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Products made from Chinese

textiles cannot be labelled as

made in USA

A US company using Chinese made textiles for sells mattress pads of different sizes equipped with
mattress pad has been fined $815,809 in monetary wires and thermostat that provide heat. Before 2019
judgment by the US Federal Trade Commission for the company used US-made textiles that were used
falsely labeling goods as made in the U.S. in truck bunks. The mattress production was later
moved to China but the company continued to sell the
The FTC’s “Made in USA” rule, of August 2021, mattresses with “Made in USA since 1939” label.
prohibits marketers from falsely labeling products
as “Made in USA”. According to the rule the Made The FTC order has imposed a penalty on the
in US claim would not be acceptable unless the company and its owner but has suspended it
final assembly or processing, and all significant based on their financial statements. The regulator
processing that goes into the products, occur in the also prohibited the company from making any false
U.S. Or all ingredients or parts of the products are claim country-of-origin claim about a product or
made and sourced in the U.S. Violators according to service. The order also requires the company to
the August 21 rule may be subject to civil penalties. make disclosures about the country of origin of any
product subject to the Textile Fiber Products
The FTC probe reveals that the penalized company Identification Act and to provide compliance reports.
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Global Textile Recycling Market to

touch US$6.13 billion by 2030

A research report by Spherical Insights & Latin America, Middle East, and Africa).
Consulting has found that the Global Textile
Recycling Market is likely to grow at a Compound The report has also discussed some key
Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 3.9% to touch developments, including purchasing a 100%
US$6.13 billion by 2030. According to the report, position in the equity share of the PET recycling
the trade volume was US$4.35 billion in 2021. factory of AG Resinas Ltda by Indorama Ventures
Public Company Limited in June 2020. While in
The research report has covered the study of global June 2022, as a result of activities by the Brazilian
textile recycling market size, share, and COVID-19 Association of Cleaning and Waste Companies,
impact analysis by material (cotton, polyester, wool, ABRELPE, the solid waste recycling rate was
polyamide, and others), by source (apparel waste, currently around 4%. In order to raise public
home furnishing waste, automotive waste, and awareness of collection, separation, recycling, and
other), by process (mechanical and chemical) and reuse, June 5 was designated National
by region (North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Recycling Day.

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