Yiwu Launches "Eco Seamless Garment" Standard

Recently, the standard of seamless weaving industry alliance, which is mainly applied to underwear manufacturing industry in Yiwu, was officially promulgated. This is the first standard of eco seamless garment in China.

Chen Yanping, the principal draftsman of the standard and director of the national commodity commodity inspection and inspection center, said that there was no standard for the ecological safety requirements of seamless garments in China, and no similar standard was formulated. The introduction of this standard will help to improve the quality of seamless garment industry.
　　
Keep ecological and environmental friendly.
　　
So what is eco seamless garment? The main draftsman of the standard, Xu Ning, Secretary General of Yiwu seamless weaving industry association, explained that the ecological seamless garment is made of raw materials and production processes that are harmless to the environment or harmful to the environment. The main parts of neck, waist, buttocks and so on are not seams, once shaped and harmless to human health. They are divided into four categories: baby products, direct contact with skin products, non direct contact with skin products and decorative materials. Seamless garments are applied not only to underwear, but also to men's and children's clothing, and have great prospects in swimsuit and beach wear, sportswear and so on. Seamless garments are made of yarn with antibacterial, waterproof and smooth properties to produce knitwear. After the high tech treatment of nano silver, it can also make the product have the function of bacteriostatic and deodorizing.

Wang Xiutian, engineer of the quality and Technology Supervision Bureau of Jinhua, Zhejiang, said that the introduction of the standard can not only regulate the industry, but also further enhance the manufacturing capacity of enterprises, enhance the quality of seamless weaving products, and extend to other industries, which will play a leading role in the development of the whole industry.

The "eco seamless garment" standard is led by the Yiwu seamless weaving industry association, the national daily commodity quality supervision and inspection center, and the backbone enterprises in the industry jointly formulated. The standards of "eco seamless garment" are based on the "PRC quality control method" and "People's Republic of China standardization law". According to the People's Republic of China national standard "eco textile technical requirements", the textile industry standard "knitted body underwear elastic type", and the International Eco textile standard 100 "general and special technical conditions" requirements and regulations, the contents of the standard are formulated.

Wang Qinghua, senior engineer of the standard inspection expert and textile and dyeing and finishing center of Zhejiang Institute of quality technology supervision and inspection, said in an interview: "eco seamless garment" standard put forward more standardized requirements for the safety and environmental protection performance of ecological seamless garment. The eco seamless garment has a large export volume, and the international market attaches great importance to its safety and environmental protection. Therefore, the introduction of this standard is the demand of the market, and is also the demand of the ecological seamless garment industry. The "eco seamless garment" standard specifies the specifications of formaldehyde, pH, extractable heavy metals, phthalate esters, pesticides, chlorophenols, plasticizers, organotin compounds, decomposable aromatic amines, pesticide residues, and surface defects, color fastness, and marble bursting strength fiber content, so as to be consistent with the relevant technical regulations and standards at home and abroad, so as to effectively improve the quality of ecological seamless garments and maintain the ecological and environmental friendly properties of ecological seamless garments. Two
　　
Standard irregularities are bottlenecks in development
　
Xu Ning introduced that the total number of enterprises in seamless weaving industry in Yiwu was more than 150, the industrial scale was about about 6000000000 yuan, and the annual sales volume exceeded 8 billion yuan. In 2008, the seamless garment industry, which accounted for 3% of Yiwu's industrial scale, set the total industrial output value of 10% of Yiwu, and the regional production scale and Cluster Advantage of 80% and 25% of the world were established in Yiwu.

However, the bottleneck of seamless garment industry still exists. First of all, the standard is not standard, because the seamless weaving industry is a new industry. At present, it is mainly organized according to the standards of "GB18401-2003" textile standard, and the standard of "textile underwear safety technical specification". The two standards do not stipulate some requirements in ecological textiles, such as o-benzoic acid two carboxylate, organotin compound, o-phenyl phenol and pesticide residue. Therefore, the products exported from the industry suffer from foreign technical barriers to trade and affect the international development of seamless garments. Secondly, in the seamless garment industry, the phenomenon of color fastness is unstable because of dyeing. Thirdly, the detection system of enterprises is not sound enough, and the detection of raw materials and semi-finished products is not enough. It is mainly reflected in fiber content, banned aromatic amine dyes and other indicators. Enterprises can not conduct testing because of the high investment cost of testing equipment, the lack of professional inspection personnel and so on, leading to unqualified products.

Chen Yanping said that the formulation of eco seamless garment is not only the need to deal with more and more technical barriers abroad, but also provides technical support for improving the safety and quality control level of production enterprises, and also provides technical support for strengthening the implementation of seamless brand strategy in Yiwu.

Therefore, the introduction of the "seamless eco garment" standard will improve the testing system of seamless garment enterprises, play a normative role in seamless garment industry, and is also a need for further development of enterprises.
　　
Focusing on "ecology, safety and promotion"
　　
Lou Xiao, a seamless weaving industry association of Yiwu, briefed reporters that the drafting of the standards for Eco seamless garments was divided into three stages.

The first stage: collecting and analyzing relevant information at home and abroad. The second stage: a broad survey of the development of seamless garment industry in Yiwu has been conducted. After visiting the Yiwu Jie Jie Garments Co., Ltd. and bonny Clothing Co., Ltd., we have established the focus of "further development" of "seamless" clothing, "green", "green" and "green". The third stage: the guiding ideology of defining the standard is "ecology, safety and promotion", and lays stress on some indicators that are not required in ecological textiles. 5 experts from Zhejiang Provincial Institute of standardization, Zhejiang Institute of quality and technology supervision and inspection, textile and dyeing and finishing center, Zhejiang provincial standardization association, Jinhua quality and Technology Supervision Bureau, and Yiwu entry exit inspection and Quarantine Bureau constituted an expert verification group.
　　
Expect to rise to national standard
　　
Seamless garment manufacturers welcome and support the implementation of "eco seamless garment" standard, and think that the implementation of standards can enable enterprises to strengthen self-discipline and make local products brand effect. "At present, relevant enterprises are actively preparing for the implementation of" eco seamless garment "standard. Lou Xiao said.

As for whether the standard of eco seamless garment can rise to national standard in the near future, Wang Qinghua said: "the standard of eco seamless garment" is very possible to rise to the national standard. The standard of eco seamless garment will enhance the industry, and the standard can be upgraded to national standard after being revised and perfected step by step. Of course, this also needs the attention and support of the superior industry department. " Luo Xinghao, general manager of Zhejiang Wan Yu knitting garments Co., Ltd. and vice president of Yiwu seamless weaving industry association, said that the introduction of the industry standard will further enhance the quality of the products, and look forward to the future "eco seamless garment" standard rising to the national standard, so as to standardize the ecological seamless garment industry market.