Export regulation updates
Draft rules on food safety, animal and plant health (SPS) and on technical product requirements (TBT) that markets notify to the WTO before adopting them.
Source: WTO ePing (opens in a new tab). Summaries by Expodite, which is independent of the WTO.
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WTO notificationEgyptSPSUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in forceNew
This draft of the Egyptian Standard ES-1521 for 'Canned Finfish' specifies the basic requirements and descriptive criteria for canned finfish, as well as the methods of inspection and testing. Producers and importers are kept informed of any amendments in the Egyptian standards through the…
Symbol: G/SPS/N/EGY/162/Add.1Comment period closed
WTO notificationUnited Arab Emirates,Bahrain,Kuwait+3TBTProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
This standard applies to sweetened condensed milk, intended for direct consumption or further processing.
Symbol: G/TBT/N/BHR/777Comment period closed
WTO notificationEgyptSPSUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in forceNew
Ministerial Decree No. 256/2016 gives producers and importers a six-month transitional period to comply with Egyptian standard ES No. 49 2/2016 'Olive Oils and Olive Pomace Oils'. This decree mandates that producers and importers must comply with the requirements prescribed in the Egyptian…
Symbol: G/SPS/N/EGY/78/Add.2Comment period closed
WTO notificationPhilippinesTBTProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
The proposed FDA Circular provides guidelines on the maintenance of importation and/or distribution records and the reporting of product complaints, adverse events (Aes), and field safety corrective actions (FSCAs) for medical devices. It applies to all registered medical devices and in vitro…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/PHL/360Comment period closed
WTO notificationVietnamTBTProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
This draft Law shall amend and supplement a number of articles of Measurement Law No. 04/2011/QH13 amended and supplemented by Law No. 35/2018/QH14 and Law No. 84/2025/QH15. 1. Amended provisions: - The term 'measuring instrument' to conform with metrological control measures. - The terms…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/VNM/395Comment period closed
WTO notificationNicaraguaSPSProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
Nicaragua notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 26 March 2026. The comment period closed on 25 May 2026.
Symbol: G/SPS/N/NIC/266Comment period closed
WTO notificationNicaraguaSPSProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
Nicaragua notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 26 March 2026. The comment period closed on 25 May 2026.
Symbol: G/SPS/N/NIC/269Comment period closed
WTO notificationNicaraguaSPSProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
Nicaragua notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 26 March 2026. The comment period closed on 25 May 2026.
Symbol: G/SPS/N/NIC/270Comment period closed
WTO notificationUnited KingdomSPSProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
The measure adopts Codex Maximum Residue Levels (CXLs) endorsed as new international food standards by the 48th session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission. CXLs are being adopted for the following active substances for a range of commodities: acetamiprid, azoxystrobin, cyclobutrifluram…
Symbol: G/SPS/N/GBR/124
WTO notificationUnited Arab Emirates,Bahrain,Kuwait+3TBTProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
This standard applies to evaporated milk, intended for direct consumption or further processing.
Symbol: G/TBT/N/BHR/776Comment period closed
WTO notificationUnited KingdomSPSProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
Mefentrifluconazole is an approved active substance in Great Britain (GB). An application was received by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) requesting new Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs) for mefentrifluconazole in/on blueberries, currants (black, red and white) and mulberries (black and white)…
Symbol: G/SPS/N/GBR/123
WTO notificationNicaraguaSPSProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
Nicaragua notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 26 March 2026. The comment period closed on 25 May 2026.
Symbol: G/SPS/N/NIC/267Comment period closed
WTO notificationNicaraguaSPSProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
Nicaragua notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 26 March 2026. The comment period closed on 25 May 2026.
Symbol: G/SPS/N/NIC/268Comment period closed
WTO notificationJapanSPSUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in forceNew
MAFF will revoke designation of zinc bacitracin and calcium halofuginone polystyrenesulfonate as feed additives since these feed additives are no longer used, produced, imported or expected to be used in the future in/into Japan.
Symbol: G/SPS/N/JPN/1380/Add.1Comment period closed
WTO notificationChinaTBTUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in forceNew
In order to implement the relevant provisions of Article 96 of the Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China, adapt to China's further expansion of opening-up and the rapid growth of imported food trade, safeguard the safety of imported food and promote trade facilitation, the existing…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/CHN/1964/Add.2Comment period closed
WTO notificationMexicoTBTProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
Mexico notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 25 March 2026. The comment period closed on 24 May 2026.
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Symbol: G/TBT/N/MEX/559Comment period closed
WTO notificationEgyptTBTProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
The Ministerial Decree No. 57/2026 gives the producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian standard ES 9238 for 'Non-heat-treated processed meat' This standard cancels and supersedes the following standards: ES 1688/2005 for 'frozen beef burger'. ES 1973/2005 for…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/EGY/570Comment period closed
WTO notificationBrazilSPSUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in forceNew
Draft for comments that establishes the phytosanitary requirements for the importation of seeds of Verbena x hybrida (Category 4) to Brazil from any origin.
Symbol: G/SPS/N/BRA/2400/Add.1Comment period closed
WTO notificationColombiaTBTProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
Colombia notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 25 March 2026. The comment period closed on 24 May 2026.
Symbol: G/TBT/N/COL/275Comment period closed
WTO notificationEgyptTBTUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in forceNew
This draft of Egyptian standard specifies requirements for gaseous and liquid oxygen produced only by the air liquefaction process. Worth mentioning is that this draft standard is technically identical with CGA G-4.3/2018 'Commodity Specification for Oxygen'
Symbol: G/TBT/N/EGY/539/Add.1Comment period closed
Food safety, animal and plant health
Rules that protect people, animals and plants from risks carried by food, feed, pests and diseases: maximum residue limits, additives and contaminants, quarantine and inspection, and the certificates that go with them.
Technical product rules
Technical regulations, standards and conformity assessment for products: specifications, labelling and marking, packaging, and the tests and certificates a product needs before it can be sold.
Comments on a notification go from government to government. If a draft affects your exports, send your comments to your country's WTO SPS or TBT enquiry point before the comment deadline, quoting the document symbol; it forwards them to the member that notified the measure.
Enquiry points are listed on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Expodite matches each notification to the markets you export to and the HS codes of your products, and puts the ones that concern you in your Updates centre, with the date comments close.