The Asia Pacific Legal Metrology Forum (APLMF) is a regional legal metrology organization composed of legal metrology authorities in the economies of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) . It was established in 1994 and has no fixed secretariat. Its objective is the development of legal metrology and the promotion of free and open trade in the region through the harmonization and removal of technical or administrative barriers to trade in the field of legal metrology.