Appendix I Finishing processes for certain textile products

FINISHING PROCESSES

APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN TEXTILE PRODUCTS

PROVIDED FOR IN APPENDIX I

(Issued together with Circular No. 44/2025/TT-BCT dated 07 July 2025

of the Minister of Industry and Trade providing rules of origin under

the Agreement Establishing the ASEAN - Australia - New Zealand Free Trade Area)

- Anti-bacterial finishing;

- Anti-soiling finishing;

- Anti-static agents;

- Sizing to improve colour fastness (for dyed, printed or nylon fabrics);

- Colour-fixing drying (for dyed fabrics);

- Tentering finishing;

- Burling (removal of surplus wool from the loom during weaving);

- Calendering finishing;

- Microbiological treatment;

- Bleaching;

- Steam-jet treatment;

- Degumming/de-sizing (of silk yarn, fabric or yarn waste before twisting);

- Priming, ground dyeing;

- Combing;

- Alkali treatment;

- Fine cropping (for twisted wool fabrics);

- Compressive shrinking;

- Moisture conditioning;

- Setting finishing (for wool and felt fabrics);

- Pressing/cold ironing (final);

- Crease-resistant finishing (for woven and knitted fabrics);

- Crepe finishing;

- High-temperature drying (at least 140°C)/flash drying/damp drying;

- Pleating/creasing;

- Steaming to set the structure of wool and felt;

- Delustring;

- De-sizing;

- Lace attaching;

- Burling (after weaving);

- Embossing;

- Parchmentising of fabric;

- Roughening, napping;

- Overlocking;

- Dye setting (by steam or hot water);

- Flame-retardant treatment;

- Finishing with optical bleaching chemicals;

- Foam finishing;

- Friction calendering;

- Thickening (for wool fabrics);

- Raising (of fabric) to form a pile;

- Glazing (of fabric);

- Bleaching of flax fibre;

- Pirn winding;

- Shrink treatment;

- Mercerising (fabric, yarn) for lustre;

- Milling/quilting/sanding (for felt, fur, soft wool);

- Colour fixing;

- Napping;

- Dip dyeing;

- Moisture-resistant finishing (with concentrated sulphuric acid);

- Pleating/creasing;

- Polishing;

- Steaming (wool, felt);

- Embossing of crepe-yarn fabric;

- Reactive-agent setting (before the fabric is pressed down);

- Pre-shrinking (of fabric) before sewing (so that the garment no longer shrinks when washed);

- Pressure steaming;

- Water-repellent treatment;

- Stretching (of yarn);

- Back-of-fabric finishing;

- Lustre finishing;

- Adjusting;

- Anti-shrink finishing;

- Silicone softening finishing;

- Glazing;

- Singeing;

- Soap washing;

- Softening;

- Soil-release finishing;

- Solvent removal;

- Acid washing/bleaching;

- Reinforcing finishing (for fabric);

- Anti-fading;

- Anti-curling;

- Stitch treatment;

- Colour stripping;

- Suede finishing;

- Waterproof finishing;

- Wet colouring; and

- Stiffening size finishing.