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WTO notification · TBT

UgandaProposed measure, open for comments

Stoves, ranges – Uganda

Official title

DUS 761:2026, Household biomass cookstoves— Specification, Third Edition.

Uganda notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 14 October 2026. Comments are open until 13 December 2026.

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At a glance

Products

Stoves, heaters, grates, fires, wash boilers, braziers and similar domestic appliances, of iron or steel, for solid fuel or other non-electricsource of energy (excl. liquid or gaseous fuel, and cooking appliances, whether or not with oven, separate ovens, plate warmers, central heating boilers, hot

HS codes
  • 73 · Iron or steel articles
    • 732189 Stoves, heaters, grates, fires, wash boilers, braziers and similar domestic appliances, of iron or steel, for solid fuel or other non-electricsource of energy…
Notifying member
Uganda
Status
Proposed measure, open for comments
Objectives
  • Consumer information, labelling
  • Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection
  • Protection of human health or safety
  • Protection of the environment
  • Quality requirements
  • Harmonization
  • Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade
  • Cost saving and productivity enhancement
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/UGA/2436

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Open until 13 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 13 December 2026, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/UGA/2436 and how the measure affects your products. Your enquiry point forwards them to Uganda.

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What the notification says

This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the classification, technical requirements, performance requirements, safety requirements and test methods of biomass cookstoves intended for use in households. This standard is applicable to cookstoves using solid biomass with a firepower of less than 10kW. This standard does not cover cookstoves used primarily for space heating, electric cookstoves, hybridized biomass stoves (eg thermoelectric generating stoves), solar cookstoves, cookstoves designed to burn a liquid and/or gaseous fuel, such as liquefied petroleum gas, alcohol, plant oil, kerosene.

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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