G/TBT/N/IND/142  
17 February 2020  
(20-1204) 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:  INDIA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Department of chemicals and Petrochemicals, Government of India  
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 differ ent from above:   
Mr Samir Kumar Biswas  
Joint Secretary  
Room No -341 , A Wing  
Department of chemicals and Petrochemicals  
Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi  
Telephone No. +91 -11-23383428  
Fax: +91-11-23073682  
Email: samir.bi swas@gov.in  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 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):  Barium 
Carbonate (HS Code 2836 6000)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Barium 
Carbonate (Quality Control) Order, 2020 (1 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Barium Carbonate is one of the important raw mater ial widely 
used in the manufacture of different types of ceramic dielectric capacitors for high 
frequency application and for hard ferrites. The other important use is as an ingredient for 
the manufacture of ceramic glaze frits and fluxes, optical and opht halmic glasses and 
special cut glasses. It is also used in other electro ceramic materials used a resistors, 
circuit breakers etc. The standard of Barium Carbonate for ceramic and glass industry 
prescribes minimum purity and impurity profile in maximum cov ering iron, sodium oxide 
and other metal sulphates etc. Barium Carbonate Technical is used for removing of sulfates 
in phosphoric acid production and chlorine alkali electrolysis. Barium Carbonate Technical 
is also used in the manufacture of various Barium  compounds like Barium Chloride, Barium 
Nitrate, Barium Sulphide etc. The standards prescribe minimum content of Barium and 
Carbonate, besides impurity profile. The locally manufactured or imported Barium 
Carbonate shall conform to the Indian standard (IS 3205:1984, reaffirmed 2015 and 
IS 12928: 1990, reaffirmed 2017) and shall bear the standard mark under license from the 
Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). Bureau of Indian Standards of the State Governments 
shall be the enforcing authority.  G/TBT/N/IND/142  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The standard of Barium Carbonate is being made mandatory to protect the 
environment and overall eco system  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Quality Control Order for making Indian S tandard of Precipitated Barium Carbonate 
Specification (IS 3205:1984, Reaffirmed 2015) (IS 12928:1990, Reaffirmed 2017) 
as mandatory is attached.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Yet to be decided  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Six month from date of adoption  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Mr Samir Kumar Biswas  
Joint Secretary  
Room No -341 , A Wing  
Department of chemicals and Petrochemicals  
Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi  
Telephone No. +91-11-23383428  
Fax: +91-11-23073682  
Email: samir.biswas@gov.in  
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