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DKS 2801-2: 2025 Masonry units ― Specification - Part 2: Aggregate concrete masonry units (Lightweight aggregates)
Kenya issued an addendum on 28 May 2026 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/KEN/1792. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 14 April 2025. The comment period closed on 6 June 2025.
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Pebbles, gravel, broken or crushed stone, for concrete aggregates, for road metalling or for railway or other ballast, shingle and flint, whether or not heat-treated; Masonry
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DKS 2801-2: 2025 Masonry units ― Specification - Part 2: Aggregate concrete masonry units (Lightweight aggregates)
Kenya would like to inform WTO Members that the Kenya Standard; KS 2801-2: 2025 Masonry units ― Specification - Part 2: Aggregate concrete masonry units (Lightweight aggregates), notified in G/TBT/N/KEN/1792, was adopted and published by Kenya as KS 2801-2: 2025 Masonry units ― Specification - Part 2: Aggregate concrete masonry units (Lightweight aggregates) on 24th October 2025 via Gazette Notice No. 15384 dated 24th October 2025. A copy of the document can be obtained via the following link at a basic fee:
This Kenyan Standard specifies the characteristics and performance requirements of aggregate concrete masonry units made from lightweight aggregates for which the main intended uses are common, facing or exposed masonry in load bearing or non-load bearing building and civil engineering applications. The units are suitable for all forms of walling, including single leaf, external leaf to chimneys, cavity wall, partitions, retaining, and basement. They can provide fire protection, thermal insulation, sound insulation and sound absorption.
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AddendumG/TBT/N/KEN/1792/Add.1
DKS 2801-2: 2025 Masonry units ― Specification - Part 2: Aggregate concrete masonry units (Lightweight aggregates)
Kenya would like to inform WTO Members that the Kenya Standard; KS 2801-2: 2025 Masonry units ― Specification - Part 2: Aggregate concrete masonry units (Lightweight aggregates), notified in G/TBT/N/KEN/1792, was adopted and published by Kenya as KS 2801-2: 2025 Masonry units ― Specification - Part 2: Aggregate concrete masonry units (Lightweight aggregates) on 24th October 2025 via Gazette Notice No. 15384 dated 24th October 2025. A copy of the document can be obtained via the following link at a basic fee:
Regular notificationG/TBT/N/KEN/1792
Comment deadline: Closed on 6 June 2025
DKS 2801-2: 2025 Masonry units ― Specification - Part 2: Aggregate concrete masonry units (Lightweight aggregates)
This Kenyan Standard specifies the characteristics and performance requirements of aggregate concrete masonry units made from lightweight aggregates for which the main intended uses are common, facing or exposed masonry in load bearing or non-load bearing building and civil engineering applications. The units are suitable for all forms of walling, including single leaf, external leaf to chimneys, cavity wall, partitions, retaining, and basement. They can provide fire protection, thermal insulation, sound insulation and sound absorption.
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