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National Standard of the P.R.C., Limits of radionuclides

Official title

National Standard of the P.R.C., Limits of radionuclides in building materials

China notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 10 August 2026. The comment period closed on 9 October 2026.

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Products

(1) Other articles of cement, concrete or artificial stone. Examples: cement ornaments, artificial stone countertops, railway sleepers of cement, etc. (2) Statuettes and other ornamental ceramic articles. Examples: ceramic vases, ceramic handicrafts, ceramic decorative bottles, etc. (3) Articles of

HS codes
  • 25 · Salt; sulphur; earths, stone; plastering materials, lime and cement
    • 251720 Macadam of slag, dross or similar industrial waste, whether or not incorporating pebbles, gravel, shingle and flint for concrete aggregates, for road…
  • 68 · Stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials; articles thereof
    • 6801 Setts, curbstones and flagstones, of natural stone (except slate).
    • 680210 Tiles, cubes and other processed articles of natural stone, incl. slate, for mosaics and the like, whether or not rectangular or square, the largest face of…
    • 680221 Marble, travertine and alabaster articles thereof, simply cut or sawn, with a flat or even surface (excl. with a completely or partly planed, sand-dressed…
    • 680990 Articles of plaster or of compositions based on plaster (excl. plaster bandages for straightening fractures, put up for retail sale; plaster splints for the…
    • 681011 Building blocks and bricks of cement, concrete or artificial stone, whether or not reinforced
    • 681099 Articles of cement, concrete or artificial stone, whether or not reinforced (excl. prefabricated structural components for building or civil engineering…
    • 681520 Articles of peat (excl. textile products from peat fibres)
All 10 codes
  • 69 · Ceramic products
    • 690410 Building bricks (excl. those of siliceous fossil meals or similar siliceous earths, and refractory bricks of heading 6902)
    • 691390 Statuettes and other ornamental ceramic articles, n.e.s. (excl. of porcelain or china)
Notifying member
China
Status
Proposed measure, not in force yet
Objectives
  • Consumer information, labelling
  • Protection of human health or safety
  • Quality requirements
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/CHN/2310

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 9 October 2026
Proposed adoption
To be determined
Proposed entry into force
12 months after approval

How to comment

The comment period closed on 9 October 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/2310; it can take them up with China.

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What the notification says

This document specifies the limit requirements for radioactive nuclides in building materials and the test methods for the radioactive specific activity of natural radioactive nuclides radium-226, thorium-232 and potassium-40. This document applies to inorganic non-metallic building materials.

Sources

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