ECU/368/Rev.1
WTO/TBT
EC Ecuador
  • 97 - Domestic and commercial equipment, Entertainment, Sports
  • 96 - Miscellaneous manufactured articles
2026-09-18
2026-07-24

(HS codes: 961310, 961320, 961380); (ICS code: 97.180) Pocket lighters, gas fuelled, non-refillable (HS code: 961310); Pocket lighters, gas fuelled, refillable (HS code: 961320); Cigarette lighters and other lighters (exc. gas fuelled pocket lighters, and those with flints and wicks) (HS code: 961380)

Proyecto de Cuarta Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 044 (4R) "Encendedores" (Draft fourth revision (4R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation (PRTE INEN) No. 044: "Lighters")

The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation applies to the following products, whether domestic or imported, marketed in Ecuador:

·        Cigarette lighters, cigar lighters and pipe lighters;

·        Utility lighters, also known as grill lighters, fireplace lighters, lighting rods or gas matches, and similar devices.

The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation does not apply to:

·       Matches.