A STRATEGIC ANALYSIS FOR DEVELOPING THE CHEMICAL METROLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE OF BANGLADESH

The “valid, acceptable and reliable measurement” is the fundamental to science, innovation and technological development for sustainable industrialization, protection of consumers’ rights and protection of safety of human being as well as plant, animal and environment. “Chemical measurements” for certification underpinning the trade in this era of fierce competition under WTO trade regime are indeed essential tools to overcome the major barriers due to WTO Agreements on TBT and SPS. Thousands of Bangladeshi laboratories are providing chemical measurement services with out acceptable, reliable, valid, traceable and internationally recognized quality. It is impossible to attain the confidence and reliability in chemical measurements without having access to traceable chemical calibration system as well as without practicing the “Science of Chemical Measurement” within a national framework for chemical metrology. The “science of chemical measurement” is known as the “Chemical Metrology”. The study has indeed identified this huge “gap” in Bangladeshi chemical measurement system as this essential element is absent.