Marldng requirements for apparel of U.S

No. 206. Marldng requirements for apparel of U.S. components assem bled abroad.

The Commission advised an apparel manufacturer that Section 4 (b) (4) of the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act would require an affirmative disclosure of the particulars of foreign origin under the following fact8 The fabric of "\yhich the apparel will be made is entirely of domestic origin. This fabric will be cut into shapes and forms. The cut fabric together with buttons, trimmings, threads, labels, in short all findings also of domestic origin, will be shipped abroad to be assembled and sewn into the product. The assembled product will be returned to the United States where it will be finished, pressed, folded, and packaged. The Commission advised the requesting party that a label or other mark denoting the particulars of foreign origin would be required in the following terms: "Assembled and sewn in Lname of foreign country where assembled and sewnJ of American-made materials. " (File No. 673 7095, released Apr. 4, 1968.