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WTO notification · TBT

ChinaProposed measure, may since have been adopted

Stoves, ranges – China

Official title

National Standard of the P.R.C., Domestic gas cooking appliances

China notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 19 December 2025. The comment period closed on 17 February 2026.

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At a glance

Products

Domestic gas cooking appliances using town gas, as well as domestic gas-electric combined cooking appliances using both town gas and electrical energy

HS codes
  • 73 · Iron or steel articles
    • 7321 Stoves, ranges, grates, cookers, incl. those with subsidiary boilers for central heating, barbecues, braziers, gas rings, plate warmers and similar…
Notifying member
China
Status
Proposed measure, may since have been adoptedNotified as a draft on 19 December 2025. Check WTO ePing or China for its current status.
Objectives
  • Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection
  • Protection of human health or safety
  • Protection of the environment
  • Quality requirements
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/CHN/2165

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 17 February 2026
Proposed adoption
To be determined
Proposed entry into force
24 months after approval

How to comment

The comment period closed on 17 February 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/CHN/2165; it can take them up with China.

Find your country's enquiry point on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)

What the notification says

This document specifies the terms and definitions, product classification, requirements, test methods, marking, and packaging for domestic gas cooking appliances. This document applies to domestic gas cooking appliances using town gas, as well as domestic gas-electric combined stove using both town gas and electrical energy, including: a) gas stove with every single burner of nominal heat load≤5.23 kW; b) gas oven and gas roaster with nominal heat load≤5.82 kW; c) freestanding gascooker and independent hotplate and grill with nominal heat load meeting the requirements of a), b); d) gas rice cooker with the maximum rice capacity≤4L per time and nominal heat load≤4.19kW; e) gas-electric combined stove with nominal heat load meeting the requirements of a), b),d) and the total nominal input power≤5.00 kW f) Integration cooking appliances with nominal heat load meeting the requirements of a), e) g) household outdoor gas barbecue with LPG storage tank of maximum volume ≤15kg and the total heat load≤35 kW.

Sources

Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

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