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WTO notification · TBT

ChinaProposed measure, open for comments

Soap, organic surface-active agents

Official title

National Standard of the P.R.C., Limits for volatile organic compounds content in cleaning agents

China notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 26 October 2026. Comments are open until 25 November 2026.

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At a glance

Products

Other retail-packaged organic surface-active preparations, washing or cleaning preparations; other polishing agents for glass or metal; metal surface pickling preparations, flux powders or flux pastes; organic composite solvents and diluents, paint removers

HS codes
  • 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
    • 340250 Surface-active preparations, washing preparations, auxiliary washing preparations and cleaning preparations put up for retail sale (excl. organic…
    • 340590 Glass or metal polishes, whether or not in the form of paper, wadding, felt, nonwovens, cellular plastics or cellular rubber, impregnated, coated or covered…
  • 38 · Chemical products n.e.c.
    • 381010 Pickling preparations for metal surfaces; soldering, brazing or welding pastes and powders consisting of metal and other materials
    • 3814 Organic composite solvents and thinners, not elsewhere specified or included; prepared paint or varnish removers.
Notifying member
China
Status
Proposed measure, open for comments
Objectives
  • Protection of human health or safety
  • Protection of the environment
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/CHN/2372

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Open until 25 November 2026
Proposed adoption
To be determined
Proposed entry into force
12 months after approval

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 25 November 2026, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/CHN/2372 and how the measure affects your products. Your enquiry point forwards them to China.

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What the notification says

This document specifies the product classification, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) limit requirements, test methods, and packaging markings for cleaning agents. This document applies to cleaning agents containing volatile organic compounds produced and used in the industrial and service sectors. This document is not applicable to detergents for personal cleaning. This document is not applicable to cleaning agents used in aerospace, the nuclear industry, the military industry, and the semiconductor industry (including integrated circuits).

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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