Textile Exchange (TE) Mapping of Product Categories and Product Details

Product Category

Men's apparel


Product Detail

  • Overcoats
  • Jackets
  • Vests
  • Suits
  • Suit-pants
  • Pants
  • Trousers
  • Sweaters
  • Pullovers
  • Cardigans
  • Shirts
  • Blouses
  • Undergarment
  • Sleepwear
  • Robes
  • T-shirts
  • Singlets
  • Activewear
  • Sportswear
  • Socks,
  • Hosiery
  • Workwear
  • Uniforms


Guidance

If apparel is “Workwear, uniforms”, select this detail over the specific apparel type (e.g., “Pants, trousers”)

Product Category

Women's apparel


Product Detail

  • Overcoats
  • Jackets
  • Vests
  • Suits
  • Suit-pants
  • Pants
  • Trousers
  • Dresses
  • Skirts
  • Sweaters
  • Pullovers
  • Cardigans
  • Shirts
  • Blouses
  • Undergarment
  • Sleepwear
  • Robes
  • Brassieres
  • Suspenders
  • Garters
  • T-shirts
  • Singlets
  • Activewear
  • Sportswear
  • Socks
  • Hosiery
  • Workwear
  • Uniforms


Guidance

If apparel is “Workwear, uniforms”, select this detail over the specific apparel type (e.g., “Pants, trousers”)

Product Category

Children's apparel
Unisex apparel
Men's denim apparel
Women's denim apparel
Children's denim apparel
Unisex denim apparel


Product Detail

See “Men’s apparel” or “Women’s apparel.”


Guidance


Product Category

Home Textiles


Product Detail

  • Bed linen
  • Bed sheets
  • Table linen
  • Tablecloth
  • Napkins
  • Towels
  • Kitchen linen
  • Toilet linen
  • Food contact textiles
  • Blankets
  • Bedspreads
  • Quilts
  • Curtains
  • Blinds
  • Upholstery
  • Carpets
  • Rugs
  • Floor coverings
  • Pillows
  • Cushions


Guidance


Product Category

Carried accessories


Product Detail

  • Bags
  • Handbags
  • Totes
  • Pouches
  • Luggage
  • Suitcases


Guidance


Product Category

Worn accessories


Product Detail

  • Gloves
  • Mittens
  • Hand coverings
  • Neckties
  • Bow ties
  • Cravats
  • Scarves
  • Shawls
  • Veils
  • Handkerchiefs
  • Hats
  • Caps
  • Head coverings


Guidance


Product Category

Personal care, Hygiene


Product Detail

  • Topical products
  • Invasive products


Guidance


Product Category

Medical


Product Detail

  • Topical products


Guidance


Product Category

Bedding


Product Detail

  • Mattresses
  • Pillows
  • Cushion


Guidance


Product Category

Footwear


Product Detail

  • Shoes


Guidance

“Shoes” covers all types of footwear, including sandals, boots, heels, etc.

Product Category

Functional accessories


Product Detail

  • Buttons
  • Zippers
  • Labels
  • Tags
  • Trimmings
  • Interlining
  • Sewing threads


Guidance


Product Category

Outdoor


Product Detail

  • Tents
  • Sails
  • Camping goods
  • Tarpaulins
  • Awnings
  • Mattresses
  • Luggage
  • Suitcases
  • Bags
  • Handbags
  • Totes
  • Pouches
  • Sleeping bags


Guidance


Product Category

Industrial, Technical


Product Detail

  • Tarpaulins
  • Awnings
  • Automotive parts
  • Industrial/Technical Upholstery
  • Building materials


Guidance


Product Category

Filling, Stuffing


Product Detail

  • Grey Down and Feathers*
  • White Down and Feathers *
  • Grey Duck Down and Feathers
  • Grey Goose Down and Feathers
  • White Duck Down and Feathers
  • White Goose Down and Feathers
  • Grey Goose Down and Feather Blends**
  • Grey Duck Down and Feather Blends**
  • White Duck Down and Feather Blends**
  • White Goose Down and Feather Blends*
  • Man-made fiber filling
  • Natural fiber filling


Guidance

“Down, feather” takes precedence over “Natural fiber filling.”

*These product details should only be applied for recycled materials (GRS/RCS standards).

** These product details should only be applied when other raw materials are blended with down and feather (such as polyester).

Product Category

Paper products


Product Detail

  • Cardboard
  • Boxes
  • Labels
  • Tags
  • Paper products
  • Envelops
  • Cards


Guidance


Product Category

Hard goods


Product Detail

  • Furniture
  • Decorative items


Guidance

For bedding related products, use product category “Bedding.”

Product Category

Packaging


Product Detail

  • Cardboard
  • Boxes
  • Labels
  • Tags
  • Packing sacks
  • Bags


Guidance

“Packing sacks, bags” covers the use of polybags and other similar articles.

