ECU/465
WTO/TBT
EC Ecuador
  • 44 - Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal
2019-08-04
2019-06-18

441210 Of bamboo; 441231 With at least one outer ply of tropical wood specified in Subheading Note 2 to this Chapter; 441233 Other, with at least one outer ply of non-coniferous wood of the species alder (Alnus spp.), ash (Fraxinus spp.), beech (Fagus spp.), birch (Betula spp.), cherry (Prunus spp.), chestnut (Castanea spp.), elm (Ulmus spp.), eucalyptus (Eucalyptus spp.), hickory (Carya spp.), horse chestnut (Aesculus spp.), lime (Tilia spp.), maple (Acer spp.), oak (Quercus spp.), plane tree (Platanus spp.), poplar and aspen (Populus spp.), robinia (Robinia spp.), tulipwood (Liriodendron spp.) or walnut (Juglans spp.); 441234 Other, with at least one outer ply of non-coniferous wood not specified under subheading 4412.33; 441239 Other; 441294 Blockboard, laminboard and battenboard; Other (HS 441299)

Proyecto de Primera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 243 (1R) "Tableros de madera contrachapada" (Draft first revision (1R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation PRTE INEN No. 243 "Plywood panels") (10 pages, in Spanish)

The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the requirements to be met by plywood panels, prior to the marketing of domestic and imported products, with the aim of protecting human health and safety and preventing deceptive practices.

It applies to the following plywood panels:

1.    Type I: Waterproof exterior and for marine applications; 

2.    Type II: For indoor use.