G/TBT/N/TZA/200  
 
5 July 2018  
(18-4200) 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: TANZANIA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2  and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  
Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
MOROGORO/Sam Nujoma Road  
Ubungo P O BOX 9524  
Tel: +255 222450206  
Email: info@tbs.go.tz   
Website: www.tbs.go.tz   
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:   
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): Clothes 
(ICS 61.020).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: TDC2(5632)P3 
Textiles – Cotton Kitenge – Specifications (6 page(s), in English)    
6. Description of content: This 2nd revision Draft Tanzania Standard prescribes the 
constructional details a nd other particulars of varieties of Cotton Kitenge. It does not 
specify the type of finish, general appearance, luster and neither feels of cloth nor does it 
specify the colour combinations in printed cloth.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the natu re of urgent problems where 
applicable: Consumer information, labelling; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
 Tanzania Government Gazette  
 TZS 4: Rounding  off numerical values  
 TZS 20: Textiles – Woven fabrics – Determination of number of threads per 
centimeter  
 TZS 21:Textiles – Woven or knitted fabrics – Determination of mass per unit length 
and per unit area  
 TZS 22: Textiles  – Woven fabrics – Determination of breaking load and Extension  
 TZS 23: Textiles  – Test for colour fastness to light: Xenon arc 
 TZS 26: Textiles  – Determination of conductivity, pH, water soluble matter, 
chloride and sulphate in aqueous extracts  
 TZS 40: Textiles – Tests for colour fastness to light: Daylight  
 TZS 44: Textiles – Woven or knitted fabrics – Determination of length and width  G/TBT/N/TZA/200  
 
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   TZS 137:Textiles – Determination of dimensional changes of woven and knitted 
fabrics and garments: Machine method  
 TZS 138: Textiles – Test for colour fastness to rubbing  
 TZS 139: Textiles – Determination of linear density of yarn removed from fabric 
free from added matter  
 TZS 167: Textiles – Tests for colour fastness to washing: Test 3  
 TZS 280: Textiles – Tests for colour fastness – colour fastness to perspiration   
9. Proposed date of adoption: October 2018  
Proposed date of entry into force: Upon declaration as a mandatory by the Minister for 
Industry, Trade and Investment     
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:   
Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
MOROGORO/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo  
P O BOX 9524  
Tel: +255 222450206  
Email: info@tbs.go.tz  
Website: www.tbs.go.tz   
 
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