Mabuhay!

Product Standards in our Everyday

Life
Things to Remember:

1. Concept of Standards

2. Products under Mandatory Certification

3. Mandatory Markings and Labels

 Standard Time?  Standard Size?

 Standard Color?
Why need to standardize?

• Globalization
• Free Trade
Why need to standardize?

Society and economy needs

standards because they:
• enable products to
work inter-changeably
or together;
Why need to standardize?

Society and economy needs

standards because they:
• provide
assurance that a
product can
deliver a certain
level of
performance; and
Why need to standardize?

Society and economy needs

standards because they:

• provide the tools (for

example, symbols and
terminology) that make it
easier for designers,
manufacturers and users to
communicate.
 Fire
(ex. electrical
faults)
Damage to
property
(collapse of
buildings due to
substandard
materials)
Damage to
environment
(ex. use of ozone depleting substances,
CFC-chlorofluorocarbon)
What should both
the sellers and
consumers do?
Buy only safe and
quality products
Do not patronize
cheap but
substandard
products
Be observant and
examine
carefully the
products you
buy
Buy products certified
by authorities
 The DTI Mandatory Certification Process

0001/ 0807

ICC Certificate

Port of Entry

0001/ 0807

ICC Certificate
DTI Office/BPS

Local Plants

PS License Certificate
Who Certifies Products Under DTI Jurisdiction?

Bureau of Product Standards

DEPARTMENT OF TRADE & INDUSTRY
- Established in 1964 as the National
Standards Body of the Philippines by virtue
of:
 Republic Act No. 4109

 Executive Order No. 133

Import Commodity
Clearance (ICC)
Certificate

A document issued by the

DTI/BPS attesting that the
imported product, which
is covered by a
mandatory PNS, conforms
to the specific Philippine
National Standard
Product Certification Mark
White Sticker

0001/ 0807

ICC MARK
(Import Commodity Clearance (ICC) Mark)
Batch Number Month / Year

Before
October 2008
Product Certification Mark

1
2 0345/ 1008

(Import Commodity Clearance (ICC) Mark)

ICC NUMBER

Batch Number Month / Year

October 2008
to Early 2009
Product Certification Mark

Month / Year
ICC NUMBER

Printed by the National Printing Office

(NPO)

Starting 2009
Philippine Standard
(PS) License
Certificate
A document issued by the
DTI/BPS attesting that the
locally-manufactured
product, which is covered
by a mandatory PNS,
conforms to the specific
Philippine National
Standard
Product Certification Mark

PS MARKS
(Philippine Standard Marks)
Assurance of
product quality,
safety and reliability
For Portland Cement
Required markings as per PNS 07
1. Name and address of Manufacturer or
Importer
2. Type of Portland Cement [5 types]
3. Trade Name or Brand Name
4. Trademark
5. Net mass in kg
6. Words “Product of the Philippines” or
country where manufactured if
imported
7. Red color band with exact
dimension specified by the standard
For Pozollan Cement
Type P Type 1(PM) Type 1P

8 cm

Bright * 2 bright yellow * 3 bright yellow

color brands color brands
yellow color * 3.5 cm wide each, * 2.0 cm wide each,
band 1.0 cm apart 1.0 cm apart

Blended Hydraulic Cement with Pozzolan

Deformed STEEL BARS Markings (Old)

C : C Company Logo

: Size

C : C :

1 meter
Size Markings for Deformed Steel Bars
Size, mm No. of dots New size marking

8 1 8
10 2 10
12 3 12
16 4 16
20 5 20
25 6 25
28 7 28
32 8 32
36 9 36
40 10 40
Deformed STEEL BARS Markings (New)

C 10 C Company Logo

10 Size

C 10 C 10

1 meter
Marking of Grades of STEEL BARS

C 10
Dash line parallel
to the rib.

Color codes at the ends of the

No dash Grade 230 White bar

One dash Grade 275 Yellow

Two dashes Grade 415 Green
Marking of Grades of STEEL BARS

C 10 w
W stands for
weldable steel bars
W Weldable
No W Non-weldable
Actual Full Length of Steel Bars
Nominal Full Minimum Maximum
Length Length, m Length, m
6.0 5.96 6.04

7.5 7.45 7.55

9.0 8.94 9.06

10.5 10.44 10.56

12.0 11.94 12.06

 A Sample Computation
Step 1. Weigh in a supposedly 12 mm. 5.564 kg.
steel bar.
Step 2. Measure the length of the bar.
6.04 meter
Step 3. Divide the weight of the
bar with the length of the bar.
0.921 kg/m
Step 4. The resulting quotient must
be in range of the given standards as
stated in the Actual Mass per Meter
table.
Actual Mass per Meter
Nominal Unit mass Acceptable range for 1 meter
Size, mm
per meter, kg/m length, kg/m
Min. Max.
6 0.222 0.200 0.244
7 0.302 0.272 0.332
8 0.394 0.355 0.433
10 0.616 0.579 0.652
12 0.888 0.835 0.921 0.942
kg/m
16 1.578 1.483 1.673
20 2.466 2.318 2.609
25 3.854 3.623 4.085
28 4.833 4.543 5.122
32 6.313 5.934 6.692
36 7.991 7.512 8.470
40 9.865 9.273 10.456
G. I. & B.I. PIPES WEIGHT AND WALL THICKNESS REFERENCE
ASTM A-53 SCHEDULE 40
(Phil. National Standard, PNS 26: 1992 Heavy Gauge Pipes)
NOM. WEIGHT
NOMINAL PIPE OUTSIDE NOMINAL WALL
PER LENGTH OF 6
SIZE DIAMETER THICKNESS
METERS
mm inch mm inch mm inch kgs/pc lbs/pc

13 1/2 21.300 0.840 2.770 0.109 7.620 16.800

19 3/4 26.700 1.050 2.870 0.113 10.140 22.360
25 1 33.400 1.315 3.380 0.133 15.000 33.080
32 1 1/4 42.400 1.660 3.560 0.14 20.340 44.850
38 1 1/2 48.300 1.900 3.680 0.145 24.300 53.580
50 2 60.300 2.375 3.910 0.154 32.640 71.970
64 2 1/2 73.000 2.875 5.160 0.203 51.780 114.170
75 3 88.900 3.500 5.490 0.216 67.740 149.370
100 4 114.300 4.500 6.020 0.237 96.420 212.610
For PLYWOOD
required markings as specified in PNS 196
• Name of Manufacturer
• Type of Plywood [Type I or Type II]
• Grade of Plywood [Face/Back] Type I - Marine
Type II - Ordinary
• Dimensions/Thickness
• The words “Made in the Philippines”
For Galvanized Steel Sheets
Available thicknesses in millimeter

0.20 0.60
0.25 0.80
0.30 1.00
0.35 1.20

0.20mm = Gauge 32
0.40 1.40
0.40mm = Gauge 26
0.50 1.60
For Galvanized Steel Sheets

Marking requirements
1. Name, Trademark and Address of
Manufacturer
2. Zinc coating designation
3. Roofing (For roofing sheets only)
4. Base Metal Thickness
5. Length and Width
Thank you