G/TBT/N/UGA/1177  
10 January 2020  
(20-0293) 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:  UGANDA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and 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 [X], 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):  Garden 
hoes; Hand tools, the following: spades, shovels, mattocks, picks, hoes, forks and rakes; 
axes, bill hooks a nd similar hewing tools; secateurs and pruners of any kind; scythes, 
sickles, hay knives, hedge shears, timber wedges and other tools of a kind used in 
agriculture, horticulture or forestry (HS 8201); Hand -held tools in general 
(ICS 25.140.01)  
5. Title, n umber of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 
DEAS  132:2019, Hoes — Specification, First Edition, (25 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for forge d hoes; both plain and fork handheld hoes used for 
digging. It also covers double headed hoes.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements; 
Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. ISO 6508 -1, Meta lic materials — Rockwell hardness test — Part 1: Test method  
2. ISO 9556, Steel and iron — Determination of total carbon content — Infrared 
absorption method after combustion in an induction furnace  
3. ISO 10700, Steel and iron — Determination of manganese content — Flame 
atomic absorption spectrometric method  
4. ISO 439, Steel and iron — Determination of total silicon content — Gravimetric 
method  
5. ISO 10714, Steel and iron — Determination of phosphorus content — 
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  6. ISO 671, Steel and cast iron — Determination of sulphur content — Combustion 
titrimetric method  
7. US 266: 2001, Metallic materials — Tensile testing at ambient temperatures  
8. ISO 6892:1998, Metallic materials — Tensile testing at ambient temperatures  
9. KS 154:1999, Specification for hoes, both plain and fork hoes (Second Revision)  
10. Agricultural hand tools in emergencies — Guidelines for technical and field 
officers, 2013.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  September 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon declaration as mandatory by the Minister for 
Trade, Industry and Cooperatives  
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:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/UGA/20_0323_00_e.pdf