G/TBT/N/USA/1928  
17 October 2022  
(22-7791) 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:  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), Department of Agriculture (USDA) [1960]  
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:   
Please submit comments to: USA WTO TBT Enquiry Point, Email: usatbtep@nist.gov  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  ], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other  [X]: To ensure that the bean standards remain relevant, interested parties are 
invited to comment on whether revising the Chickpea/Garbanzo standard will facilitate 
the marketing of Chickpea/Garbanzo Beans.  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  
Chickpeas/Garbanzo beans; Leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled, fresh or chilled. 
(HS code(s): 0708); - Leguminous v egetables, shelled or unshelled: (HS code(s): 07102); 
Quality (ICS code(s): 03.120); Fruits. Vegetables (ICS code(s): 67.080)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  United States 
Standards for Beans: Chickpea/Garbanzo Beans; ( 3 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice and request for comments - Notice and request for 
comments - The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Marketing 
Service (AMS) is proposing revision to the U.S. Standards for  Beans, pertaining to the 
grade determining factors Moisture and Contrasting Chickpeas in the class 
Chickpea/Garbanzo Beans, under the United States Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, 
as amended, (AMA). Stakeholders in the bean processing/handling industr y requested 
AMS to amend the grading requirements for Moisture and Contrasting Chickpeas in 
Chickpea/Garbanzo Beans in the U.S. Bean Standards. To ensure that the bean standards 
remain relevant, AMS invites interested parties to comment on whether revising  the 
Chickpea/Garbanzo standard will facilitate the marketing of Chickpea/Garbanzo Beans. 
This action may revise or amend the table of Grades and Grade Requirements for 
Chickpea/Garbanzo Beans in the U.S. Standard for Beans. The current version of the 
standard for Chickpea/Garbanzo Beans is accessible from the AMS -GD-2020-11-FGIS 
Handbooks website at https://www.ams.usda.gov/publications/content/fgis -pdf-
handbooks  in the Bean Inspection Handbook (pdf) . FGIS stands for the Federal Grain 
Inspection Servic e. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Quality requirements; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  G/TBT/N/USA/1928  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
Relevant documents: 87 Federal Register (FR) 61559, 12 October 2022:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-10-12/html/2022 -22109.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-10-12/pdf/2022 -22109.pdf  
This notice; request for information is identified by Docket Number AMS -FGIS-22-0066. 
The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/AMS -FGIS-22-0066/document  and provides access 
to primary documents as well as comments received. If the link to the docket folder is 
not working, use this link instead: 
https://www.regulations.gov/document/AMS_FRDOC_0001 -2349. Documents are also 
accessible from Regulations.gov  by searching the Docket Number. WTO Members and 
their stakeholders are asked to submit comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point  by or 
before 4pm Eastern Time  on 12 December 2022. Comments received by the USA TBT 
Enquiry Point from WTO Members and their stakeholders will be shared with the regulat or 
and will also be submitted to the Docket  on Regulations.gov if received within the 
comment period.  
Access to the current grading requirements for Moisture and Contrasting Chick peas in 
Chickpea/Garbanzo Beans in the U.S. Bean Standards is available on the website for AMS -
GD-2020-11 - FGIS Handbooks at https://www.ams.usda.gov/publications/content/fgi s-
pdf-handbooks . Refer to the Bean Inspection Handbook (pdf) . FGIS stands for the Federal 
Grain Inspection Service , a unit of the USDA Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards 
Administration.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  12 December 2022  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/USA/22_7006_00_e.pdf