China – 2016 Updated Textile Standard List

Vol. 910 | 24 May 2016

The standardization administration of the People’s Republic of China recently released announcement No. 7 of 2016, which published updates to a number of standards. The standards include two important product standards for apparel and home textiles: GB/T 32605-2016 “Wool, cashmere quilt” and GB/T 32614-2016 "Outdoor sportswear water resistant garment," and some test method standards related to colorfastness, chemical testing and physical testing such as GB/T 6151-2016 “Textiles – Tests for colorfastness – General principle of testing,”, GB/T 32598-2016 “Textiles – Tests for colorfastness – Instrumental assessment of adjacent fabric color staining,” GB/T 20388-2016 “Textiles – Determination of the content of phthalates – Tetrahydrofuran method” and GB/T 32599-2016 “Peeling strength test method of textile accessories.” Intertek has summarized the following key updates to the standards below:

No.	Standard Number	Title	Replaced Standard	Standard Executed Date
Textile
Method Standard
1	GB/T 6151-2016	Textiles – Tests for colorfastness – General principle of testing	GB/T 6151-1997	11/1/2016
2	GB/T 20388-2016	Textiles – Determination of the content of phthalates – Tetrahydrofuran method	GB/T 20388-2006	11/1/2016
3	GB/T 32598-2016	Textiles – Tests for colorfastness – Instrumental assessment of adjacent fabric color staining	-	11/1/2016
4	GB/T 32599-2016	Peeling strength test method of textile accessories	-	6/1/2016
5	GB/T 32604-2016	Textiles – Tests for colorfastness – Vocabulary of color measurement	-	11/1/2016
6	GB/T 32607-2016	Textiles – The control guide of quality and safety factors	-	11/1/2016
7	GB/T 32610-2016	Technical specifications of daily protective mask	-	11/1/2016
8	GB/T 32612-2016	Textiles – Determination of 2- methyl ethyl alcohol and 2- ethyl alcohol	-	11/1/2016
9	GB/T 32616-2016	Textiles – Tests for colorfastness – Instrumental assessment of color change	-	11/1/2016
Product Standard
1	GB/T 32605-2016	Wool, cashmere quilt	-	11/1/2016
2	GB/T 32614-2016	Outdoor sportswear water resistant garment	-	11/1/2016

 

The standardization administration of the People’s Republic of China

Announcement No. 7 of 2016 of national standards can be found here:

http://www.sac.gov.cn/gzfw/ggcx/gjbzgg/201607/

 

For more information, please contact:

Shanghai Ms.Caroline Xin
Tel: +86 21 6091 7608
caroline.xin@intertek.com

Guangzhou Ms.Liu Hui Li
Tel: +86 20 2820 9274
huili.liu@intertek.com

Tianjin Ms.Linda Zhang
Tel: +86 22 2385 7393
linda.zhang@intertek.com