Monday, February 25, 2013

Two DR-CAFTA Short Supply Petitions for 3-Thread Fleece Filed

The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements ("CITA") is considering two Commercial Availability Requests for a certain three-thread fleece fabrics, file numbers: 177.2013.02.21.Fabric.SoriniSametforGaranMfg and 178.2013.02.21.Fabric.SoriniSametforGaranMfg, as specified below.

Responses are due by 11:59 P.M. (EST), March 7, 2013.

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Certain Three-thread Fleece Fabrics with Soft Hand Pigment

HTS: 6001.21

Overall fiber content: Cotton - 57 to 63%; Polyester - 37 to 43%.

Gauge: 21

Face Yarn:
Fiber content: 57-63% combed cotton; 37-43% polyester ring spun
Yarn size: 47.4/1- 57.6/1 (metric); 28/1 -34/1 (English)

Tie Yarn:
Fiber content: 100% polyester
Yarn size: 157.9 -191.5 /48 filament (metric); 47-57 denier 48 filament (English)

Fleece Yarn:
Fiber content: 72-78% carded cotton, 22-28% polyester
Yarn Size: 18.6/1- 28.8/1(metric); 11/1 - 17/1 (English)

Weight: 233.9 - 267.8 g/sqm (6.9 - 7.8 oz./sqyd.)

Width: 152.4 cm cuttable or greater, open width (60" cuttable or greater, open width)

Finish: Bleached and rotary printed with soft hand pigment (process), or piece dyed and rotary printed with soft hand pigment (process) (see note); heavily napped on back.

Performance Criteria:
1. Torque must not exceed 4% (must meet AATCC 179)
2. Vertical and horizontal shrinkage must be under 5%
3. Must meet a class-1 flammability rating.

NOTE: The attributes listed for yarn size relate to the size of the yarn prior to knitting. The measuremetns for fabric construction and weight relate to the fabric prior to garment production. Some variations may occur in these measurements as a result of the manufacturing process.

NOTE (Finishing): A soft hand pigment is a known industry term. It refers a process which involves the use of special binding agents, typically acrylic polymers used to affix the pigments to fabrics. The bonding agents used in soft hand pigment printing process have lower glass transition temperatures. The glass-transition, or glass transition, is the reversible transitionin amorphous materials (or in amorphous regions within semi-crystalline materials) from a hard and relatively brittle state into a molten or rubber-like state.

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Certain Piece Dyed Three-thread Fleece Fabric

HTS: 6001.21

Overall fiber content: Cotton - 57 to 63%; Polyester - 37 to 43%.

Gauge: 21

Face Yarn:
Fiber content: 57-63% combed cotton; 37-43% polyester ring spun
Yarn size: 47.4/1- 57.6/1 (metric); 28/1 -34/1 (English)

Tie Yarn:
Fiber content: 100% polyester
Yarn size: 157.9 -191.5 /48 filament (metric); 47-57 denier 48 filament (English)

Fleece Yarn:
Fiber content: 72-78% carded cotton, 22-28% polyester
Yarn Size: 18.6/1- 28.8/1(metric); 11/1 - 17/1 (English)

Weight: 233.9 - 267.8 g/sqm (6.9 - 7.8 oz./sqyd.)

Width: 152.4 cm cuttable or greater, open width (60" cuttable or greater, open width)

Finish: Single fiber piece dyed with reactive dyestuff for cotton or disperse dye stuff for polyester.

Performance Criteria:
1. Torque must not exceed 4% (must meet AATCC 179)
2. Vertical and horizontal shrinkage must be under 5%
3. Must meet a class-1 flammability rating.

NOTE: The attributes listed for yarn size relate to the size of the yarn prior to knitting. The measuremetns for fabric construction and weight relate to the fabric prior to garment production. Some variations may occur in these measurements as a result of the manufacturing process.

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