Non-Tariff Barriers

NTM classification: B7: Product quality, safety or performance requirements
Date when the measure came into force: 07 May 2013
Publication where the measure is specified: TZS 1600: 2013
Regulation where the measure is specified: TZS 1600: 2013 Textiles — A-Twill Jute Bags — Specification
Country/Region applying the measure: Tanzania
The rationale of the measure: The objective of this measure is to assist trade between manufacturers, buyers and users of jute bags, by providing a mutual understanding basis for specifying the minimum requirements of jute bags for packing various food grains.
Coded list of objectives: E: Protection of the environment
Description of the measure: This measure mainly prescribes the technical requirements, packaging and marking relating to the manufacture of A-Twill jute bags and does not purport to include all the provisions of a contract.
Reference of the measure: Clause 4, 5, and 7
Measure also domestic: Yes

Code	Product	Partial coverage	Partial coverage indication	Date in	Date out
6305.10.00	- Of jute or of other textile bast fibres of heading 53.03	Yes	A-Twill Jute Bags

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