KATHMANDU: Altogether  369 products manufactured by 250 different industries have received the Nepal Standard(NS) Mark provided by the Nepal Bureau of Standards and Metrology so far.

The Bureau provided NS Mark to twenty five goods meeting the criteria produced by 71 cement factories, 25 goods from 25 steel bar factories, 23 products from 23 PVC cable, 10 products from 10 LPG, 13 products from 12 PVC pipe factories, and 29 goods from 29 HTPD pipes among others.

The Department started awarding NS Mark to the products manufactured from abroad since last year. Towards this end, 14 goods manufactured from 9 industries in India and one good manufactured from China has received the NS certification, according to Director General of the Department, Bishwa Babu Pudasaini.

Pudasaini stated that an applicant is entitled to get a recognition of Nepal Standard for any materials, products or services provided that criteria were met. According to him, some industries whose products were granted NS mark in the past had not renewed their licenses. So far, 19 goods from 16 industries have been granted NS mark as of now in the current fiscal year.