ADVISORY: World Trade Organization (WTO) Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Latest Notifications – 15 April 2024 

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

 The latest bulletin lists a total of 131 notifications covering various sectors such as agriculture; aircraft and space engineering; clothing industries; chemical technology; construction materials and buildings; domestic and commercial engineering/equipment; electronics; electrical engineering; energy and heat transfer engineering; environment health; protection and safety; fluid systems and components for general use; food technology; glass; and ceramic industries; information technology; healthcare technology; management and quality; manufacturing engineering; metallurgy; packaging and distribution of goods; paint and color industries; road vehicles engineering; telecommunications, audio, and video engineering; textile and leather technology and wood technology. The respective issuing economies and the final date of comments are provided below: 

Agriculture 

1. Places to display, sell and store alternatives to traditional cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, e-liquid, Egypt, 10 May 2024 
2. Nicotine pouches without tobacco – Revision, Finland, 16 May 2024 
3. Pesticides - Pyrethrum refined extracts, Kenya, 11 May 2024 
4. Veterinary medicine, Ukraine, 19 May 2024 
5. Organic mushrooms and organic pet food, United States, 10 May 2024 
6. Chemical and Biological Pesticides – Addendum, Ecuador, deadline not indicated 
7. Cotton seeds, Ukraine, 26 May 2024 

Aircraft and Space Engineering 

1. Aircraft certification, safety, and accountability – Addendum, United States, 09 May 2024 

Clothing Industries 

1. Sunglasses and clipons for general use – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated 
2. Rubber boots, Kenya, 19 May 2024 
3. Footwear, Plurinational State of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, 16 May 2024 
4. Components of footwear, Republic of Moldova, deadline not indicated 

Chemical Technology 

1. Furniture paint – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated 
2. Liquid synthetic detergents for kitchen and table ware – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated 
3. Cosmetic products – Addendum, Ukraine, deadline not indicated 
4. Consumer chemical products, Republic of Korea, 24 May 2024 
5. Cosmetic products – Addendum, The Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu, deadline not indicated 
6. Hazardous chemical substances, United Kingdom, 23 May 2024 
7. Certain existing chemicals, Unites States, 28 May 2024 
8. Certain existing chemicals, United States, 28 May 2024 

Construction Materials and Buildings 

1. Terracotta building products: vitrified clay liner plates, Egypt, 09 May 2024 
2. Prestressed bearers for switches and crossings with a maximum length of 8.5 m, Egypt, 10 May 2024 
3. Construction products – Addendum, Argentina, deadline not indicated 
4. Escalators and moving walks, Thailand, 26 May 2024 

Domestic and Commercial Engineering/Equipment 

1. Refrigeration appliances, ice cream appliances and ice makers, Botswana, 10 May 2024 
2. Washing machines – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated 
3. Comfort fans and regulators for household and similar purposes – Addendum, Egypt,  deadline not indiacted 
4. Toys – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indiacted 
5. Electrical heat pumps, airconditioners and dehumidifiers – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated 
6. Household and similar electrical appliances : stationary circulation pumps for heating and service water installations – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated 
7. Household and similar electrical appliances : multifunction al shower cabinets – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated 
8. Residential clothes washers – Addendum, United States, 03 July 2024 
9. Residential clothes washers – Revision, Unites States, 03 July 2024 
10. Consumer clothes dryers – Addendum, United States, 01 July 2024 
11. Consumer clothes dryers – Revision, Unites States, 01 July 2024 
12. Refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers and freezers, Kingdom of Bahrain, 26 May 2024 

Electronics 

1. Electronic displays, including televisions, monitors and digital signage displays – Addendum, Ukraine, deadline not indicated 

Electrical Engineering 

1. Explosive atmospheres : electrical installations design, selection and erection, China, 23 May 2024 
2. Explosive atmospheres : electrical installations inspection and maintenance, China, 23 May 2024 
3. Lithium ion cells and batteries used in electrical self-balancing vehicles and scooters, China, 23 May 2024 
4. Single phase plugs and socket-outlets, China, 23 May 2024 

