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. 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. 

The latest bulletin lists a total of 151 notifications covering various sectors such as agriculture; chemical technology; clothing industry; construction materials and building; domestic and commercial equipment, entertainment, sports; electrical engineering; energy and heat transfer engineering; environment health protection and safety; fluid systems and components for general use; food technology; glass and ceramics industries; generalities, terminology, standardization and documentation; healthcare technology; information technology; materials handling equipment; metallurgy; metrology and measurement; petroleum and related technologies; road vehicles engineering; rubber and plastic industries; services, company organization, management and quality, administration, transport, sociology;  telecommunications, audio, and video engineering; and wood technology.

The respective issuing economies and deadline for comments (as applicable) are provided below:

Agriculture

1. Standardised packet to all tobacco products, herbal smoking products and devices, as well as all papers, filters and tubes, Belgium, deadline not indicated
2. Packaging units and outer packaging for cigarettes, roll-your-own tobacco and water pipe tobacco, Belgium, deadline not indicated
3. Seeds and planting material, Ukraine, 12 October 2025
4. Pesticides – Residues, Israel, October 11, 2025
5. Pesticides - Residues – Chlorthal-dimethyl, New Zealand, 06 October 2025
6. Lead shot and large calibre bullets for live quarry shooting (also known as hunting or shooting live animals), United Kingdom, 21 October 2025
7. Pig breeding farms, Brazil, deadline not indicated
8. Feed additives - Benzoic acid, Japan, deadline not indicated
9. Pesticides – Residues, Israel, deadline not indicated
10. Fine-cut smoking tobacco (Roll your own), Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
11. Cigars, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
12. Nicotine pouches, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
13. Condensed molasses solubles of sugar cane origin, Jamaica, 22 October 2025
14. Pet food, China, 04 November 2025
15. Pet feed label, China, 04 November 2025
16. Organic agricultural products, Costa Rica, 04 November 2025
17. Textile industry, France, 03 November 2025
18. Genetic engineering activities, GMOs, Ukraine, 02 November 20205

Chemical Technology

1. Cosmetics and personal care products, UAE, 12 October 2025
2. Sanitizing products, Brazil, deadline not indicated
3. Carbon – Corrigendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated

Clothing Industry

1. Shoe labeling, Brazil, Deadline not indicated

Construction Materials and Building

1. Concrete masonry, Jordan, 31 October 2025
2. Concrete masonry, Jordan, 31 October 2025

Domestic and Commercial equipment, Entertainment, Sports

1. Commercial electric ovens, Brazil, 24 October 2025
2. Bed guards for children and strollers, Japan, 26 October 2025
3. Electric pressure cooker, Uganda, 26 October 2026
4. Metal cooking pots, Brazil, 20 October 2025
5. Gaming equipment, Uganda, 04 November 2025
6. Electric cooking, Uganda, 04 November 2025

Electrical Engineering

1. Secondary lithium cell blocks, battery packs (modules), battery systems for battery energy storage systems (BESS), The Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu, 11 October 2025

Energy and Heat Transfer Engineering

1. Fiber-optic cables, connections, and optical fiber splices, United States, deadline not indicated
2. Ducted air conditioners, China, 20 October 2025
3. LED products for indoor lighting, China, 20 October 2025
4. Renewable energy power generation equipment and energy storage systems : PV inverters, The Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu, 19 October 2025
5. Water consumption equipment, Brazil, 24 October 2025
6. Electrical appliances – Revision, Republic of Korea, 24 October 2025

