G/TBT/N/USA/1724  
21 April 2021  
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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) [1753]  
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 [   ], other  [X]:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Wheat; 
Wheat and meslin (HS 1001); Quality (ICS 03.120), Cereals, pulses and derived products 
(ICS 67.060)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  United States 
Standards for Wheat (2 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of co ntent:  Notice; request for information - The United States Department 
of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is seeking comments from 
the public regarding the United States Standards for Wheat under the United States Grain 
Standards A ct (USGSA). To ensure that standards and official grading practices remain 
relevant, AMS invites interested parties to comment on whether the current wheat 
standards and grading practices need to be changed.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the natur e of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Quality 
requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
86 Federal Register (CFR) 20480, 20 April 2021:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-04-20/html/2021 -08062.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-04-20/pdf/2021 -08062.pdf  
This notice; request for information is identified by Docket Number AMS -FGIS-21-0017. 
The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov  at 
https://www.regulations.gov/document/AMS_FRDOC_0001 -2187 and provides access to 
primary documents as well as comments received. 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 . Comments rec eived by the 
USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Members and their stakeholders will be shared with the G/TBT/N/USA/1724  
 
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  regulator and will also be submitted to the Docket  on Regulations.gov if received within 
the comment period.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  19 July 2021  
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/2021/TBT/USA/21_2897_00_e.pdf