Administration from the Shenzhen Municipal Market informed that recently, the U.S. lithium battery packaging and transportation TBT notification Council successfully held in Shenzhen. The meeting was chaired by AQSIQ WTO / TBT National Notification and Enquiry Center authorized contractors, Shenzhen Institute of Standards and Technology.
Consultative meeting, participants around the United States released the battery packaging and transport requirements of the draft regulations (G/TBT/N/USA/518) conducted in-depth study and discussion. The Bill seeks to remove “dangerous substances regulations” in the exemption for small lithium batteries, the lithium battery all in accordance with the transport of dangerous goods. Li-ion battery production and export of China is big country, Shenzhen is China’s largest lithium production base and export base, gathered BYD, BAK as the representative of a group leader made lithium-ion battery business. Therefore, the draft notification will be by the implementation of the battery industry in Shenzhen and the healthy development of foreign trade increased transport costs caused by lithium batteries, lithium battery packaging costs, strengthen internal management and inspection costs of the negative impact of export enterprises face great pressure. In view of this, the participants formed the final proposal to distinguish between different cells, retain a certain exemptions, the proposal to extend the compliance period in seven views. Review comments will be submitted in accordance with WTO procedures related to the United States, while AQSIQ and the Ministry of Commerce also actively preparing in July this year, the WTO Technical Barriers to Trade Committee held its 52nd regular meeting, the special trade concerns on this issue, for it the impact of China’s battery industry to a minimum toshiba PA3399U-1BAS battery , toshiba PA3399U-1BRS battery .
Inform the council is actively involved in TBT WTO Chinese enterprises to exercise the rights given to express their views and suggestions, and protect its interests, to change the disadvantaged position in the international market, an important way. Shenzhen, the market attaches great importance to the Authority on the work of its subordinate City Institute of Standards and Technology in the active organization, hosting and participating countries TBT notification and appraisal work and the construction, operation and maintenance, “the Shenzhen market access measures for information technology platform” on the basis on to help the enterprises in Shenzhen City, received the first countries in the WTO Secretariat, through the draft regulations and standards issued by the notification and early warning, while timely, convenient to express and comment, truly a foreign technical barriers and by the subsequent response should take the initiative to advance the passive transfer of prevention.
