Taiwan authorities impose mandatory inspection system on different categories of textile products

Recently, Taiwan authorities have imposed mandatory inspection system on different categories of textile products that are produced, sold in Taiwan, or imported into Taiwan.

Taiwan Bureau of Standards of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (BSMI) has imposed mandatory inspection system on different categories of textile products that are produced and sold in Taiwan or imported into Taiwan by about tow different times. Of which, the implementation date of infant wearing apparel and clothing accessory (baby of 24 months or height less than 86cm) is July 1, 2011, while the execution date of towels, sweaters, clothing, swimwear, hosiery, bedding will be January 1, 2012.

After the implementation of the system, textiles exported to Taiwan will go through a number of requirements to pass the mandatory inspection system before entering into Taiwan market, including "CNS15290 textile safety standard (general requirements)", and commodity inspection identification on products, logo or other packaging materials. Main test items of CNS15290 include: formaldehyde, AZO, lead, cadmium, organic tin compounds, etc. In addition, Taiwan authorities prohibit retailers to sell textiles without commodity inspection identification.