The latest bulletin lists a total of 100 notifications covering various sectors such as agriculture, civil engineering, chemical technology, construction materials and buildings, domestic and commercial engineering/equipment, electrical engineering, energy and heat transfer engineering, environment health protection and safety, fluid systems and components for general use, food technology, generalities, terminology, standardization and documentation, healthcare technology, packaging and distribution of goods, petroleum and related technologies, road vehicles engineering, rubber and plastic industries, services, telecommunications, audio, and video engineering, telecommunications, audio, and video engineering. The respective issuing economies and the final date of comments are provided below:   

Agriculture 

1. Backpack sprayers (fumigators) powered by internal combustion engine using liquid fuels, Chile, deadline not indicated

2. Agricultural pesticides, Chile, deadline not indicated 

3. Fertilizers and bio stimulants, Chile, deadline not indicated 

4. Fertilizantes y Bioestimulantes, Chile, deadline not indicated 

5. Fertilizantes y Bioestimulantes, Chile, deadline not indicated 

6. Fertilizantes y Bioestimulantes, Chile, deadline not indicated 

7. Chlorpyrifos, Uruguay, 04 April 2025 

8. Tobacco Product, Thailand, 01 April 2025 

9. Smokeless nicotine products, Finland, 29 March 2025 

Civil Engineering 

1. Concrete manholes and inspection chambers, Israel, 05 April 2025 

Chemical Technology 

1. Essential oils and resinoids; preparations of perfumery, toilet, or cosmetic preparations, Paraguay, deadline not indicated 

2. Herbal products, Thailand, 08 April 2025 

3. Herbal Products, Thailand, 08 April 2025 

4. Methyl alcohol, and Herbal products, Thailand, 08 April 2025 

5. Beauty and skincare products, including sunscreen, suntan preparations, and manicure/pedicure products, Organic surface-active agents and cleaning preparations, and Pesticides, insecticides, herbicides, plant growth regulators, and disinfectants in retail packaging or as preparations, United Kingdom, 07 April 2025 

6. Cosmetic products, Plurinational State of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, deadline not indicated 

7. Cosmetic products, Indonesia, deadline not indicated 

8. Chemical substances and mixtures, Chile, deadline not indicated 

9. Essential oils, resinoids, perfumes, cosmetics, toilet preparations, soap, organic surface-active products (bars, liquid, cream) for skin washing, and paper or nonwovens coated with soap or detergent, Chinese Taipei, 28 March 2025 

10. Essential oils, resinoids, perfumes, cosmetics, soap, organic surface-active products (bars, liquid, cream) for skin washing, and paper or nonwovens coated with soap or detergent, Chinese Taipei, 28 March 2025 

Construction Materials and Buildings 

1. Flexible ductwork for building ventilation, Israel, 04 April 2025 

2. Cement. Gypsum. Lime. Mortar, Grenada, 30 March 2025 

Domestic and Commercial Engineering/Equipment 

1. Residential and commercial clothes washers and consumer clothes dryers, Centrifugal clothes-dryers, Household or laundry-type washing machines, including machines that both wash and dry, Test conditions and procedures in general, and Laundry appliances, USA, 07 March 2025 

2. Baby cribs, USA, deadline not indicated 

3. Amusement machines operated by coins, banknotes, bank cards, tokens or by any other means of payment, United Kingdom, 20 May 2025 

4. Play yards, USA, deadline not indicated 

5. Furniture, Rwanda, 30 March 2025 

6. Cooking ranges, working tables, ovens and similar appliances, Rwanda, 30 March 2025 

7. Furniture, Rwanda, 30 March 2025 

8. Furniture, Rwanda, 30 March 2025 

9. Furniture, Rwanda, 30 March 2025 

Electrical Engineering 

1. High Voltage Electrical Installations, Chile, deadline not indicated 

Energy and Heat Transfer Engineering 

1. Power systems for nuclear power plants; Nuclear power plants. Safety, and Power transmission and distribution networks, USA, deadline not indicated 

