Garment products exported to China must meet the requirements for labeling and packaging.
Situation of Garment Production and Export to China
The textile industry plays a key role in the Vietnamese economy, contributing to meeting increasing demand, solving unemployment, and increasing the state budget. It is also one of the fastest-growing industries in Vietnam, with an average annual growth rate of around 30%. There are currently about 822 textile and garment enterprises nationwide, including 231 state-owned enterprises and 221 foreign-invested enterprises.
Vietnam’s textile and garment industry has the following strengths:
- Equipment: Vietnam has around 1,050,000 spinning spindles and more than 14,000 weaving machines. There are also over 450 knitting machines and 190,000 sewing machines.
- Labor: The textile and garment industry employs more than 1.6 million workers, accounting for more than 25% of the industrial workforce.
- Foreign investment: There are currently around 180 projects related to yarn, weaving, dyeing, knitting, and garments that are still in effect with registered capital reaching nearly 1.85 billion USD. Of these, more than 130 projects have been put into practice, creating jobs for about 50,000 idle workers directly and thousands of workers indirectly.
Standards for Garment Exports to China
Basic Shape, Model, and Size Requirements
- Appearance: Garment exports to China must meet design requirements and have good aesthetics. For costumes with many layers, the internal shape must also meet the requirements for the complete product design.
- Basic models and sizes: Clothing produced for export must meet the standards of models and sizes specified at all levels or agreed upon initially signed in the contract.
Technical Requirements
- Main fabric: Fabric must be selected in accordance with regulations in standards at all levels or according to standard samples agreed in the contract regarding quality, mechanical, physical, and chemical parameters such as thickness, whiteness, color fastness, and fabric tape tensile strength.
- Construction fabric: The construction fabric or non-adhesive construction fabric must have uniform color, elasticity, and thickness or match the main fabric.
- Lining fabric: The body lining fabric must also be carefully selected with parameters that best suit the main fabric to ensure it does not affect the size and style while consumers use the product. Although the body lining fabric is not required to be the same color as the main fabric, it must still be consistent and in harmony with the main fabric.
- Thread: The thread must be suitable and meet the requirements. The thread used for sewing must have a tensile strength of not less than 7N (700G), and the material composition must meet the requirements of the fabric, seam, and thread number. Ensure the quality of embroidery thread, color fastness, and color uniformity to ensure the quality of embroidery motifs or decorative lines.
- Buttons, clasps, stickers: Buttons must ensure thermal and mechanical durability so as not to deform. If they are plastic buttons, they must use solid plastic and must have the quality, size, and color according to the contract. The clasp used must be highly aesthetic with the ability to be easily linked on the product and easy to use. The shape must ensure a certain compatibility with the product in terms of size, adhesion, and color.
Requirements on Labeling, Packaging, Transportation, and Preservation of Goods
Labeling and Packaging
Garment products exported to China must meet the requirements for labeling and packaging. Each product that wants to be exported must have a woven or printed label with complete information about size, number, and manufacturing unit, Vietnam country name, and notes when using. In addition, the content of the label can be agreed upon in the export contract.
Exported garment products must be folded in a balanced manner and secured by pins and pins according to regulations. Products must be contained in a PP or PE plastic bag or as requested by the customer. The contract will stipulate the number of sizes and colors of products packaged in a box and the number of boxes in a box according to standards at all levels.
The content of the packing slip affixed to the top corner of the box includes the product code, quantity of goods, name and specifications, weight both taped and unwrapped, in addition to the date. The outside of each box must be securely strapped to ensure safety during transportation.
Transportation and Preservation
- Vehicles transporting garments exported to China must be dry and clean, and must protect the garments from rain and sun.
- Warehouses storing garments for export must have a roof, and the garments must be stored on a platform that is at least 30 cm from the floor and 50 cm from the wall.
- Boxes containing garments for export to China must not be stacked too high, and the correct lid instructions must be clearly visible on top.
- Exported garments must not be stored with flammable or easily soiled substances.