How long you get to comment on a draft rule, by market

Name: How long you get to comment on a draft rule, by market
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80 markets · 48,317 underlying records · verified September 9, 2026 · World Trade Organization

72 of 80 markets land on 60 days. The rest run from 44 (Armenia) to 66 (Canada), and the ones that differ are the ones worth planning around.

Where it differs

#	Market	Days to comment on a draft rule
1	Canada	66
2	Jamaica	59
3	Trinidad and Tobago	57
4	Sri Lanka	56
5	Philippines	54
6	Brazil	47
7	United States	45
8	Armenia	44

The other 72 markets, all on 60 days

#	Market	Days to comment on a draft rule
1	Albania	60
2	Argentina	60
3	Australia	60
4	Botswana	60
5	Burundi	60
6	Chile	60
7	China	60
8	Colombia	60
9	Costa Rica	60
10	Czechia	60
11	Denmark	60
12	Dominican Republic	60
13	Ecuador	60
14	Egypt	60
15	El Salvador	60
16	Eswatini	60
17	European Union	60
18	Finland	60
19	France	60
20	Georgia	60
21	Ghana	60
22	Guatemala	60
23	Honduras	60
24	Hong Kong	60
25	India	60
26	Indonesia	60
27	Israel	60
28	Japan	60
29	Jordan	60
30	Kazakhstan	60
31	Kenya	60
32	Kuwait	60
33	Lithuania	60
34	Madagascar	60
35	Malawi	60
36	Malaysia	60
37	Mexico	60
38	Moldova	60
39	Montenegro	60
40	Morocco	60
41	Nepal	60
42	New Zealand	60
43	Nicaragua	60
44	Nigeria	60
45	Oman	60
46	Pakistan	60
47	Panama	60
48	Paraguay	60
49	Peru	60
50	Qatar	60
51	Russia	60
52	Rwanda	60
53	Saudi Arabia	60
54	Singapore	60
55	Slovenia	60
56	South Africa	60
57	South Korea	60
58	Spain	60
59	Sweden	60
60	Switzerland	60
61	Taiwan	60
62	Tanzania	60
63	Thailand	60
64	Turkey	60
65	Uganda	60
66	Ukraine	60
67	United Arab Emirates	60
68	United Kingdom	60
69	Uruguay	60
70	Vietnam	60
71	Yemen	60
72	Zambia	60

Where this comes from

World Trade Organization: ePing SPS & TBT notification register

Every row links to its own entry, which carries the evidence, the confidence and the date it was last checked. The method behind all of it is on how the index is made, and reuse terms are on the licence page. Take the table: regulatory-comment-window.csv — every row with its market code, its record and the source, so it can be checked after it has been pasted somewhere else.

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