Vol. 905 | 26 Apr 2016

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People’s Republic of China released announcement No. 17 of 2016, which published updates to a number of apparel industry standards. The standards include some product standards for apparel and textile accessories such as FZ/T 81001-2016 ‘Pajamas,’ FZ/T 81015-2016 ‘Wedding gown and full dress,’ FZ/T 73002-2016 ‘Knitted caps,’ FZ/T 81012-2016 ‘Woven scarf and shawl,’ etc.; and some textile test method standards such as FZ/T 01030-2016 ‘Knitted fabric and elastic woven fabric – Determination of bursting strength and bursting distension-Bursting method,’ FZ/T 01031-2016 ‘Knitted fabric and elastic woven fabric – Determination of maximum force to seam rupture and elongation – the grab tensile method,’ FZ/T 01131-2016 ‘Textiles-Quantitative chemical analysis-Mixtures of natural cellulose fibers and certain regenerated cellulose fibers (hydrochloric acid method),’ FZ/T 80008-2016 ‘Terms relating to woven caps,’ FZ/T 80010-2016 ‘Clothes –survey method for human body head girth and size designation for headwear,’ etc. The announcement also includes 3 light industrial product standards: QB/T 4946-2016 ‘Glass containers: Goblets,’ QB/T 4956-2016 ‘Solid air freshening agent’ and QB/T 4957-2016 ‘Metal wire for frames.’ Key updates to the standards list follow:

No.Standard NumberTitleReplaced StandardStandard Executed Date
Textile Products
Method Standard
1FZ/T 01030-2016Knitted fabric and elastic woven fabric –Determination of bursting strength and bursting distension – Bursting methodFZ/T 01030-19939/1/2016
2FZ/T 01031-2016Knitted fabric and elastic woven fabric –Determination of maximum force to seam rupture and elongation – the grab tensile methodFZ/T 01031-19939/1/2016
3FZ/T 01130-2016Nonwoven – Evaluation for oil and fatty liquids absorption properties - 9/1/2016
4 FZ/T 01131-2016 Textiles – Quantitative chemical analysis-Mixtures of natural cellulose fibers and certain regenerated cellulose fibers (hydrochloricacid method) - 9/1/2016
5 FZ/T 01132-2016 Textiles – Quantitative chemical analysis – Mixtures of Vinylal fiber and certain other fibers - 9/1/2016
6 FZ/T 01133-2016 Textile – Rapid screening method of the banned AZO colorants Gas chromatography – mass spectrometry method - 9/1/2016
7 FZ/T 60011-2016 Test method for peeling strength of Lamination Fabric FZ/T 60011-1993 9/1/2016
8 FZ/T 60046-2016 Test for the mass per unit area of towel products - 9/1/2016
9 FZ/T 80002-2016 Marking, packaging, transportation and storage for garments FZ/T 80002-2008 9/1/2016
10 FZ/T 80008-2016 Terms relating to woven caps FZ/T 80008-2008 9/1/2016
11 FZ/T 80010-2016 Clothes – survey method for human body head girth and size designation for headwear FZ/T 80010-2007 9/1/2016
Product Standard
1 FZ/T 62032-2016 Woven toweling - 9/1/2016
2 FZ/T 62033-2016 Ultrafine fiber towel - 9/1/2016
3 FZ/T 73002-2016 Knitted caps FZ/T 73002-2006 9/1/2016
4 FZ/T 81001-2016 Pajamas FZ/T 81001-2007 9/1/2016
5 FZ/T 81012-2016 Woven scarf and shawl FZ/T 81012-2006 9/1/2016
6 FZ/T 81013-2016 Dog apparel FZ/T 81013-2007 9/1/2016
7 FZ/T 81015-2016 Wedding gown and full dress FZ/T 81015-2008 9/1/2016
8 FZ/T 81016-2016 Gambiered canton silk garments FZ/T 81016-2008 9/1/2016
9 FZ/T 82002-2016 Woven caps FZ/T 82002-2006 9/1/2016
Light Industrial Products
Product Standard
1 QB/T 4946-2016 Glass containers: Goblets - 9/1/2016
2 QB/T 4956-2016 Solid air freshening agent - 9/1/2016
3 QB/T 4957-2016 Metal wire for frames - 9/1/2016
Remark: All above standards have not been published at present.

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