News from GOSSTANDART

 

The Russian State Committee for Standardization and Metrology (Gosstandart) has started operating an English language section on its website. Virtually every U.S. and foreign company sending goods and equipment into Russia must obtain a quality or safety certificate issued by Gosstandart. This certificate is issued after satisfactory testing and inspection to ensure that incoming goods conform to Russia’s unique standards regime, called GOST. Gosstandart’s website (www.gost.ru) provides useful information on its role, certification, and certification agencies (in Russian). Recently, the Catalogue of Russian Standards indexed on this website has been updated to provide for purchase of the GOST standards in English. The section can be accessed at www.interstandard.gost.ru.

 

For more information on certification and inspection of goods for sale in Russia, visit BISNIS Online at www.bisnis. doc.gov/bisnis/isa/isa-cert.htm.