Energy and heat transfer engineering 

1. Workmanship and construction of shell boilers, Egypt, 10 May 2024 
2. Shell boilers, Egypt, deadline not indicated 

Environment Health Protection and Safety  

1. Fire protection: smoke ducts sections, Egypt, 10 May 2024 
2. Waste water – Addendum, El Salvador, 13 May 2024 
3. Pepper spray, Trinidad and Tobago, 19 May 2024 
4. Emissions of greenhouse gases and other harmful air pollutants – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated 
5. Air quality in general – Revision, United States, deadline not indicated 
6. Bicycle helmets – Addendum, Australia, deadline not indicated 
7. Detectors and transmitters of fire alarm equipment, Japan, 26 May 2024 

Fluid Systems and Components for General Use 

1. Liquefied gas cylinders – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated 

Food Technology 

1. Food supplements and labelling – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated 
2. Alcoholic beverages – Addendum, Chile, deadline not indicated 
3. Prepackaged foods – Addendum, Costa Rica, 17 May 2024 
4. Terracotta building products : vitrified clay liner plates – Addendum Access: U, Egypt, 09 May 2024 
5. Halal food, Egypt, 09 May 2024 
6. Pre-packaged foods – Addendum, El Salvador, 13 May 2024 
7. Pre-packaged foods – Addendum, Guatemala, deadline not indicated 
8. Pre-packaged foods – Addendum, Honduras, 16 May 2024 
9. Raw milk, Kenya, 11 May 2024 
10. Pre-packaged foods, Panama, 13 May 2024 
11. Prepackaged processed food products, Philippines, 05 May 2024 
12. Raw milk, Tanzania, 16 May 2024 
13. Dioxins and polychlorinate d biphenyls in food and feed, Tanzania, 19 May 2024 
14. Lead contamination in foods, Tanzania, 19 May 2024 
15. Contamination of food with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from smoking and direct drying processes, Tanzania, 19 May 2024 
16. Pyrrolizidine alkaloid contamination in food and feed, Tanzania, 19 May 2024 
17. Mixed masala, Tanzania, 19 May 2024 
18. Dried rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.) leaves Cream and Kaymak, Turkey, 05 June 2024 
19. Lentils, Turkey, 05 June 2024 
20. Tapioca pearls, Uganda, 11 May 2024 
21. Dried tomatoes, Uganda, 12 May 2024 
22. Production labelling for both domestic and imported products, for all unprocessed pork, chicken and eggs and certain prepacked and loose minimally processed products containing pork, chicken or egg, United Kingdom, 07 May 2024 
23. Frozen cherry pie – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated 
24. Voluntary food labelling of meat, poultry, and egg products, as well as voluntarily inspected products – Addendum, United States, 17 May 2024 
25. Additives intended for production of plastic materials and coatings polymers in contact with food, Brazil, 27 May 2024 
26. Content and nutritional claims and list of authorized constituents for infant formulas, transitional foods and cereal-based foods for infants and young children, formulas for enteral nutrition and diet theraphy for inborn errors of metabolism, Brazil, 26 June 2024 
27. Monomers, other starting substances and polymers authorized for the development of plastic packaging and equipment in contact with food, Brazil, 13 May 2024 
28. Infant formulas for infants and young children, transitional foods and cereal-based foods for infants and young children, formulas for enteral nutrition and diet therapy formulas for inborn errors of metabolism, Brazil, 26 June 2024 
29. Pre-packaged food products – Addendum, Costa Rica, 28 May 2024 
30. Pre-packaged foods – Corrigendum, Costa Rica, deadline not indicated 
31. Cream and Cream – Corrigendum, Turkey, deadline not indicated 
32. Fruit jams, jellies, marmalades, sweetened chestnut puree – Addendum, Ukraine, deadline not indicated 
33. Roasted coffee bean, United Arab Emirates, 23 May 2024 
34. Blend of sweetened condensed skimmed milk and vegetables fats, United Arab Emirates, 23 May 2024 

