pink rock salt, Argentina, deadline not indicated 

  63. Animal and vegetable fats and oils, Jordan, 10 June 2025 

  64. Beverages, including alcoholic ones like vermouth and flavored wines, Argentina, deadline not indicated 

  65. Alcohol beverages; food allergen labeling; beverages, spirits and vinegar; Alcoholic beverages, USA, 15 August 2025 

  66. Beer, Wine, and Spirits; beverages, spirits and vinegar; Alcoholic beverages, USA, 15 August 2025 

  67. Food, European Union, 06 June 2025 

  68. Food Products, India, 06 June 2025 

  69. Food Products, India, 06 June 2025 

  70. Food Products, India, 06 June 2025 

Health Care Technology 

  1. Plaster of Paris bandage - P.O.P. bandage, Israel, 11 May 2025 

  2. Sterile surgical rubber gloves, Israel, 11 May 2025 

  3. Elastic bandages, Israel, 10 May 2025 

  4. Zinc oxide elastic adhesive bandage, Israel, 10 May 2025 

  5. Elastic bandages, Israel, 10 May 2025 

  6. Non-active medical devices - Absorbent gauzes, Israel, 10 May 2025 

  7. Non-active medical devices - Gauze bandages, Israel, 10 May 2025 

  8. Medical cotton wool, Israel, 10 May 2025 

  9. Elastic bandages, Israel, 10 May 2025 

  10. Elastic bandages, Israel, 10 May 2025 

  11. Non -active medical devices - Gauze pads, Israel, 10 May 2025 

  12. Plaster for medical use, Israel, 10 May 2025 

  13. Sterile hypodermic syringes for single use, Israel, 09 May 2025 

  14. Sterile hypodermic syringes for single use with power - driven syringe pumps, Israel, 09 May 2025 

  15. Sterile hypodermic syringes for single use: Colour coding for identification, Israel, 09 May 2025 

  16. Sterile hypodermic syringes for single use, Israel, 09 May 2025 

  17. Sterile single-use syringes, with or without needle, for insulin, Israel, 09 May 2025 

  18. Medicinal finished products and medicinal ingredients, Vietnam, 01 June 2025 

  19. Health care technology, Brazil, 03 June 2025 

  20. Pharmaceutical products, Kazakhstan, 27 May 2025 

  21. Natural health products, Canada, deadline not indicated 

  22. Nonprescription drug product with an additional condition for nonprescription use (ACNU); Pharmaceutics; Domestic safety, USA, deadline not indicated 

  23. Medical equipment, Brazil, 25 May 2025 

  24. Radiopharmaceuticals, Brazil, deadline not indicated 

  25. Medicines, Brazil, deadline not indicated 

  26. Medicines, Ukraine, deadline not indicated 

  27. Medical devices, Kazakhstan, 19 May 2025 

  28. Investigational pharmaceutical products and Placebo, Macao, China, deadline not indicated 

  29. Wound dressings and compresses, Israel, deadline not indicated 

  30. Wound dressings and compresses, Israel, deadline not indicated 

  31. Wound dressings and compresses, Israel, deadline not indicated 

  32. Pharmaceutical products, Japan, 10 May 2025 

  33. Rigid scleral contact lenses, rigid gas permeable contact lenses, China, 09 June 2025 

  34. Soft hydrophilic contact lens, soft corneal contact lens, China, 09 June 2025 

  35. Diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, whether or not put up in the form of kits (excl. those of heading 3006); certified reference materials, Chines Taipei, deadline not indicated 

Image Technology 

  1. Projectors and similar appliances, South Korea, 30 May 2025 

Manufacturing Engineering 

  1. Autonomous robots. Can be used for last mile delivery, at a factory or in a municipality, Denmark, 12 May 2025 

  2. Solar luminaires (solar area floodlights) for public lighting, Chile, deadline not indicated 

  3. Solar luminaires for road and street lighting, Chile, deadline not indicated 

  4. Concrete vibrators, South Korea, 31 May 2025 

  5. Reciprocating saws(jig and sabre saws), South Korea, 30 May 2025 

Materials Handling Equipment 

  1. Spades and shovels, with working parts of base metal; Equipment for manual handling, Kenya, deadline not indicated 

Mechanical Systems and Components for general use 

  1. The safe production process of magnesium and magnesium alloy smelting involves ventilation devices, helmets, dust masks (anti-particulate respirators), labor protection suits, protective masks, protective glasses, D-type fire extinguishers, pressure monitor China, 08 June 2025 

