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Sri Lanka announces standards and quality requirements for 161 imported goods
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2024-07-20
Sri Lanka has announced standards and quality requirements for 161 imported goods, including rice cookers, electric kettles, etc. It is necessary to ensure that the products comply with Sri Lanka's relevant import standards, otherwise they will not be imported.
On June 28, 2024, Sri Lanka issued a notice G/T/N/LKA/59, titled "Import (Standardization and Quality Control) Regulations 2024- Special Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka No. 2384/35", which listed a specific list of imported products and provisions for the import documents of such products.
According to the regulations, under the Sri Lanka Mandatory Import Inspection Scheme implemented by the Sri Lanka Standards Institute, importers of specific products must ensure that the products comply with relevant import standards in Sri Lanka, otherwise they will not be imported.
The product list specified in the plan has been revised and listed 161 product items in the Special Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka No. 2384/35 dated May 17, 2024, including rice cookers (HS code: 8516.60.10) and electric kettles (HS code: 8516.79.20).
Importers of the products listed in Annex I (A) and I (B) of the inventory shall provide the following necessary documents to the Director of the Sri Lankan Standards Bureau prior to customs clearance to demonstrate compliance with the applicable "Sri Lankan Standards" listed in the aforementioned annexes:
1) A product qualification certificate issued by an independent laboratory recognized by the exporting country or an independent organization after analyzing the extracted samples, proving that the product complies with the "Sri Lankan standards" specified for the commodity;
2) The product qualification certificate issued by the national standardization agency or standard management agency of the exporting country;
3) A product qualification certificate issued by an overseas manufacturer who has registered the relevant goods under the Sri Lankan standardization organization by the manufacturing factory;
4) A certificate/license issued by a national standardization agency of any country for the "SLS mark" or any other "product certificate mark", where the standard used for this certification is compatible with the corresponding Sri Lankan standard specifications.
When necessary, Sri Lankan customs or standards authorities will test product samples to verify their compliance with Sri Lankan standards.
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