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US House Of Representatives Tightens Government Procurement Regulations On Textiles And Clothing

2010/10/15 13:23:00 68

Clothing Textiles

Recently, the US House of Representatives passed a bill that is expected to sell textiles to Hongkong and the mainland to the United States.

Clothing products

Cause some negative effects.


The house of Representatives passed the H.R. 3116 act in September 15th to expand the appendix (DFARS) of the federal defense procurement rules (DFARS), namely the Berry amendment (Amendment), which requires the pport safety bureau and the coast guard agencies to buy 100% of American made textiles and clothing unless they are not produced in the United States or are unable to be purchased at reasonable prices and time.

The Berry Amendment Act hopes to extend the requirement to other institutions in the United States, including the Department of homeland security, the WTO government procurement department, and so on.

Senators said they would discuss the legislation in the near future.


  

House of Representatives

At the same time, a separate measure is required to ask the federal government to buy 100% American made national flag or to use 100 percent of the materials that are grown, produced and manufactured in the United States.

According to the regulations, the US flag Act (H.R. 2853) will not allow the federal flag to be manufactured by other countries.

The bill will come into effect 180 days after the announcement.


It is reported that China is the largest supplier of American flag in the world from January 2010 to July.

market share

It has reached 95%, ranking second in Hongkong, accounting for 3%.

The mainland of China sold 6 million 300 thousand flags in 7 months, worth 2 million 100 thousand US dollars, 2 million 500 thousand US dollars compared to 6 million flags of 2009.

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