Environment Health Protection and Safety

1. Electric vehicle – Addendum, US, deadline not indicated
2. Safety accessory of special pressure equipment, China, 21 October 2025
3. Pipeline safety, USA, deadline not indicated
4. Firefighter's emergency call, China, 20 October 2025
5. Trichloroethylene, USA, deadline not indicated
6. Hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for integrated iron and steel manufacturing facilities, USA, 02 October 2025
7. Protection specification s and technical requirements to be applied when carrying out marine seismic prospecting activities as part of surveying and surface exploration in the hydrocarbon sector, Mexico, 17 October 2025
8. Formal-dehyde in cosmetics, USA, deadline not indicated
9. Phasedown of hydrofluorocarbons, USA, deadline not indicated
10. Emissions of greenhouse gases and other harmful air pollutants - Corrigendum, USA, deadline not indicated
11. Appliance efficiency, USA, deadline not indicated
12. Emergency alert systems, USA, 10 October 2025
13. Cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, USA, deadline not indicated
14. Emissions of greenhouse gases and other harmful air pollutants, USA, deadline not indicated
15. Plastic pollution – Revision, USA, 07 September 2025

Fluid Systems and Components for General Use

1. Air conditioners, Israel, deadline not indicated
2. Air conditioners, Israel, deadline not indicated

Food Technology

1. Processed organic food, EU, 12 October 2025
2. Microbiologic al criteria for foodstuff, Israel, 11 October 2025
3. Food flavourings, Israel, 11 October 2025
4. Food additives, Israel, 11 October 2025
5. Dairy products subjected to ultra-high temperature heat treatment (UHT), Brazil, deadline not indicated
6. Cereals, pulses and their products, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
7. Brown rice, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
8. Dry soybeans, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
9. Chickpeas, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
10. Maize grains, Zea mays indentata L. and / or Zea mays indurata L. Zea mays everta, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
11. Fish sausages, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
12. Fish protein concentrate, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
13. Frozen lobster tails, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
14. Fish flour, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
15. Fresh / frozen fish roe, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
16. Dried fish maws, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
17. Fried fish of all species, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
18. Smoked fish, smoke-flavoured fish, smoke-dried fish and smoked fish products, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
19. Limburger cheese, Tanzania, 20 October 2025
20. Butterkase cheese, Tanzania, 20 October 2025
21. Karish cheese, Tanzania, 20 October 2025
22. Blended ice cream, Tanzania, 20 October 2025
23. Yoghurt, Tanzania, 20 October 2025
24. Blended mozzarella cheese, Tanzania, 20 October 2025
25. Labneh, Tanzania, 20 October 2025
26. Romadur cheese, Tanzania, 20 October 2025
27. Harzer cheese, Tanzania, 20 October 2025
28. Domiati cheese, Tanzania, 20 October 2025
29. Food flavourings, Israel, deadline not indicated
30. Food additives, Israel, deadline not indicated
31. Food additives, Israel, deadline not indicated
32. Pasteurized orange juice, USA, deadline not indicated
33. Labelling of products destined directly or indirectly for human consumption, Plurinational State of Bolivia, deadline not indicated
34. Foodstuffs, Israel, deadline not indicated
35. Prepackaged food with milk ingredients and/or modified milk ingredients, Canada, 21 October 2025
36. Materials and articles made from polymeric and other materials intended to come into contact with food products and food environments, Kyrgyz Republic, 29 October 2025
37. Materials and articles made from polymeric and other materials intended to come into contact with food products and food environments, Russian Federation, 28 October 2025
38. Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa, Ukraine, deadline not indicated
39. Reduced fat dairy ice cream and dairy ices, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
40. Milk and cream, Malaysia, 24 October 2025
41. Regenerated cellulose films intended to come into contact with food, Brazil, deadline not indicated
42. Regenerated cellulose films intended to come into contact with food, Brazil, deadline not indicated
43. Permitted nutrient content statements and claims (free of sugars), Canada, deadline not indicated
44. Breast milk substitutes, El Salvador, 04 November 2025

