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angle-left ADVISORY: World Trade Organization-Technical Barriers to Trade (WTO-TBT) Latest Notifications – 3 – 9 July 2021

Philippine exporters and relevant stakeholders are strongly encouraged to review and comment on the listed proposed technical regulations that may greatly affect our exports to the issuing countries.

The latest bulletin lists a total of 51 notifications on Agriculture, Chemical Technology, Construction Materials and Building, Domestic and Commercial Equipment. Entertainment. Sports, Environment. Health Protection. Safety and etc., from Brazil, China, Peru, Uganda, Ukraine, United States, and other countries.

Please take note of the applicable Final Date for Comments of the following products:

  1. Animal Husbandry and Breeding, China, 60 days from notification
  2. Tobacco, Tobacco Products and Related Equipment – Electronic cigarettes and electronic cigarette refills, Lithuania, 60 days from notification
  3. Tobacco, Tobacco Products and Related Equipment – Electronic cigarettes and refills with a liquid adapted for filling electronic cigarettes, Lithuania, 60 days from notification
  4. Cosmetics. Toiletries, United Arab Emirates, 60 days from notification
  5. Headgear. Clothing Accessories. Fastening of Clothing, Uganda, 60 days from notification
  6. Buildings, United States, 7 September 2021
  7. Sanitary Installations, China, 60 days from notification
  8. Kitchen Equipment, Republic of Korea, 60 days from notification
  9. Domestic Electrical Appliances in General, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 60 days from notification
  10. Protection Against Crime, China, 60 days from notification
  11. Occupational Safety. Industrial Hygiene – Safety code for painting: safety specification for electrostatic spray guns and associated apparatus, China, 60 days from notification
  12. Occupational Safety. Industrial Hygiene – Safety code for painting: safety rules for spraying booth, China, 60 days from notification
  13. Occupational Safety. Industrial Hygiene – Safety code for painting: safety rules for paint drying oven, China, 60 days from notification
  14. Occupational Safety. Industrial Hygiene – Safety code for painting: safety rules for purification equipment of exhaust organic gas, China, 60 days from notification
  15. Environment Protection, United States, 23 August 2021
  16. Accident and Disaster Control, United States, 5 August 2021
  17. Beverages, Brazil, 13 September 2021
  18. Materials and Articles In Contact With Foodstuffs, Peru, 60 days from notification
  19. Medical Equipment, Brazil, 6 September 2021
  20. Anaesthetic, Respiratory And Reanimation Equipment, China, 60 days from notification
  21. Information Technology (IT) In General, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 60 days from notification
  22. Railway Rolling Stock, Ukraine, 60 days from notification
  23. Road Vehicles in General, United States, 5 August 2021
  24. Audio, Video and Audiovisual Engineering, United States, Comments are due 2 August 2021. Reply comments are due 30 August 2021.
  25. Radiocommunications, United States, 6 August 2021; Interested parties may file comments on or before 6 August 2021; and reply comments on or before 7 September 2021.
  26. Leather Products – Ladies’ handbags, Uganda, 60 days from notification
  27. Leather Products – Leather wallets, Uganda, 60 days from notification

Please email your comments to the Bureau of Philippine Standards (BPS) via bps@dti.gov.ph, cc 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.