National Standards Organizations

The following are some of the many National Standards Organizations:

Afghanistan: Afghanistan National Standardization Authority (ANSA)

Albania: General Directorate of Standardization (DPS)

Algeria: Institut Algérien de Normalisation (IANOR)

Angola:  Instituto Angolano de Normalização e Qualidade (IANORQ)

Antigua and Barbuda: Antigua and Barbuda Bureau of Standards (ABBS)

Argentina:  Instituto Argentino de Normalización y Certificación (IRAM)

Armenia:  National Institute of Standards (SARM)

Australia:  Standards Australia (SA)

Austria:  Austrian Standards Institute (ASI)

Azerbaijan:  State Committee on Standardization, Metrology and Patents of Azerbaijan Republic (AZSTAND)

Bahrain:  Bahrain Standards & Metrology Directorate (BSMD)

Bangladesh:  Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI)

Barbados:  Barbados National Standards Institution (BNSI)

Belarus:  State Committee for Standardization of the Republic of Belarus (BELST)

Belgium:  Bureau de Normalisation (NBN)

Benin:  Centre Béninois de Normalisation et de Gestion de la Qualité (CEBENOR)

Bhutan:  Standards and Quality Control Authority (SQCA)

Bolivia:  Instituto Boliviano de Normalización y Calidad (IBNORCA)

Bosnia and Herzegovina:  Institute for Standardization of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BAS)

Botswana: Botswana Bureau of Standards (BOBS)

Brazil:  Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas (ABNT)

Brunei Darussalam:  Construction Planning and Research Unit (CPRU)

Bulgaria:  Bulgarian Institute for Standardization (BDS)

Burkina Faso:  Direction de la Normalisation et de la Promotion de la Qualité (FASONORM)

Burundi:  Bureau burundais de Normalisation et Contrôle de la Qualité (BBN)

Cambodia:  Department of Industrial Standards of Cambodia (ISC)

Cameroon:  Agence des Normes et de la Qualité

Canada:  Standards Council of Canada (SCC)

Chile:  Instituto Nacional de Normalización (INN)

China:  Standardization Administration of China (SAC)

Colombia:  Instituto Colombiano de Normas Técnicas y Certificación (ICONTEC)

Congo:  Office Congolais de Contrôle (OCC)

Association Congolaise de Normalisation (ACONOR)

Costa Rica:  Instituto de Normas Técnicas de Costa Rica (INTECO)

Croatia:  Croatian Standards Institute (HZN)

Cuba:  Oficina Nacional de Normalización (NC)

Cyprus:  Cyprus Organization for Standardization (CYS)

Czech Republic:  Czech Office for Standards, Metrology and Testing (UNMZ)

Côte d'Ivoire:  Côte d'Ivoire Normalisation (CODINORM)

Denmark:  Dansk Standard (DS)

Dominica:  Dominica Bureau of Standards (DBOS)

Dominican Republic (DIGENOR):  Dirección General de Normas y Sistemas de Calidad

Ecuador:  Instituto Ecuatoriano de Normalización (INEN)

Egypt:  Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality (EOS)

El Salvador:  Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT)

Eritrea:  Eritrean Standards Institution (ESI)

Estonia:  Eesti Standardikeskus (EVS)

Ethiopia:  Quality and Standards Authority of Ethiopia (QSAE)

Fiji:  Fiji Trade Standards and Quality Control Office (FTSQCO)

Finland:  Finnish Standards Association (SFS)

France:  Association française de normalisation (AFNOR)

Gabon:  Agence de Normalisation et de Transfert de Technologies (ANTT)

Gambia:  Gambia Standards Focal Point (GAMSFP)

Georgia:  Georgian National Agency for Standards, Technical Regulations and Metrology (GEOSTM)

Germany:  DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung (DIN)

Ghana:  Ghana Standards Board (GSB)

Greece:  Hellenic Organization for Standardization (ELOT)

Guatemala:  Comisión Guatemalteca de Normas (COGUANOR)

Guinea:  Institut Guinéen de Normalisation et de Métrologie (IGNM)

Guyana:  Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS)

Honduras:  Dirección de Competitividad e Innovación (DGCI)

Hong Kong, China:  Innovation and Technology Commission (ITCHKSAR)

Hungary:  Magyar Szabványügyi Testület (MSZT)

Iceland:  Icelandic Standards (IST)

India:  Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)

Indonesia:  Badan Standardisasi Nasional (BSN)

Iran, Islamic Republic of (ISIRI):  Institute of Standards and Industrial Research of Iran (ISIRI)

Iraq:  Central Organization for Standardization and Quality Control (COSQC)

Ireland:  National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI)

Israel:  Standards Institution of Israel (SII)

Italy:  Ente Nazionale Italiano di Unificazione (UNI)

Jamaica:  Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ)

Japan:  Japanese Industrial Standards Committee (JISC)

Jordan:  Jordan Institution for Standards and Metrology (JISM)

Kazakhstan:  Committee for Technical Regulation and Metrology (KAZMEMST)

Kenya:  Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS)

Korea:  Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS)

Kuwait:  Public Authority for Industry (KOWSMD)

