G/TBT/N/UGA/1235  
19 October 2020  
(20-7220) 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):  Acrylic 
yarn; Multiple "folded" or cabled yarn containing >= 85% acrylic or modacrylic staple 
fibres by weight (excl. sewing thread and yarn put up for retail sale) (HS 550932); Yarns 
(ICS 59.080.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 2150:2020, 
Textiles — Acrylic yarn — Specification, First Edition (14 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, test 
methods and sampling of acrylic yarn to be used  for machine weaving, hand weaving, 
hand knitting and machine knitting.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Quali ty requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. SITRA Norms for spinning mills (seventh edition)  
2. IS 15336:2003, Textiles - Acrylic Yarn for Hosiery – Specification  
3. ASTM D5647, Standard guide for measuring hairiness of yarns by the photo -
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  4. FDUS ISO 1833 -12, Textiles — Quantitative chemical analysis — Part 12: 
Mixtures of acrylic, certain modacrylics, certain chlorofibres, certain elastane 
fibres with certain other fibres (method using dimethylformamide)  
5. ISO 16373 -2, Textiles — Dyestuffs — Part 2: General method for the 
determination of extractable dyestuffs including allergenic and carcinogenic 
dyestuffs (method using pyridine -water)  
6. ISO 16373 -3, Textiles — Dyestuffs — Part 3: Method for determination of 
certain carcinogenic dyestuf fs (method using triethylamine/methanol)  
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. ISO 2, Textiles — Designation of the direction of t wist in yarns and related 
products  
10. ISO 2061, Textiles — Determination of twist in yarns — Direct counting method  
11. ISO 2062, Textiles — Yarns from packages — Determination of single -end 
breaking force and elongation at break using constant rate of extension (CRE) 
tester  
12. ISO 6741 -1, Textiles — Fibres and yarns — Determination of commercial mass 
of consignments — Part 1: Mass determination and calculations  
13. US ISO 105 -B02, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part B02: Colour 
fastness to artificial l ight: Xenon arc fading lamp test  
14. US ISO 105 -C 10, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part C10: Colour 
fastness to washing with soap or soap and soda  
15. US ISO 1833 -1, Textiles – Quantitative chemical analysis – Part 1: General 
principles of testing  
16. US ISO  2060, Textiles — Yarn from packages — Determination of linear density 
(mass per unit length) by the skein method  
17. US ISO 3758, Textiles — Care labelling code using symbols  
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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