Metallurgy 

  1. Requirements for weldable steel bars for the reinforcement of concrete. It covers plain foundry steel bars in grade 250 and deformed high yield steel bars in grade 275-460, Zambia, 26 May 2025 

  2. Cables de acero, Argentina, deadline not indicated 

Metrology and measurement, Physical Phenomena 

  1. Clinical thermometers, Israel, 09 May 2025 

  2. Metrology and measurement in general, Georgia, 18 May 2025 

  3. Metrology and measurement in general, Georgia, 18 May 2025 

Mining and Minerals 

  1. Copper ores and concentrates; Chromium ores and concentrates; Arsenic; Chromium ores; Copper products, Kenya, deadline not indicated 

Packaging and Distribution of Goods 

  1. Packing cases, boxes, crates, drums and similar packings, of wood; cabledrums of wood; pallets, box pallets and other load boards, of wood; pallet collars of wood (excl. containers specially designed and equipped for one or more modes of transport); Cases. Boxes. Crate, Kenya, 09 May 2025 

  2. Commercial dispensing appliances and vending machines, South Korea, 30 May 2025 

  3. SNI 8218:2015 Paper and paperboard for food packaging, consisted in Paper and paperboard of a kind used for making food packaging, Indonesia, deadline not indicated 

Paint and Color Industries 

  1. Paints and varnishes, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated 

  2. Paints and varnishes, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated 

  3. Paints and varnishes, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated 

Paper Technology 

  1. Kraftliner; Paper products, Kenya, 09 May 2025 

  2. Uncoated paper and paperboard for writing, printing, or graphic purposes; non-perforated punch-cards and punch tape paper in square or rectangular sheets, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated 

  3. Kraft paper, creped or crinkled; Paper products in general, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated 

  4. Uncoated paper and paperboard, of a kind used for writing, printing or other graphic purposes, and non-perforated punchcards and punch-tape paper, in square or rectangular sheets with one side, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated 

Petroleum and Related Technologies 

  1. Liquid fuels, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated 

  2. Liquid fuels, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated 

  3. Lubricating oils for 4 (four) steps gasoline engines of motorized vehicles, Lubricating oils for 4 (four) steps gasoline engines of motor cycle, Lubricating oils of 2 (two) steps gasoline engines with air coolers; Lubricating oils of 2 (two) steps gasoline, Indonesia, deadline not indicated 

  4. Liquefied propane, and other liquefied butane, China, 09 June 2025 

  5. Motor vehicle brake fluids, China, 09 June 2025 

  6. No.3 Jet fuel, China, 09 June 2025 

Railway Engineering 

  1. Railway rolling stock and railway infrastructure, Ukraine, deadline not indicated 

Road Vehicles Engineering 

  1. Electrical energy meters, measuring systems for electric vehicle supply equipment, gas meters, thermal energy meters, measuring systems for compressed gas dispensers, European Union, 20 May 2025 

  2. Vehicle, Japan, 19 May 2025 

  3. Passenger cars. Caravans and light trailers, Vietnam, deadline not indicated 

  4. Passenger cars and vans (motor vehicles of categories M1 and N1), European Union, 19 May 2025 

  5. Motorcycles and mopeds, Vietnam, deadline not indicated 

  6. Motorcycles and mopeds, Vietnam, 17 May 2025 

  7. Passenger cars, Caravans and light trailers, Vietnam, 17 May 2025 

  8. Competition vehicles and spare parts, Israel, 17 May 2025 

  9. Railway rolling stock and railway infrastructure, Ukraine, 18 May 2025 

  10. Bogies of locomotives and railroad cars, Vietnam, 17 May 2025 

  11. End-of-Train devices, Vietnam, 17 May 2025 

  12. Tyre, Indonesia, deadline not indicated 

  13. School buses; Quality; Buses, USA, 07 May 2025 

  14. Electric Motor Vehicles, South Korea, 07 May 2025 

Rubber and Plastic Industries 

  1. Hygienic or pharmaceutical articles of vulcanised rubber (excluding hard rubber), Other rubber and plastics products, Rubber teat, Nipple, Baby feeding bottle, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated 

