1. Standards make the development, manufacturing and supply of products and services more efficient, safer and cleaner.

2. Standards facilitate trade between countries and provide governments with a technical base for health, safety and environmental protection and conformity assessment.

3. Business using standards especially, international standards can compete on many markets around the world.

4. Standards speed up the disseminations of innovations and their developments into manufacturable and marketable products and provide interoperability of goods.

5. Standards serve as catalysts for technology transfer and provide assurance about the quality and reliability of products.

6. Machinery and tools used in day to day life including transport, become safer when manufactured according to standards.