Us Revised "Flammable Fabrics Act" Must Pay Attention To American Textile Enterprises

The combustion performance of textiles entering the United States must meet the requirements of the act, otherwise it will be fined up to 1 million 250 thousand dollars.

The revision has mainly done in 4 aspects: first, the definition of some confusing terms has been added; two, more advanced combustion testing instruments have been introduced; three, a more scientific pre test dry cleaning and cleaning process has been specified, and the testing of textile samples, test volume, combustion process and experimental report has been refined. Four, a clearer provision has been put forward for the calculation of fabric burning time and the judgement of ignition and combustion at the bottom of the fabric.

China's textile exports to the United States are huge. In 2007 alone, China exported 21 billion 400 million square meters of textiles to the United States, valued at $32 billion 300 million, an increase of 19.4% over the same period last year.

The inspection and quarantine department recommends that the relevant enterprises should familiarize themselves with the contents of the new combustion act, adjust the technical parameters of the textiles exported to the United States in time, and do the corresponding product testing work so as to avoid the obstruction of textile exports due to the lack of timely technical updates.