. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CHN/141 
10 October 2005 
 (05-4552) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   Standardization Administration of China (SAC) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
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):   Superphosphate 
5. Title, number of pages and langu age(s) of the notified document:   National Standard of 
the P.R.C., Superphosphate (8 pages, in Chinese) 
6. Description of content:   
The National Standard, “Superphosphate”, is th e revised edition of the chemical industry 
standard HG 2710-1995 “Superphosphate”.  It sets the technical requirements, testing 
methods, inspection procedures, marking, packages, transport and storage of 
superphosphate manufactured by the reaction of  phosphorite and industrial sulfuric acid. 
They are to conform to the requirements listed in Table 1 and Table 2.  
Table 1  Qualifications of  incompact superphosphate % 
 
Guarantee Item Excellent Typical I II 
available phosphorus (as P 2O5) % by mass ≥ 18.0 16.0 14.0 12.0 
moisture at 100°C  % by mass   ≤ 12.0 14.0 15.0 15.0 
educt acid (as P 2O5) % by mass ≤ 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5  G/TBT/N/CHN/141 
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Table 2  Qualifications of granular superphosphate   % 
 
Guarantee Item Excellent Typical I II 
available phosphorus (as P 2O5)  % by mass  ≥ 18.0 16.0 14.0 12.0 
percentage of moisture at 100°C  %   ≤       10.0 
educt acid (as P 2O5) % by mass      ≤ 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 
particle size distribution (1.00~4.75mm or 
3.35~5.60mm)  %           ≥ 80 
 
This National Standard is mandatory as stated in the articles, of which the requirements in 
Chapter 3 (see Table 1), inspection procedur es in Chapter 5, marking in Chapter 6 on 
indications (implementing GB18382 “Fertilizer marking - Presentation and declaration”), 
and packing, transport and storage in Chap ter 7, are mandatory, and the others are 
recommended. This national standard is app lied to superphosphate produced and sold 
within the territory of the P.R.C.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
To regulate market 
8. Relevant documents:   - 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    90 days after circulation by WTO Secretariat 
6 months after adoption 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days after circulation by WTO Secretariat 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:   
WTO/TBT National Notification and Enquiry Center of the People’s Republic of China 
Tel:  (+86) 10 82260618 Fax:  (+86) 10 82262448 
E-mail:  tbt@aqsiq.gov.cn