Product Category

Toys


Product Detail

  • Soft toys
  • Hard toys


Guidance


Product Category

Greige fabrics
Undyed fabrics
Dyed fabrics
Printed fabrics


Product Detail

  • Knitted fabrics
  • Woven fabrics
  • Terry fabrics
  • Denim fabrics


Guidance

“Terry fabrics” or “Denim fabrics” takes precedence over “Knitted fabrics” or “Woven fabrics.”

“Dyed fabrics” refers to fabric output of dyeing processes.

“Greige fabrics” refers to fabric output of knitting and weaving processes.

“Undyed fabrics” refers to fabric output of pre-treatment, ready for dyeing (RFD).

Product Category

Fabrics


Product Detail

  • Non-woven fabrics
  • Special fabrics
  • Leather
  • Bonded leather


Guidance

“Special fabrics” include pile, chenille, tulles, laces, tapestries, narrow, embroidery, quilted, impregnated, coated or processed not covered by “Knitted fabrics” or “Woven fabrics.”

Product category “Fabrics” should only be applied for “Non- woven fabrics”, “Special fabrics”, “Leather”, “Bonded leather” and other fabric types that cannot be covered by “Greige fabrics”, “Dyed fabrics” and “Undyed fabrics.”

Product Category

Greige yarns
Undyed yarns
Dyed yarns


Product Detail

  • Open-end yarns
  • Carded yarns
  • Combed yarns
  • Filament
  • Yarn for hand knitting
  • Core-spun yarns
  • Fancy yarns
  • Sewing threads


Guidance

“Greige yarns” refer to yarn output of spinning processes.

“Undyed yarns” refer to yarn output from pre-treatment, ready for dyeing (RFD).

“Dyed yarns” refer to yarn output of dyeing processes.

For input of recycled cotton and output of viscose or cupro covered by GRS and RCS, users are required to specify either “Viscose filament” or “Cupro filament” as a User Specific Term for product detail.

Where mélange or embroidered yarn is a certified product, users are required to specify “Melange yarns” or “Embroidery yarns” as a User Specific Term for product detail.

Product Category

Tops


Product Detail



Guidance


Product Category

Undyed fibers



Product Detail

  • Lint cotton
  • Raw fibers
  • Raw silk
  • Combed fibers
  • Soured fibers
  • Staple fibers
  • Mixed fibers
  • By-products
  • Comber noil
  • Cotton linter


Guidance

“Raw fibers” is applicable to all plant-based fibers (e.g., flax, hemp, jute, coconut, abaca, rami, etc.)

“Combed fibers” are applicable to combed wool and combed animal hair.

“Staple fibers” and “Filament” is applicable to all cellulosic and synthetic fibers.

“Comber noil” and “Cotton linter” takes precedence over “By- product.”.

When “By-products” are used as product details, users are required to specify the details as User Specific Terms.

Product Category

Dyed fibers



Product Detail

  • Lint cotton
  • Raw fibers
  • Raw silk
  • Combed fibers
  • Soured fibers
  • Staple fibers
  • Filament
  • Mixed fibers
  • By-products
  • Comber noil


Guidance

“Raw fibers” are applicable to all plant-based fibers (e.g., flax, hemp, jute, coconut, abaca, ramie, etc.)

“Combed fibers” are applicable to combed wool and combed animal hair.

“Staple fibers” and “Filament” is applicable to all cellulosic and synthetic fibers.

“Comber noil” takes precedence over “By-products.”

When “By-products” is used as product detail, users are required to specify the details as a User Specific Term.

Product Category

Processed materials



Product Detail

  • Down
  • Feather
  • Tanned hide
  • Chips (pellets)
  • Flakes
  • Pulp
  • Popcorns


Guidance

“Chips (pellets)”, “Flakes” and “Popcorns” are applicable to synthetic fibers.

“Pulp” includes wood pulp, cotton pulp, cotton linter pulp, etc. Users are required to specify the details as a User Specific Term.

Product Category

Unprocessed materials



Product Detail

  • Seed cotton (raw cotton)
  • Greasy wool
  • Silk cocoons
  • Greasy animal hair
  • Pulp
  • Down, feather
  • Rawhide
  • Flakes
  • Popcorns


Guidance

“Chips (pellets)”, “Flakes” and “Popcorns” are applicable to synthetic fibers.

Product Category

Reclaimed materials



Product Detail

  • Reclaimed bottles
  • Reclaimed fishing nets
  • Reclaimed textiles
  • Reclaimed ocean waste
  • Reclaimed process waste


Guidance

When “Reclaimed process waste” is used as product detail, users are required to specify the details as a User Specific Term.

Note: Users are required to obtain approval from Assurance@TextileExchange.org for the use of “Reclaimed ocean waste” as a product as specific verification processes are required.

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