Choosing a manufacturer
How Voyager Textile Researches and Reviews Its Guides: Sources, Review and Updates
Manufacturing guides with references to regulations, standards and material specifications. Check the cited sources for your product and market requirements.
Contents
Which sources the guides use
- Official regulator and customs texts. EU regulations are read on EUR-Lex, EU trade arrangements on the European Commission's trade pages, and United States import rules on the sites of US Customs and Border Protection, the US International Trade Commission's tariff schedule and the Federal Trade Commission.
- Standards bodies. Test methods and classifications are cited by their standard number, for example ISO 12945 for pilling, ISO 3758 for care symbols, and ISO 4915 and ISO 4916 for stitch and seam classes. Certification schemes such as OEKO-TEX, GOTS and GRS are described from the scheme owners' own documents.
- Industry test-method and material information. Indicative fabric weights come from published article specifications of fabric mills and are marked as indicative sourcing ranges, specified per project.
- Voyager's own factory knowledge. Practical points from cutting, sewing, pattern making, embroidery and printing are written from production experience and presented as such, not as a standard or a statistic.
How regulatory and duty pages are checked
A page about regulation, labelling, customs or duty names the legal instrument it relies on, for example Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 on textile fibre names or the General Product Safety Regulation (EU) 2023/988, and links to the official text where one is published online. The statements on the page are checked against that official text rather than against a summary of it. Where a rule is still a proposal or its dates are not settled, the page says so instead of presenting it as law.
These pages describe the rules so a buyer knows what to ask and whom to ask. They are not legal advice, and a customs broker, a lawyer or the competent authority remains the right source for a decision on a specific shipment or product.
How a correction is made
A buyer who finds an error, an outdated rule or a broken source can write to the Voyager Textile team through the contact page, naming the page and the statement in question. Where the report is confirmed, the page is corrected.
Questions buyers ask
How do I report an error in a guide?
Report an error in a guide through the contact page, naming the page and the statement.
Are the guides legal advice?
No, the guides are not legal advice. They explain the rules and name the instrument so a buyer knows what to ask. A customs broker, lawyer or the competent authority decides how a rule applies to a specific product.
Found something to correct, or have a project?
Name the page and the statement, or send the product, quantity per colour and style, and the delivery market. The reply comes from the Voyager Textile team, usually within one business day.
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