China: Update on China’s implementation of Revised National Standard on Cotton Baling

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On December 31, 2013, China’s National Standardization Technical Committee on Cotton Processing published the final version of National Standard on cotton baling (GB6975-2013). The Standard was notified to the World Trade Organization (WTO) on August 21, 2013. As a reference, this report contains an UNOFFICIAL translation of the final Standard which went into effect on April 2014. However, as cotton baling practices differ among world cotton suppliers, full implementation of China’s revised standards remains impractical. Thus far, the U.S. cotton industry has not faced significant problems related to this standard. 

China: Update on China’s implementation of Revised National  Standard on Cotton Baling

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