1. Overview of ANSI Federation Participation in Asia Pacific Specialist Regional Bodies

2. ANSI Regional Interaction (Asia Pacific) APEC-SRB Relationships
The United States is highly engaged in Asia Pacific Standards and conformance activities
ANSI, NIST, and other U.S parties are members of the Asia Pacific Specialist Regional Bodies (SRBs) which are recognized by APEC as having specialized expertise in the areas of:
Standardization (PASC)
Accreditation (PAC, APLAC)
Metrology (APMP, APLMF)
The five Asia Pacific SRBs are:
Pacific Area Standards Congress (PASC)
Pacific Area Cooperation (PAC)
Asia Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (APLAC)
Asia-Pacific Legal Metrology Forum (APLMF)
Asia-Pacific Metrology Programme (APMP)
The SRBs provide critical specialized support to the APEC Committee for Trade and Investment (CTI) – Subcommittee on Standards and Conformance (SCSC)
The SCSC is composed of the government trade representatives of the APEC region who meet to ensure that standards and conformance issues do not create technical barriers
PASC, together with the other SRBs and the SCSC, are working closely with the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) to facilitate trade and provide critical infrastructure in the Asia Pacific region in the area of standards and conformance

3. PASC (and APEC) Membership
PAC
APLAC
APLMF
APMP

4. APEC Specialist Regional Body Membership
Economies
APEC
APEC Specialist Regional Bodies (SRBs)
APLMF
Legal Metrology
APMP
Measurement Standards
PASC
Standards
PAC
Accreditation (Certifiers)
APLAC
Accreditation (Laboratory)
Australia X
NMIA
NMIA, ARPANSA, ANSTO SA
JAS-ANZ
NATA
Brunei Darussalam
CPRU
Min. of Develop.
Canada
MC, IC
(see note 1)
SCC
SCC, CAEAL
Chile
INN
People's Republic of China
AQSIQ
NIM
SAC
CNAS
Hong Kong, China
CPPB, C&ED
HKSCL, GL
ITCHSKAR
HKAS
Indonesia
DOM
KIM-LIPI
BSN
KAN
Japan
NMIJ, AIST
NMIJ/AIST, NICT, CERI
JISC
JAB, JASC, JIPDEC
JAB, VLAC, IA-JAPAN
Republic of Korea
KATS, MOCIE
KRISS
KATS
KAB, KAS
KOLAS
Malaysia
Min. of Trd, SIRIM
SIRIM-Berhad, MINT
DSM
Mexico
DGN
EMA
New Zealand
MCA
MSL, IRL
SNZ
IANZ
Papua New Guinea
NISIT
PNGLAS
Peru
INDECOPI
(see note 2)
Philippines
ITDI, DOST
ITDI
BPS
PAO
Russian Federation
GOST
VNIM
AAC Analitica
Singapore
SPRING
A*STAR
Chinese Taipei
BSMI, MOEA
CMS/ITRI, INER, Chunghwa
TAF
TAF, NIEA
Thailand
DCR
DSS, NIMT, TISTR
TISI
NAC
DMSc, DSS, TLAS
United States
NIST, NCWM
ANSI
A2LA, IAS, ACLASS, L-A-B, AIHA, NVLAP, PJLA
Viet Nam
STAMEQ
VMI
TCVN
BOA

5. Specialist Regional Body Membership (continued)
Non APEC ECONOMIES INVOLVED IN VARIOUS SRBs
Economies
APEC
APEC Specialist Regional Bodies (SRBs)
APLMF
Legal Metrology
APMP
Measurement Standards
PASC
Standards
PAC
Accreditation (Certifiers)
APLAC
Accreditation (Laboratory)
Bangladesh NA
BSTI
BAB
Cambodia
MIME
Colombia
CCCM
ICONTEC
Egypt
NIS
Fiji
Min. of Com, Ind., Trade & PE
FTSQCO
India
NPL, BARC
NABCB
NABL
Iran
IAS
Jordan
JNMI
Kazakhstan
KazInMetr
DPR of Korea
SAQM
CIQM
Laos
DISM
Mongolia
MNCSM
MASM
Myanmar
Nepal
NBSM
Pakistan
NPSL
PNAC
South Africa
NMISA
SABS
Sri Lanka
MUSSD
SLAB
Syria
NSCL

6. Specialist Regional Body Matrix Legend
Full Member
Associate Member
Not a Member
Note 1:
These economies are signatories of the international CIPM-MRA via membership through SIM (the Americas) and therefore not through APMP (Asia Pacific).
Note 2:
Peru is a member of SIM but not a CIPM-MRA signatory

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