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El Salvador

Updates about this market, newest first: its WTO notifications of draft SPS and TBT rules and any other update that names it. 19 published so far.

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  1. WTO notificationSPSProposed measure, open for comments

    Proposed measure from El Salvador: Coffee

    El Salvador notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 7 October 2026. Comments are open until 6 December 2026.

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/SLV/154Comments until 6 December 2026

  2. WTO notificationTBTProposed measure, open for comments

    Proposed measure from El Salvador: Coffee

    El Salvador notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 7 October 2026. Comments are open until 6 December 2026.

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/SLV/245Comments until 6 December 2026

  3. WTO notificationTBTUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in force

    Proposed measure from El Salvador: Petroleum handling equipment

    El Salvador issued an addendum on 24 September 2026 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/SLV/244. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on…

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/SLV/244/Add.1Comments until 17 November 2026

  4. WTO notificationTBTProposed measure, not in force yet

    Proposed measure from El Salvador: Pharmaceutical products

    El Salvador notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 28 August 2026. The comment period closed on 27 October 2026.

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/SLV/243Comment period closed

  5. WTO notificationSPSEmergency measure, may already applyEmergency

    DGG/DIR/316/06/2026

    In view of the notification referred to in official letter DGS-DTSA-519-2026 from the National Agriculture and Food Health and Safety Service (SAG-SENASA) of Honduras, and notification ID 7652 to the World Animal Health Organisation (WOAH) on high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) in poultry…

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/SLV/153

  6. WTO notificationSPSProposed measure, not in force yet

    Proposed measure from El Salvador: Bees and bee products

    El Salvador notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 15 July 2026. The comment period closed on 13 September 2026.

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/SLV/152Comment period closed

  7. WTO notificationTBTProposed measure, not in force yet

    Proposed measure from El Salvador: Bees and bee products

    El Salvador notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 15 July 2026. The comment period closed on 13 September 2026.

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/SLV/242Comment period closed

  8. WTO notificationTBTProposed measure, not in force yet

    Proposed measure: El Salvador

    El Salvador notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 22 June 2026. The comment period closed on 21 August 2026.

    No products listed by the notifying member

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/SLV/240Comment period closed

  9. WTO notificationTBTUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in force

    Proposed measure: El Salvador

    El Salvador issued an addendum on 1 June 2026 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/SLV/237. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 27…

    No products listed by the notifying member

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/SLV/237/Add.1Comment period closed

  10. WTO notificationSPSUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in force

    Proposed measure: El Salvador

    El Salvador issued an addendum on 1 June 2026 to the earlier SPS notification G/SPS/N/SLV/150. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 27…

    No products listed by the notifying member

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/SLV/150/Add.1Comment period closed

  11. WTO notificationSPSUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in force

    Proposed measure: El Salvador

    El Salvador issued an addendum on 10 April 2026 to the earlier SPS notification G/SPS/N/SLV/129. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 1…

    No products listed by the notifying member

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/SLV/129/Add.2Comment period closed

  12. WTO notificationTBTProposed measure, may since have been adopted

    Proposed measure: El Salvador

    El Salvador notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 10 April 2026. The comment period closed on 9 June 2026.

    No products listed by the notifying member

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/SLV/238Comment period closed

  13. WTO notificationSPSUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in force

    Proposed measure from El Salvador: Farming and forestry

    Regulate the presence of pesticide residues and their metabolites, in fruits and vegetables, through the application of the Maximum Residue Limits (LMR) established in this Regulation, taking as reference those of Codex Alimentarius, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Regulation (EC) No…

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/SLV/109/Add.2Comment period closed

  14. WTO notificationTBTUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in force

    Proposed measure from El Salvador: Farming and forestry

    Regulate the presence of pesticide residues and their metabolites, in fruits and vegetables, through the application of the Maximum Residue Limits (LMR) established in this Regulation, taking as reference those of Codex Alimentarius, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Regulation (EC) No…

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/SLV/169/Add.2Comment period closed

  15. WTO notificationTBTProposed measure, may since have been adopted

    Proposed measure from El Salvador: Packaging

    El Salvador notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 24 November 2025. The comment period closed on 23 January 2026.

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/SLV/236Comment period closed

  16. WTO notificationSPSProposed measure, may since have been adopted

    Proposed measure from El Salvador: Packaging

    El Salvador notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 21 November 2025. The comment period closed on 20 January 2026.

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/SLV/149Comment period closed

What SPS and TBT mean

SPSSanitary and phytosanitary measures

Food safety, animal and plant health

Rules that protect people, animals and plants from risks carried by food, feed, pests and diseases: maximum residue limits, additives and contaminants, quarantine and inspection, and the certificates that go with them.

TBTTechnical barriers to trade

Technical product rules

Technical regulations, standards and conformity assessment for products: specifications, labelling and marking, packaging, and the tests and certificates a product needs before it can be sold.

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