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Commercial Information Circulars

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Ref :EIC 111/2/20

7 November 2011

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 687/2011

US : Review on the Rules and Regulations Under the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published a notice in the Federal Register (FR) of 7 November 2011 seeking public comments on the overall costs, benefits, necessity, and regulatory and economic impact of the FTC’s Rules and Regulations pursuant to the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act (Textile Act). Interested parties may submit comments to the FTC by 3 January 2012. For details, please refer to the FR notice which is available at: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-11-07/pdf/2011-28631.pdf.

DETAILS

2.The Textile Act requires marketers to attach a label to each covered textile product disclosing: (1) the generic names and percentages by weight of the constituent fibers in the product; (2) the name under which the manufacturer or other responsible company does business or, in lieu thereof, the registered identification number of such company; and (3) the name of the country where the product was processed or manufactured. 

3.The FTC systematically reviews all its rules and guides, and as part of the systematic review, the FTC specifically requests comment on whether it should:
 

  1. modify the provision addressing generic fiber names so that the reference to the international standard for manufactured fibers reflects the updated standard; 
     

  2. clarify the provisions addressing textile products containing elastic material and "trimmings";
     

  3. address the use of multiple languages in making required disclosures; 
     

  4. clarify disclosure requirements applicable to written advertising, including Internet advertising; 
     

  5. clarify or revise the list of exclusions from the Textile Act;
     

  6. add or clarify definitions of terms set forth in the Rules and Regulations under the Textile Act; 
     

  7. modify its consumer and business education materials and continue printing paper copies of these materials; 
     

  8. allow businesses to use alternative identifiers other than those issued by the FTC; and 
     

  9. the extent to which retailers obtain guarantees and continuing guarantees for textile products and whether the extent or manner of importation indicates that the guarantee provisions of the Act and the Rules and Regulations under the Textile Act should be modified.

ENQUIRIES

4.For enquiries about the content of this circular, please contact Miss S Y TANG at telephone number 2398 5405.

Yours faithfully,




(Ms Cindy CHENG)

for Director-General of Trade and Industry