Marking Rules

Packaging, Labeling, and Marking Regulations and the GATT Policy Negotiations

In relation to the GATT Policy Negotiations, Christopher Mark (1993) provided the following explanation and/or definition of Packaging, Labeling, and Marking Regulations: National requirements that importers must package their goods in certain kinds of containers or identify the contents in a particular way. Such measures are normally intended to meet domestic policy objectives, such as consumer protection, but may be regarded as a nontariff barrier to the extent that they pose more problems for producers of imported goods than for domestic producers.

In the United States

For information about Marking rules in the context of international trade, click here

Judicial interpretation and administrative application of the law

Forms of marking of Imported Goods

Exceptions to individual marking of Imported Goods

Resources

See Also

Further Reading

• Information about Marking Rules in the Encyclopedia of World Trade: from Ancient Times to the Present (Cynthia Clark Northrup)

Marking Rules and the Laws of International Trade

Overview: Marking rules

Labeling Requirements Trade Regulations