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National Standard of the P.R.C., The International

Official title

National Standard of the P.R.C., The International System of Units (SI) and rules for its use

China notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 21 August 2026. The comment period closed on 20 September 2026.

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Products

Products classified under HS Chapters 01 to 96 (excluding Chapter 77) that involve the use of measurement units, expression of quantity values, labelling, packaging instructions, product instructions, technical documents and trade documents

HS codes
  • 01 · Animals; live
    • 01 LIVE ANIMALS
  • 02 · Meat and edible meat offal
    • 02
  • 03 · Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates
    • 03
  • 04 · Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included
    • 04
  • 05 · Animal originated products; not elsewhere specified or included
    • 05 PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED
  • 06 · Trees and other plants, live; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage
    • 06 LIVE TREES AND OTHER PLANTS; BULBS, ROOTS AND THE LIKE; CUT FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTAL FOLIAGE
  • 07 · Vegetables and certain roots and tubers; edible
    • 07 EDIBLE VEGETABLES AND CERTAIN ROOTS AND TUBERS
  • 08 · Fruit and nuts, edible; peel of citrus fruit or melons
    • 08 EDIBLE FRUIT AND NUTS; PEEL OF CITRUS FRUIT OR MELONS
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  • 09 · Coffee, tea, mate and spices
    • 09 COFFEE, TEA, MATÉ AND SPICES
  • 10 · Cereals
    • 10
  • 11 · Products of the milling industry; malt, starches, inulin, wheat gluten
    • 11 PRODUCTS OF THE MILLING INDUSTRY; MALT; STARCHES; INULIN; WHEAT GLUTEN
  • 12 · Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit, industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder
    • 12 OIL SEEDS AND OLEAGINOUS FRUITS; MISCELLANEOUS GRAINS, SEEDS AND FRUIT; INDUSTRIAL OR MEDICINAL PLANTS; STRAW AND FODDER
  • 13 · Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts
    • 13
  • 14 · Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included
    • 14
  • 15 · Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes
    • 15
  • 16 · Meat, fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or insects; preparations thereof
    • 16 PREPARATIONS OF MEAT, OF FISH, OF CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS OR OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES, OR OF INSECTS
  • 17 · Sugars and sugar confectionery
    • 17
  • 18 · Cocoa and cocoa preparations
    • 18
  • 19 · Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products
    • 19
  • 20 · Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants
    • 20
  • 21 · Miscellaneous edible preparations
    • 21
  • 22 · Beverages, spirits and vinegar
    • 22
  • 23 · Food industries, residues and wastes thereof; prepared animal fodder
    • 23 RESIDUES AND WASTE FROM THE FOOD INDUSTRIES; PREPARED ANIMAL FODDER
  • 24 · Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes; products, whether or not containing nicotine, intended for inhalation without combustion; other nicotine containing products intended for the intake of nicotine into the human body
    • 24 TOBACCO AND MANUFACTURED TOBACCO SUBSTITUTES; PRODUCTS, WHETHER OR NOT CONTAINING NICOTINE, INTENDED FOR INHALATION WITHOUT COMBUSTION; OTHER NICOTINE…
  • 25 · Salt; sulphur; earths, stone; plastering materials, lime and cement
    • 25 SALT; SULPHUR; EARTHS AND STONE; PLASTERING MATERIALS, LIME AND CEMENT
  • 26 · Ores, slag and ash
    • 26
  • 27 · Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
    • 27
  • 28 · Inorganic chemicals; organic and inorganic compounds of precious metals; of rare earth metals, of radio-active elements and of isotopes
    • 28 INORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANIC OR INORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF PRECIOUS METALS, OF RARE-EARTH METALS, OF RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS OR OF ISOTOPES
  • 29 · Organic chemicals
    • 29
  • 30 · Pharmaceutical products
    • 30
  • 31 · Fertilizers
    • 31 FERTILISERS
  • 32 · Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter; paints, varnishes; putty, other mastics; inks
    • 32 TANNING OR DYEING EXTRACTS; TANNINS AND THEIR DERIVATIVES; DYES, PIGMENTS AND OTHER COLOURING MATTER; PAINTS AND VARNISHES; PUTTY AND OTHER MASTICS; INKS
  • 33 · Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations
    • 33
  • 34 · Soap, organic surface-active agents; washing, lubricating, polishing or scouring preparations; artificial or prepared waxes, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, dental waxes and dental preparations with a basis of plaster
    • 34 SOAP, ORGANIC SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS, WASHING PREPARATIONS, LUBRICATING PREPARATIONS, ARTIFICIAL WAXES, PREPARED WAXES, POLISHING OR SCOURING PREPARATIONS…
  • 35 · Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes
    • 35
  • 36 · Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations
    • 36
  • 37 · Photographic or cinematographic goods
    • 37
  • 38 · Chemical products n.e.c.
    • 38 MISCELLANEOUS CHEMICAL PRODUCTS
  • 39 · Plastics and articles thereof
    • 39
  • 40 · Rubber and articles thereof
    • 40
  • 41 · Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather
    • 41
  • 42 · Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silk-worm gut)
    • 42 ARTICLES OF LEATHER; SADDLERY AND HARNESS; TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS; ARTICLES OF ANIMAL GUT (OTHER THAN SILKWORM GUT)
  • 43 · Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof
    • 43
  • 44 · Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal
    • 44
  • 45 · Cork and articles of cork
    • 45
  • 46 · Manufactures of straw, esparto or other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork
    • 46 MANUFACTURES OF STRAW, OF ESPARTO OR OF OTHER PLAITING MATERIALS; BASKETWARE AND WICKERWORK
  • 47 · Pulp of wood or other fibrous cellulosic material; recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard
    • 47 PULP OF WOOD OR OF OTHER FIBROUS CELLULOSIC MATERIAL; RECOVERED (WASTE AND SCRAP) PAPER OR PAPERBOARD
  • 48 · Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or paperboard
    • 48 PAPER AND PAPERBOARD; ARTICLES OF PAPER PULP, OF PAPER OR OF PAPERBOARD
  • 49 · Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans
    • 49
  • 50 · Silk
    • 50
Notifying member
China
Status
Proposed measure, not in force yet
Objectives
  • Consumer information, labelling
  • Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection
  • Quality requirements
  • Harmonization
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/CHN/2347

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 20 September 2026
Proposed adoption
To be determined
Proposed entry into force

How to comment

The comment period closed on 20 September 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/2347; 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 sets out the structure of the International System of Units (SI), specifies units that may be used together with SI units, rules for the use of measurement units, and the legal units of measurement of China that may be used together with SI units. This document applies to the use of measurement units in all fields of the national economy, science and technology, culture and education.

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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