To excel as the sole Papua New Guinea owned Standards and Conformance Authority providing Standards and Conformance service to industries and the general public at large in achieving quality of their Products and Services to obtain domestic and international marketing access. Think Globally and Act Locally.

To establish an effective Technology Infrastructure with the capacity and capability of providing effective and efficient Technology standards and Conformance Services our economy. The areas we focus on developing are Standard development and dissemination, Metrology and Calibration Services, Accreditation Services, Certification Services and Radiation Safety and Control Regulatory Services.

The National Institute of Standards and Industrial Technology is the National Standards Body responsible for overseeing to all standardization, quality assurance and conformity assessment activities in Papua New Guinea. Enacted as an Act of Parliament in 1993 – NISIT Act 1993, the Institute commenced operations in 1994 with the responsibility for national standardization activities in Papua New Guinea.