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Your Early Warning System to Technical Barriers to Trade – With Tariff Subheadings

In an innovation brought to you by the South Africa Bureau of Standards (SABS), henceforth the tariff subheading(s) (if indicated by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) member) will be listed below.
The WTO Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Agreement has a transparency obligation that requires WTO member countries to publish and notify the WTO, which in turn notifies its member countries, of any draft technical regulations at least 60 days in advance of adoption.
The notifications on all draft technical regulations are for the week 20 to 26 May 2015, comment on which may be submitted to ronel.greyvenstein@sabs.co.za.
15-2200, Canada, Toxic substances, 24/04/2015, No tariff subheading (TSH)
15-2202, Canada, Veterinary drugs, 24/04/2015,  No TSH
15-2199, Republic of Korea, Quasi-drugs, 24/04/2015, No TSH
15-2203, Qatar, Extraction solvents and its residue limits in the production foodstuffs and food ingredients, 24/04/2015, No TSH
15-2163, Brazil - Lead-acid batteries for automotive vehicles, 23/04/2015, TSH 8507.10
15-2153, United States of America, School buses, 23/04/2015, TSH 8705, TSH 8706, TSH 8707
15-2152, United States of America, Sunscreen drug products, 23/04/2015, TSH 3304.10-99
15-2162, United States of America, Light-sport aircraft, 23/04/2015, No TSH
15-2119, Brazil, UV filters allowed for toiletries, cosmetics and perfumes, 22/04/2015, No TSH
15-2120, Brazil, Tractors, 22/04/2015, Tariff Heading Tariff Chapter (TC) 87, TC84
15-2127, Moldova, Measuring instruments, 22/04/2015, No TSH
15-2114, United States of America, Tyres, 22/04/2015m TH 40.11, 4012
15-2121, United States of America, Hearth products, 22/04/2015, TH 8516
15-2111, United States of America, Fluoroscopic equipment, 22/04/2015, No TSH
15-2112, United States of America, Commercial water heaters, 22/04/2015, TSH8419.1, TSH 84191.1, TSH 8516.1
15-2113, United States of America, Curbside mailboxes, 22/04/201, No TSH

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