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12 March 2020  
(20-1933) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  TANZANIA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
MOROGORO/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo  
P O BOX 9524  
Tel:+255 222450206  
Email: nep@tbs.go.tz  
Website: www.tbs.go.tz  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email a nd website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Textile 
fabrics (ICS 59.080.30)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  TDC3 (6307)P3  
Textiles — Hessian bags — Specification (3 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Tanzania Standard specifies requirements and test 
methods for hessian bags. This specification may be used by mutual agreement between 
the buyer and sel ler to establish purchasing specification requirements.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
TZS 4, Rounding off numerical values  
TZS 20, Textiles — Woven fabrics — Determination of the number of threads per unit 
length  
TZS 21, Textiles — Woven or knitted fabrics — Determination of mass per unit length 
and per unit area  
TZS 44, Textiles Method for determination of le ngth, width of woven or knitted fabrics  
IS 9113, Jute sacking general requirement  
IS 2969, Method for determination of oil content of jute yarn and fabric  G/TBT/N/TZA/406  
 
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  TZS 22, Method for determination of breaking load and extension of strips woven textile 
fabric  
TZS 69 1, The General Labelling of all products manufactured from textiles  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  May 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon declaration as a mandatory by the Minister 
for Industry, Trade and Investment  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
MOROGORO/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo  
P O BOX 9524  
Tel:+255 222450206  
Email: nep@tbs.go.tz  
Website: www.tbs.go.tz  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/TZA/20_1896_00_e.pdf  
 