This study is focused on assessing the performance of national quality infrastructure (NQI) onrnaluminum cooking utensil products in Ethiopia. The quality of cooking utensil products isrndetermined from each production process starting from raw material preparation, which is anrnaluminum circle sheet until the end product that is cooking utensil products. However, thisrnproduct which is locally produced shows low-quality products, due to the lack of developing arnstandard for it. Therefore, to achieve a good quality product of cooking utensils, NQI pillarsrn(standard, conformity assessment, metrology, and accreditation) play a high role. Hence, thernobjective of this study is to assess the performance of national quality infrastructure on cookingrnutensil products that are locally produced to improve the quality of the product andrncompetitiveness in local and global markets. To conduct this study both primary and secondaryrndata were collected from twelve manufacturers and different government offices. Primary datarnwas collected by observation and 73 persons were interviewed through discussions. Secondaryrndata was collected from different kinds of literature, articles, journals, and respective offices.rnFrom the data collection, the findings of this study suggested the lack of developed standards andrnthese products are categorized under voluntary standard products due to that the way of qualityrncontrol in this sector is weak. And the researcher evaluated the aluminum circle sheet and cookingrnutensil products manufacturing process concerning NQI pillar service on each production processrnfor both production process. However, from ENQI pillars service, nothing is practiced orrnimplemented in this sector, which means the relationship between manufacturers and ENQIrnservice is weak. As a result, the low-quality product was achieved that cannot be competent in thernlocal and global markets. Moreover, the health of a society can be affected because of a lack ofrnthe tests of the chemical composition of the product. To solve the above problems the researcherrndeveloped the NQI model for both the manufacturing process and proposed solution to improvernthe quality of the product and competitiveness in the local and global markets.