. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.00/370
21 August 2000
(00-3352)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   THAILAND
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI)
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):   Organic chemicals
(ICS:71.080)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   TIS 1746-2542
(1999)  Ammonium Nitrate for ANFO Explosive (8 pages, available in Thai language)
6. Description of content:   The Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI) has proposed to
enforce TIS 1746-2542 (1999) Ammonium Nitrate for ANFO Explosive as a mandatory
standard.  This standard specifies general requirements, physical and chemical requirements
for such product as follows:
Item Characteristic Requirement
1 Ammonium nitrate (%), not less than 99.0
2 Moisture (%), not exceeding 0.3
3 Water insoluble matter (%), not exceeding 0.5
4 Sulphate (%), not exceeding 0.2
5 Chloride (%), not exceeding 0.02
6 Size of porous prill Ammonium nitrate (%),
not exceeding
- pass through 1.00 mm. sieve 5
- residue on the 2.80 mm. sieve 5G/TBT/Notif.00/370
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Item Characteristic Requirement
7 Organic matter (%), not exceeding 0.2
8 Acidity-Alkalinity (pH) of a solution at a
concentration of 0.1 g/cm34.6-5.9
9 Oil retention (%) 6-12
10 Oil retention efficiency, (%), not less than 90
11 Density by Volume (g/cm3), not less than 0.75
In addition, it includes packaging, marking and labelling, sampling and criteria for
conformity, testing.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:   
      Safety and prevention of the damage that may be inflicted upon the persons and
economics of country
8. Relevant documents:   Publication in which the Notification is published when adopted:
- Government Gazette
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }To be determined
10. Final date for comments:   60 days from the WTO circulation date
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X  ] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:           