G/TBT/N/UGA/1233  
19 October 2020  
(20-7218) 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  
Plot 2 -12 ByPass Link, Bweyogerere Industrial and Business Park  
P.O. Box 6329  
Kampala, Uganda  
Tel: +(256) 4 1733 3250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: https://www.unbs.go.ug  
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 dif ferent 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):  Cotton 
yarn; Cotton yarn other than sewing thread, containing >= 85% cotton by weight (excl. 
that put up for retail sale) (HS 5205); Yarns (ICS 59.080.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 2260 -
2:2020, Te xtiles — Cotton yarn — Part 2: Hosiery, First Edition (14 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda standard specifies requirements of spun 
(single and doubled) grey cotton yarn for use in knitting (hosiery).  This standard does 
not cover yarn produced from blends of cotton with man -made fibres or any other fibre.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer prote ction; Quality requirements  G/TBT/N/UGA/1233  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
1. IS 834:2006, Textiles — Ring spun grey cotton yarn for hosiery — Specification  
2. ISO 2, Textiles — Designation of the direction of twist in yarns and related 
products  
3. US ISO 2060, Textiles — Yarn from packages — Determination of linear density 
(mass per unit length) by the skein method ISO 2061, Textiles — Determination 
of twist in yarns — Direct counting method  
4. ISO 2062, Textiles — Yarns from packages — Determination of single -end 
breaking force and el ongation at break using constant rate of extension (CRE) 
tester  
5. ISO 6741 -1, Textiles — Fibres and yarns — Determination of commercial mass 
of consignments — Part 1: Mass determination and calculations  
6. ISO 6939, Textiles — Yarns from packages —Method of tes t for breaking 
strength of yarn by the skein method  
7. ISO 16549, Textiles — Unevenness of textile strands — Capacitance method  
8. ISO 17202, Textiles — Determination of twist in single spun yarns — 
Untwist/retwist method  
9. ASTM D2255, Standard test method for gra ding spun yarns for appearance  
10. ASTM D5647, Standard guide for measuring hairiness of yarns by the photo -
electric apparatus  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  December 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:   
Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
Plot 2 -12 ByPass Link, Bweyogerere Industrial and Business Park  
P.O. Box 6329  
Kampala, Uganda  
Tel: +(256) 4 1733 3250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: https://www.unbs.go.ug  
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