Country of Origin Labeling on Imported Textile Fiber Garments
77 F.T.C. 1705 · Mar. 20, 1970 · Digest No. 412
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No. 412. Country of Origin Labeling on Imported Textile Fiber Garments.
The Commission issued an advisory opinion concerning the requirements for noting the country of origin on labels of certain nylon or acrylic knit garments to be imported in the greige and thereafter dyed and finished in the United States.
One garment, made of nylon, has an f.0.b. price of $13.50 per dozen and the other garment, made of polyester, has an f.o.b. price of $23 per dozen. The cost of dyeing and finishing the garments in the United States is between $8 and $12 per dozen, an approximate increase of 50 percent in value. After dveing and finishing, the garments become merchantable wearing apparel and will be appropriately identified as to fiber content and the RN number.
The Commission noted that Rule 84(a) of the rules and regulations issued as required by the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act provides that : “Where the form of an imported textile fiber product is not basically changed, the country where such product was originally manufactured or processed shall be set out in the required information. As for example, a fabric imported into the United States in the greige but finished and dyed in this country must show the country where the fabric was manufactured or processed.”
The Commission advised that the failure to mark the imported garments as to their country of origin would be violative of the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act. (File No. 703 7 077, released March 20, 1970.)