G/TBT/N/NIC/152  
17 May 2017  
(17-2631) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: Spanish  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member:  NICARAGUA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  
Ministerio de Fomento, Industria y Comercio , MIFIC (Ministry of Development, Industry and 
Trade)  
Carretera a Masaya, Kilómetro 6, frente a Camino de Oriente  
Managua, Nicaragua  
Tel.: ( +505) 2248 -9300, Ext. 1310/1314  
Email: imartinez@mific.gob. ni/notificacion@mific.gob.ni /normalizacion@mific.gob.ni  
Website: http://www.mific.gob.ni   
Consejo Nacional d el Café , CONACAFÉ  (National Coffee Council ),  
Tel.: ( +505) 2270 -1457 and 2270 -5393  
Email: conacafe@conacafe.org.ni   
Website: http://www.conacafe.org.ni   
Name and address (i ncluding 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:   
Ministerio de Fomento, Industria y Comercio , MIFIC ( Ministry of Development, Industry and 
Trade)  
Km 6 Carretera a Masaya  
Managua, Nicaragua  
Tel.: (+505)  2248-9300, Ext . 1310 /1314  
Email: imartinez@mific.gob.ni /notificacion@mific.gob.ni /normalizacion@mific.gob.ni   
Website: http://www.mific.gob.ni/en -us/snc/snn/ntcpub/ntoncpub.aspx  
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):  
International Classification for Standards  (ICS) code  67.140.20  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Norma  
Técnica Oblig atoria Nicaragüense NTON 03 104 -17, Café Verde Robusta.  
Clasificaciones y Especificaciones de Calidades (Nicaraguan Mandatory Technical Standard  
(NTON) No. 03 10 4-17: Robusta green coffee. Grading and quality specifications ) 
(15 pages, in Spanish)    
6. Description of content:  The notified Technical Standard sets out  the grading  criteria,  
quality specifications , methods of analysis  and sampling , and packaging and labelling 
requirements for  Robusta green coffee for export and marketing . 
The Standard  applies to green coffee beans of the species  Coffea canephora  or Robusta 
green coffee and to  all natural or legal persons engaged in the  processing and/or marketing 
of this product . G/TBT/N/ NIC/152 
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Commercial information  
8. Relevant documents:   
 Nicaraguan Technical Standard (NTN) No. 04 023 -12, Agua para Uso en Análisis de 
Laboratori o. Especificación y Métodos de Ensayo  (Water for analytical laboratory use 
- Specification and test methods ); ISO 3696:1987 ; 
 NTN 04 001 -05, Requisitos Generales para la competencia de laboratorios de 
calibraci ón y ensayo  (General requirements for the compe tence of testing and 
calibration laboratories);  ISO/IEC 17025:2005;  
 NTN 16 005 –10, Café Verde – Preparación de las muestras para  su uso en análisis 
sensoriales  (Green coffee - Preparation of samples for use in sensory analysis ); 
 NTN 16 006 -11, Café Verde. Análisis del tamaño. Tamizado manual  (Green coffee . 
Size analysis. Manual sieving ); 
 NTN 16 007 -11, Café Verde – Examen olfativo y visual, y determinación de defectos 
y materias extrañas  (Green coffee - Olfactory and visual examination and 
determination of defects and foreign matter ); 
 NTN 16 008 -11, Café Verde. C afé Pergamino en sacos  - Muestreo  (Green coffee . 
Parchment coffee  in bags - Sampling ); 
 Mandatory Nicaraguan Technical Standard ( NTON ) No. 03 025 -11, Café Verde. 
Clasificaciones y Especificaciones de Calidades  (Green coffee.  Grading and quality 
specifications ); 
 NTN 17 001 -99, Muestreo para granos comerciales  (Sampling of commercial beans ); 
 ISO 6673:2003: Green coffee - Determination of loss in mass at 105°C ; 
 ISO 6669:1995: Green and roasted coffee - Determination of free -flow bulk density 
of whole beans (Routine method).  
9. Proposed date of adoption: To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force: To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from the date of notification  
11. Texts availa ble from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers  and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Ministerio de Fomento, Industria y Comercio   
Km 6 Carretera a Masaya  
Managua, Nicaragua  
Tel.:  (+505) 2248 -9300, Ext. 1310/1314 
Email:   imartinez@mific.gob.ni /notificacion@mific.gob.ni /normalizacion@mific.gob.ni  
Website:  http://www.mific.gob.ni/en -us/snc/snn/ntcpub/ntoncpub.aspx