Kyrgyzstan:  National Institute for Standards and Metrology of the Kyrgyz Republic,

Lao People’s Democratic Republic:  Department of Intellectual Property, Standardization and Metrology (DISM)

Lebanon:  Lebanese Standards Institution (LIBNOR)

Lesotho:  Standards and Quality Assurance Department (LSQAS)

Liberia:  Liberia Division of Standards (LDS)

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya:  Libyan National Centre for Standardization and Metrology (LNCSM)

Lithuania:  Lithuanian Standards Board (LST)

Luxembourg:  Institut luxembourgeois de la normalisation, de l'accréditation, de la sécurité et qualité des produits et services (ILNAS)

Macau, China:  Macau Productivity and Technology Transfer Center (CPTTM)

Madagascar:  Bureau de Normes de Madagascar (BNM)

Malawi:  Malawi Bureau of Standards (MBS)

Malaysia:  Department of Standards Malaysia (DSM)

Malta:  Malta Standards Authority (MSA)

Mauritania:  Direction de la Normalisation et de la Promotion de la Qualité (DNPQ)

Mauritius:  Mauritius Standards Bureau (MSB)

Mexico:  Dirección General de Normas (DGN)

Moldova:  National Institute of Standardization and Metrology of the Republic of Moldova,

Mongolia:  Mongolian Agency for Standardization and Metrology (MASM)

Montenegro: Institute for Standardization of Montenegro (ISME)

Morocco:  Service de Normalisation Industrielle Marocaine (SNIMA)

Mozambique:  Instituto Nacional de Normalização e Qualidade (INNOQ)

Myanmar:  Myanma Scientific and Technological Research Department (MSTRD)

Namibia:  Namibian Standards Institution (NSI)

Nepal:  Nepal Bureau of Standards and Metrology (NBSM) 

Netherlands:  Nederlands Normalisatie-instituut (NEN)

New Zealand:  Standards New Zealand (SNZ)

Nigeria:  Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON)

Norway:  Standards Norway (SN)

Oman:  Directorate General for Specifications and Measurements (DGSM)

Pakistan:  Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority (PSQCA)

Palestine:  Palestine Standards Institution (PSI)

Panama:  Comisión Panameña de Normas Industriales y Técnicas (COPANIT)

Papua New Guinea:  National Institute of Standards and Industrial Technology (NISIT)

Paraguay:  Instituto Nacional de Tecnología, Normalización y Metrología (INTN)

Peru:  Instituto Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia y de la Protección de la Propiedad Intelectual (INDECOPI)

Philippines:  Bureau of Product Standards (BPS)

Poland:  Polish Committee for Standardization (PKN) 

 Portugal:  Instituto Português da Qualidade (IPQ)

Qatar:  Qatar General Organization for Standards and Metrology (QS)

Romania:  Asociatia de Standardizare din România (ASRO)

Rwanda:  Rwanda Bureau of Standards (RBS)

Saint Lucia:  Saint Lucia Bureau of Standards (SLBS)

Saudi Arabia:  Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization (SASO)

Senegal:  Association Sénégalaise de Normalisation,

Serbia:  Institute for Standardization of Serbia (ISS)

Seychelles:  Seychelles Bureau of Standards (SBS)

Singapore:  Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board (Spring SG)

Slovakia:  Slovak Standards Institute (SUTN)

Slovenia:  Slovenian Institute for Standardization (SIST)

South Africa:  South African Bureau of Standards (SABS)

Spain:  Asociación Española de Normalización y Certificación (AENOR)

Sri Lanka:  Sri Lanka Standards Institution (SLSI)

Sudan:  Sudanese Standards and Metrology Organization (SSMO)

Sweden:  Swedish Standards Institute (SIS)

Switzerland:  Swiss Association for Standardization (SNV)

Syrian Arab Republic:  Syrian Arab Organization for Standardization and Metrology (SASMO)

Tajikistan:  Agency of Standardization, Metrology, Certification and Trade Inspection (TJKSTN)

Tanzania:  Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS)

Thailand:  Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI)

Tunisia:  Institut National de la Normalisation et de la Propriété Industrielle (INNORPI)

Turkey:  Türk Standardlari Enstitüsü (TSE)

USA:  American National Standards Institute (ANSI)

Uganda:  Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS)

Ukraine:  State Committee of Ukraine on Technical Regulation and Consumer Policy (DSSU)

United Arab Emirates:  Emirates Authority for Standardization and Metrology (ESMA)

United Kingdom:  British Standards Institution (BSI)

Uruguay:  Instituto Uruguayo de Normas Técnicas (UNIT)

Uzbekistan:  Agency for Standardization, Metrology and Certification of Uzbekistan (UZSTANDARD)

Venezuela:  Fondo para la Normalización y Certificación de la Calidad (FONDONORMA)

Vietnam:  Directorate for Standards, Metrology and Quality (STAMEQ)

Yemen:  Yemen Standardization, Metrology and Quality Control Organization (YSMO)

Zambia:  Zambia Bureau of Standards (ZABS)

Zimbabwe:  Standards Association of Zimbabwe (SAZ)