Glass and Ceramics Industries

1. Glass in building, Thailand, deadline not indicated
2. Glass in building, Thailand, deadline not indicated

Generalities, Terminology, Standardization and Documentation

1. Law on standards and technical regulations, Vietnam, 24 October 2025

Healthcare Technology

1. Pharmaceutical products for human use, Chile, 14 October 2025
2. Drug and medical devices, China, 21 October 2025
3. Poisons, Australia, 05 October 2025
4. Implants mammaires, Brazil, deadline not indicated
5. In vitro diagnostic reagents for the microbiologic al qualification of blood donations associated with Chagas disease, syphilis, hepatitis B/hepatitis C and HTLV I/II, Chile, 20 October 2025
6. Medical devices, Kyrgyz Republic, 03 October 2025

Information Technology

1. Generic requirement (GR) on server, India, 14 October 2025
2. LAN Switch, India, 14 October 2025
3. Radiocommunications, Canada, 10 November 2025
4. IP-based visual data processing device, Republic of Korea, 24 October 2025

Materials Handling Equipment

1. Mobile elevating work platforms, Israel, deadline not indicated

Metallurgy

1. Carbon steel tubes with circular, square and rectangular cross sections, used for engineering, architectural and general structural purposes, Thailand, 19 September 2025

Metrology and Measurement

1. Electroacoustics, Peru, 24 October 2025

Petroleum and Related Technologies

1. CO2 storage facilities, Japan, 13 October 2025
2. Carbon, Brazil, 20 October 2025

Road Vehicles Engineering

1. New energy vehicles, China, 21 October 2025
2. Electric vehicles safety requirements, China, 21 October 2025
3. Steering system of motor vehicles, China, 21 October 2025
4. Motor vehicle steering mechanism, China, 21 October 2025
5. Retro-reflective registration number plate for motor vehicles and trailers, USA, deadline not indicated
6. Vehicle addon or modified parts, USA, deadline not indicated
7. Road motor vehicle production enterprises, China, 04 November 2025
8. Road motor vehicle products, China, 04 November 2025
9. Energy vehicle products, China, 04 November 2025
10. Vehicles, Peru, 02 November 2025
11. Motor vehicles for the transport of goods, incl. chassis with engine and cab, Denmark, 01 November 2025
12. Motor vehicles for the transport of goods, incl. chassis with engine and cab, Denmark, 01 November 2025
13. Retroreflective tape for use on motor vehicles, Colombia, deadline not indicated
14. Braking systems and their components for use in motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers, Colombia, deadline not indicated
15. Vehicles: height and total weight, Denmark, 31 October 2025

Rubber and Plastic Industries

1. New pneumatic tyres, of rubber, Canada, deadline not indicated
2. Adhesives for wood working, Kenya, 11 October 2025
3. Pneumatic tires for motorcycles, Colombia, deadline not indicated

Services, Company Organization, Management and Quality, Administration, Transport, Sociology

1. Telecommunications – Corrigendum, USA, deadline not indicated
2. Hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for integrated iron and steel manufacturing facilities – Corrigendum, USA, deadline not indicated
3. Products and goods, Vietnam, 24 October 2025
4. Fraud management and control centrev, India, 03 November 2025
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Telecommunications, Audio, and Video Engineering

1. Metal free optical fibre cable (G.652 D Fibre), India, 14 October 2025
2. Metal free optical fibre cable (G.652 D Fibre), India, 14 October 2025
3. Carrier grade NAT (CGNAT) equipment, India, 14 October 2025
4. Load balancer equipment, India, 14 October 2025
5. Micro duct optical fibre cable, India, 14 October 2025
6. E-band fixed radio relay systems, India, 14 October 2025
7. Communication and frequency signal jammers, Paraguay, deadline not indicated
8. Low and medium power terrestrial wireless broadband systems, EU, 19 October 2025
9. Frequency hopping systems (FHS), digital transmission systems (DTS) and combination (hybrid) systems, Canada, deadline not indicated
10. Satellite and earth station applications, USA, deadline not indicated
11. Telecommunications relay services, USA, 14 October 2025

Wood Technology

1. Wooden board commodities, The Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu, 26 October 2025