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ChinaProposed measure, open for comments

Cigarette lighters and other lighters – China

Official title

National Standard of the P.R.C., Utility Lighters—Safety specifications

China notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 22 October 2026. Comments are open until 21 December 2026.

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At a glance

Products

All flame-producing consumer products and similar devices such as utility lighters

HS codes
  • 96 · Miscellaneous manufactured articles
    • 961380 Lighters (excl. gas fuelled pocket lighters, and fuses and primers for propellent powders and explosives)
Notifying member
China
Status
Proposed measure, open for comments
Objectives
  • Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection
  • 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/2364

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Open until 21 December 2026
Proposed adoption
To be determined
Proposed entry into force
To be determined

How to comment

Comments on a notification go from government to government. If this measure affects your exports, send your comments to your country's WTO TBT enquiry point before 21 December 2026, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/CHN/2364 and how the measure affects your products. Your enquiry point forwards them to China.

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What the notification says

This document applies to all flame-producing consumer products commonly known as utility lighters (also known as grill lighters, fireplace lighters, lighting rods or gas matches) and similar devices. This document specifies requirements for utility lighters to ensure a reasonable degree of safety for normal use or reasonably foreseeable misuse of such lighters by users. This document does not apply to matches and flame-producing products intended for igniting cigars, pipes and cigarettes.

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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