Describes the country's standards landscape, identifies the national standards and accreditation bodies, and lists the main national testing organization(s) and conformity assessment bodies.
Last Published: 7/3/2019

Overview
Standards for imported goods are subject to state registration through branches of Uzstandart, the Uzbek Agency for Standardization, Metrology and Certification.  The national system includes 97 groups of standards and 40 groups of technical guidelines.  Most of them still based on outdated Soviet heritage, but the country is in the process of transition to international methods, such as GlobalG.A.P.  and ORGANIC.
   
Standards
The Uzbekistan Agency for Standardization, Metrology and Certification Uzstandart is responsible for certification and standardization policy.  Industry standards are developed by industry regulating agencies.  According to Uzbek legislation the following standard normative documents are applied in the country:

  • International (interstate, regional) standards;
  • Uzbek national standards;
  • Industrial standards;
  • Technical specifications;
  • Standards of the enterprise;
  • National standards of foreign countries; and
  • Administrative-territorial standards.
Foreign entities that do not have a manufacturing presence cannot participate in national standards development. 
                                                                                                                                              
Testing, Inspection and Certification
By law, Uzbek officials may apply nine certification procedures:
  • Procedures 1 – 5 include testing of standard samples in one of special accredited laboratories (AL);
  • Procedures 3 – 5 also include inspection of the production;
  • Procedure 6 is based on the assessment of the quality management system;
  • Procedure 7 is testing of pack samples in the AL;
  • Procedure 8 is testing of each sample products in the AL; and
  • Procedure 9 is based on review of the declaration. 
Procedures 3 and 7 are most applicable in Uzbekistan.  After testing, an accredited body issues a certificate of conformity for a period of up to 3 years.                                                                                               

Publication of Technical Regulations
U.S. entities may obtain information on standards and technical regulations applied in Uzbekistan or direct inquires to the Uzstandart Agency through its website: www.standart.uz,   https://www.standart.uz/ru/page/view?id=47, https://www.standart.uz/ru/page/view?id=19. 

Contact Information

Notify US:
Members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) are required under the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT Agreement) to notify to the WTO proposed technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures that could affect trade.  Notify U.S.  (www.nist.gov/notifyus) is a free, web-based e-mail registration service that captures and makes available  reviews and key information on (draft) regulations and conformity assessment procedures.  Users receive customized e-mail alerts when new notifications are added by selected countries and/or industry sector(s) of interest and can also request full texts of regulations.  This service and its associated websites are managed and operated by the USA WTO TBT Inquiry Point housed within the National Institute of Standards and Technology, part of the U.S.  Department of Commerce.

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