2. Protection settings for frequency and voltage in generators, wind resources, condensers; solar and wind turbine systems; overcurrent protection; switchgear; rectifiers; stabilized power supplies; and control equipment, USA, 24 March 2025 

Environment Health Protection and Safety 

1. Single-use plastics and plastic bottles, Chile, deadline not indicated 

2. Drinking water in sealed container (bottled/packed water), Thailand, 07 April 2025 

3. Beverage in sealed container, Thailand, 05 April 2025 

4. Mineral Water, Thailand, 05 April 2025 

5. Small off-road engines, USA, deadline not indicated 

6. Small off-road engines, pollution control, Environmental protection, Air quality, Compressors and pneumatic machines, and Motors, USA, deadline not indicated 

7. Recycling, plastic content, Quality, Environmental protection, Recycling, and Plastics, USA, deadline not indicated 

8. Climate protection, Environmental protection, and Air quality in general, USA, deadline not indicated 

9. Toxic chemicals in consumer products, Environmental protection, Domestic safety, Products of the textile industry, Leather products, Production in the chemical industry, Products of the chemical industry, Furniture, and Non-textile floor coverings, USA, deadline not indicated 

10. Trichloroethylene, Environmental protection, Production in the chemical industry, and Products of the chemical industry, USA, deadline not indiacted 

Fluid Systems and Components for General Use 

1. Central air conditioners and heat pumps, Reversible heat pumps (air conditioning machines incorporating a refrigerating unit and a valve for reversal of the cooling-heat cycle), Heat pumps (excluding 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, Air-conditioners, and Heat pumps, USA, 07 March 2025 

2. Containers for compressed or liquefied gas, of iron or steel, and Pressure vessels, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda, 01 April 2025 

3. Containers for compressed or liquefied gas, of iron or steel, and Pressure vessels, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda, 01 April 2025 

4. Plastic building elements for floors, walls, ceilings, roofs, gutters, railings, fences, shelves, architectural ornaments, and fittings for permanent installation, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda, 01 April 2025 

5. Plastic building elements for floors, walls, ceilings, roofs, gutters, railings, shelves, architectural ornaments, and fittings for permanent installation, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda, 01 April 2025 

6. Containers for compressed or liquefied gas, of iron or steel, and Pressure vessels, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda, 31 March 2025 

7. Containers for compressed or liquefied gas, of iron or steel, and Pressure vessels, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda, 31 March 2025 

8. Containers for compressed or liquefied gas, of iron or steel, and Pressure vessels, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda, 31 March 2025 

Food Technology 

1. Herbal Products, Thailand, 08 April 2025 

2. Prepackaged and prepared foods, Kuwait, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Oman, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of Bahrain, 07 April 2025 

3. Fish and fishery products, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 07 April 2025 

4. Meat, meat products and other animal produce, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 07 April 2025 

5. Beverages, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 07 April 2025 

6. Meat, meat products and other animal produce, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 07 April 2025 

7. Edible oils and fats. Oilseeds, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 07 April 2025 

8. Products and services that mandatory to be halal certified, Indonesia, 05 April 2025 

9. Ice for human consumption, Thailand, 05 April 2025 

10. Products and services that mandatory to be halal certified, Indonesia, deadline not indicated 

11. Fruit juices, incl. grape must, and vegetable juices, unfermented, not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, Brazil, deadline not indicated 

12. Food and Beverages, Indonesia, deadline not indicated 

13. Meat, meat products and other animal produce, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, 04 April 2025 

14. Prepackaged food products, Canada, 02 April 2025 

15. Products and services that mandatory to be halal certified, Indonesia, 04 April 2025 

16. The Technical Regulation (based on a Guideline document) and a Conformity Scheme are planned to be enforced in June 2025 covers certain types of Food and beverage products. The mandatory requirements will be enforced on the following food and beverages products: packaged and nonpackaged Breads and Pastries, Beverages including dairy products, fats and oils and fat emulsions and food targeting children. Exclusions include fresh fruits and vegetables, and products with minimal nutritional content such as spices, United Arab Emirates, 04 April 2025 