Glass and Ceramic Industries 

1. Crystal glass – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated 
2. Crystal glass, Republic of Moldova, deadline not indicated 

Information Technology 

1. Electronic signatures – Addendum, El Salvador, 13 May 2013 
2. Cybersecurity labeling for internet of things – Addendum, United States, 24 May 2024 

Healthcare Technology 

1. Respiratory protective devices : gas filter(s) and combined filter(s), Botswana, 12 May 2024 
2. Respiratory protective devices : particle filters, Botswana, 12 May 2024 
3. Radiopharmaceuticals – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated 
4. Medicines and biological products – Addendum, Brazil, deadline indicated 
5. Synthetic and semisynthetic drugs – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indiacted 
6. Industrialized medicines for human use, Brazil, 15 May 2024 
7. Electrical stimulation devices intended for self-injurious behavior, Unites States, 28 May 2024 

Manufacturing engineering 

1. Electric self-balancing vehicles, China, 23 May 2024 
2. Covered electrodes and low-alloy steel electrodes for arc welding, Israel, 24 May 2024 
3. Covered electrodes for welding of stainless and heat-resisting steels, Israel, 24 May 2024 
4. Covered electrodes for electric metal arc welding of non-alloy steels, Israel, 24 May 2024 
5. Covered electrodes for manual metal arc welding of non-alloy and fine grain steel, Israel, 24 May 2024 
6. Covered electrodes for manual metal arc welding of creep-resisting steels, Israel, 24 May 2024 
7. Covered electrodes for manual metal arc welding of stainless and heat-resisting steels, Israel, 24 May 2024 
8. Covered electrodes for manual metal arc welding of high-strength steels, Israel, 24 May 2024 

Metallurgy 

1. Plain and deformed steel wire and electrically welded mesh – Addendum, Colombia, 11 May 2024 
2. Steel wire ropes for lift, China, 23 May 2024 
3. Steel wire ropes for ropeway, China, 23 May 2024 
4. Steel wire ropes for mine hoisting, China, 23 May 2024 
5. Steel for the reinforcement of concrete : hot rolled plain bars, China, 23 May 2024 
6. Steel for the reinforcement of concrete : hot rolled ribbed bars, China, 23 May 2024 
7. Cold rolled ribbed steel bars, China, 23 May 2024 

Packaging and distribution of goods 

1. Labelling of footwear, leather goods, travel and similar articles – Addendum, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, deadline not indicated 
2. Prepackaged goods sold in units of mass or volume, of equal nominal content – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated 
3. Woven plastic shopping sacks, Egypt, 10 May 2024 
4. Packaging, Egypt, 10 May 2024 

Paint and Color Industries 

1. Silk (sheen) emulsion paint for interior use, Burundi, 24 May 2024 
2. Matt emulsion paint for interior and exterior use, Burundi, 24 May 2024 

Quality 

1. Products and commodities subject to mandatory standards, Israel, 20 May 2024 

Road vehicles engineering 

1. Road vehicles, Egypt, 10 May 2024 
2. Heavy-duty engines and vehicle fuel efficiency – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated 
3. Electric bicycles, United States, 14 May 2024 
4. Vehicle efficiency – Addendum, Australia, 31 May 2024 

Rubber and Plastic Industries 

1. Single-use plastics and plastic bottles, Chile, 19 May 2024 

Telecommunications, audio, and video engineering 

1. Telecommunication equipment – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated 

2. Radiocommunications : electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) including radio interference – Addendum, Canada, deadline not indicated 

Textile and leather technology 

1. Used textile products, Kenya, 18 May 2024 
2. Leather-chromed crust bovine leather, Kenya, 19 May 2024 
3. Full-chrome upper leather, Kenya, 19 May 2024 
4. Textile fibre names, Republic of Moldova, deadline not indicated 

Wood technology 

1. Plywood – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated 
2. Plywood for marine purposes, Egypt, 10 May 2024 

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.