Standards and Conformance and Technical Barriers to Trade
The Ministry's policy advice on maintaining an efficient standards and conformance infrastructure helps improve trade by removing technical barriers.
The government, consumers and the community rely on standards and conformance to protect public health, safety and the environment. Businesses use standards and conformance to support innovation and development and to remain competitive locally and internationally.
New Zealand's Standards and Conformance System: A Guide for Business
[ Published 01 April 2001 ]
Describes New Zealand's Standards and Conformance System, with particular emphasis on the role of the Ministry of Economic Development.
The New Zealand Standards and Conformance Infrastructure
The standards and conformance infrastructure impacts on all aspects of the economy. The government, consumers and the community rely on standards and conformance to protect public health, safety and the environment.
International Issues
The Ministry provides advice to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade on the World Trade Organisation Technical Barriers to Trade Agreement as well as on other trade agreements which have a standards and conformance dimension.
Archive
Standards & Conformance topics which are no longer current can be found in the archive section. These documents may no longer be updated or contain the most current information but are still provided for your reference.
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