Helping to liberalize trade and enter new markets by harmonizing local and international standards.
Ensuring the development of internationally agreed-upon technical specifications, as those involved in preparing international standards at the International Standards Foundation represent expertise and competence in the field of standardization from around the world.
The fact that international standards are internationally agreed upon by all member countries participating in preparing and commenting on them encourages innovation, improvement, and competition to ensure product quality.
Reducing the cost of producing and preparing standards, which sometimes requires extensive scientific research and expertise unavailable locally.
Protecting consumers from imported goods that do not conform to specifications.