17. Food, beverages, drugs and medicine, cosmetics, chemical products, biological products, genetically engineered products, consumer goods, slaughtering services, processing services, storage services, packaging services, distribution services, sales services, and serving service, Indonesia, deadline not indicated 

18. Virgin palm oil, Argentina, 06 March 2025 

19. The tariff headings are included in Annex I of the draft regulation, Peru, 31 March 2025 

20. Labelling of food additives used for nutritional enhancement purposes, nutrition labelling, Japan, 30 March 2025 

21. Labelling of food additives used for nutritional enhancement purposes, nutrition labelling, Mexico, 30 March 2025 

22. Food Technology, Dominican Republic, 29 March 2025 

Generalities, Terminology, Standardization and Documentation 

1. Cocoa and its preparations, and Generalities. Terminology. Standardization. Documentation, Madagascar, 07 April 2025 

Healthcare Technology 

1. Health technology, Dominican Republic, 29 March 2025 

2. Nonprescription drug product with an additional condition for nonprescription use (ACNU), Pharmaceutic, and Domestic safety, USA, deadline not indicated 

3. Substances with probable effects on the central nervous system, Japan, deadline not indicated 

4. Medicines, Ukraine, deadline not indicated 

5. Medicines, Ukraine, deadline not indicated 

Packaging and Distribution of Goods 

1. Electric road vehicles, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, deadline not indicated 

Petroleum and Related Technologies 

1. Cereal straw and husks, unprepared, whether or not chopped, ground, pressed, or in the form of pellets, Fuel wood, in logs, billets, twigs, faggots, or similar forms; wood in chips or particles; sawdust and wood waste and scrap, whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets, or similar forms_ and Wood wool; wood flour, Denmark, 08 April 2025

2. Mineral fuels, Mineral oils and products of their distillation, Bituminous substances,a nd Mineral waxes, Paraguay, deadline not indicated 

3. Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals (excluding crude), Preparations containing ≥ 70% petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals, and Waste oils mainly containing petroleum or bituminous minerals, Uganda, 06 April 2025 

Road Vehicles Engineering 

1. Electric road vehicles, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, deadline not indicated 

2. Motor vehicles of categories M and N, European Union, 30 March 2025 

3. Automatic braking systems, Quality, and Braking systems, USA, deadline not indicated 

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

Rubber and Plastic Industries 

1. Plastics and Articles, and Plastics pipes and fittings for non fluid use, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda, 01 April 2025 

2. Tubes, pipes and hoses, rigid, and Plastics pipes and fittings for non fluid use, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda, 01 April 2025 

Services 

1. Fresh fruits, vegetables, and other products, Quality, and Fruits. Vegetables, USA, deadline not indicated 

2. Toxic materials, outer packaging, postal services, protection against dangerous goods, batteries, and general packaging and distribution (cases, boxes, crates), USA, deadline not indicated 

Telecommunications, Audio, and Video Engineering 

1. Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) system using 6.7MHz band, Japan, deadline not indicated 

2. Audio/video, information and communication technology equipment, Israel, deadline not indicated 

3. Audio/video, information and communication technology equipment, Israel, deadline not indicated 

4. Radiocommunications, Canada, 31 March 2025 

5. Internet protocol mobile telephone terminals and terminal equipment connected to private leased circuit facilities, etc., Japan, 30 March 2025 

Testing 

1. Single-use plastics and plastic bottles, Chile, deadline not indicated 

2. Drinking water in sealed container (bottled/packed water), Thailand, 07 April 2025 

3. Beverage in sealed container, Thailand, 05 April 2025 

4. Mineral Water, Thailand, 05 April 2025 

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.