Mexico Revised Standards For Textiles And Clothing Labels

In December 23, 2011, the Ministry of economic affairs of Mexico issued a resolution to amend the official label of textiles and clothing in Mexico for the standard NOM-004-SCFI of 2006. This standard determines the label standard of textile products, clothing, accessories and household products, and the 2006 standard was first published in the official federal Bulletin of Mexico in June 21, 2006.

The new requirement came into force in February 23, 2012.

The revised provisions apply to most of the provisions.

Exceptions include oven gloves, disposable dishcloth, diapers, sanitary napkins, cotton swabs, baby wipes, materials for external packaging and packaging, and electric blankets, toys, masks, furniture, watchbands, shields made of textile materials,

After the new revision was completed, the standard NMX-A-099-INNTEX was replaced by NMX-A-099-INNTEX-2007 (textile fiber and filament terms and classification) in 2005. In 2004, the NMX-A 240-INNTE was replaced by NMX-A-240-INNTEX-2009 (maintenance specification for textile and garment items) specifications.

According to the federal consumer protection act, all commercial information must be specified in Spanish, but can be attached to any other language.

If a product has a lining, if the lining is used with the same material, the lining does not need to repeat business information.

Fiber is less than 5% of the total, and may be regarded as "other".

When two or more fibers in each product are below 5%, cocoa can see the total as "other".

For example, 60% cotton and 30% polyester, 4% nylon, 4% spandex and 2% acrylic acid can be regarded as 60% cotton, 30% polyester, 10% others.

Textiles containing two or more fibers must list each fiber content of 5% or more.

The total list must be 100%.

The term "wool" may include sheep or lambs, rabbit hair and cashmere.

For example: 55% the alpaca 45% alpacas can be expressed as: 100% wool.

For textiles, household bedding, clothing and accessories, two or more fiber tolerances are allowed to be 3%.

This refers to the tolerance of the total amount of each fiber, not the total amount of a product.

When a product label says 40% cotton, its actual cotton content may be 37%-43%.

Note that the 3% tolerance rule does not apply to single fiber products (e.g. 100% cotton).

The country of origin of the finished product should be stated in Spanish or in accordance with the official official code of foreign trade general rule.

Mexico official standard requires commercial information on clothing and garment accessories.

Clothing and accessories require a permanent and clear logo in the neckline, waist or any other visible location. The trademark provides the following information in Spanish (or any other language and Spanish language):

Brand name: fiber composition (Mexico standard NMX-A-099-INNTEX-2007). Dimensions, cleaning / maintenance instructions, country of origin (Mexico standard NMX-A-2009240-INNTEX), pairs of individuals: name and address of manufacturer or importer, and voluntary federal taxpayer registration number (RFC).

For the company: the name and address of the manufacturer or importer, and the voluntary RFC number.

The information must be marked on the permanent label of the product, on the temporary label or on the sealed package.