  2. Plastics and articles thereof; other rubber and plastics products; plastic monobloc chair, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated 

  3. Tableware and kitchenware, of plastics; Rubber and plastics products in general; Plastic table, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, 08 June 2025 

Services, Company organization, management and quality, Administration, Transport 

  1. Gas-using equipment, Kyrgyz Republic, 26 May 2025 

  2. Product and company certification. Conformity assessment; Transport; Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC); Road vehicles in general; Food products in general; Construction industry in general; Installations in buildings, Kyrgyz Republic, 10 May 2025 

  3. Materials, reagents, equipment for water treatment and water purification, Kyrgyz Republic, 06 June 2025 

  4. The HS is listed in Annex II to the Regulation from Decree 8/2022, July 14th, Mozambique, 31 May 2025 

  5. Fuel cell vehicle coolant, China, 26 May 2025 

  6. Central air conditioners and heat pumps; Air conditioning machines incorporating a refrigerating unit and a valve for reversal of the cooling-heat cycle "reversible heat pumps" (excl. of a kind used for persons in motor vehicles and self-contained or "splitsystem" window or wall air conditioning machines); Heat pumps (excl. air conditioning machines of heading 8415); Product and company certification. Conformity assessment; Environment and environmental protection in general; Test conditions and procedures in general; Ventilators. Fans. Airconditioners; Heat pumps, USA, deadline not indicated 

  7. Poultry; meat and edible offal of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, ducks, geese, turkeys, and guinea fowls, fresh, chilled, or frozen, USA, 16 May 2025 

  8. All products covered by the technical regulations issued by the Secretariat of Industry and Trade, Argentina, deadline not indicated 

Shipbuilding and Marine Structures 

  1. Marine Equipment (including inter alia life-saving appliances, pollution prevention equipment, fire protection equipment, navigation equipment, radio communication equipment), European Union, 10 June 2025 

Telecommunications, Audio and video engineering 

  1. Radiocommunications, Canada, 30 May 2025 

  2. Telecommunications, Canada, 30 May 2025 

  3. Unlicensed use of the 6 GHz band; Quality; Radiocommunications ; Mobile services, USA, deadline not  indicated 

  4. Tire Pressure Monitoring System and Remote Keyless Entry System, Japan, deadline not indicated 

  5. Frequency allocations to address the use of spectrum by manned and unmanned spacecraft during space missions; Radiocommunication s, Mobile services, Emission, Aircraft and space vehicles in general, Onboard equipment and instruments, USA, deadline not indicated 

  6. Radio equipment compatible with 3GPP standards on satellite NB-IoT for communications by relaying Inmarsat satellite stations, Japan, 25 May 2025 

  7. Telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks; other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, including wired or wireless networks (e.g., routers, modems), India, 06 June 2025 

Textile and Leather Technology 

  1. Tarpaulins, awnings and sunblinds; tents; sails for boats, sailboards or landcraft; camping goods of all types of textile materials (excl. flat protective coverings of light woven fabrics; shelter tents; rucksacks, napsacks and similar containers; sleeping bags, mattresses and pillows, incl. their fillings); Textile fabrics, Malawi, 12 May 2025 

  2. Textile fabrics, Kenya, 27 May 2025 

  3. Products of the textile industry, Kenya, deadline not indicated 

Wood Technology 

  1. Raw logs, sawn wood, plywood, pulp, paper, and wooden furniture products, Australia, 11 May 2025 

  2. Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal, wood, sawlogs and sawn timber, wooden poles, cross-arms, blocks, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated 

Please submit your comments to the DTI Bureau of Philippine Standards (BPS) thru email at bps@dti.gov.ph and copy the DTI Export Marketing Bureau (exports@dti.gov.ph). The BPS serves as the Philippines’ National Enquiry Point (NEP) and the National Notification Authority (NNA) for the WTO-TBT Agreement.   

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