China Releases Updated Product Standard for Brassieres – FZ/T 73012-2025

SafeGuardSSoftlines19 May 2026

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China releases updated product standard for brassieres – FZ/T 73012-2025.

The Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has issued an updated industry standard for brassieres – FZ/T 73012-2025. Included in Announcement No. 41 of approved industry standards in 2025, it replaces the previous version, FZ/T 73012-2017, and will become effective on January 1, 2028.

Scope

This document applies to knitted brassiere products.

Quality requirements

These include internal quality and appearance requirements.

The requirements of internal quality shall comply with Table 3 of FZ/T 73012-2025. The test items include fiber content, formaldehyde content, pH value, odor, decomposable carcinogenic aromatic amines, colorfastness to water, colorfastness to washing with soap or soap and soda, colorfastness to rubbing, colorfastness to perspiration and appearance quality after washing.

Appearance requirements should be referred to in clause 5.3 of FZ/T 73012-2025.

Main technical changes

Compared with FZ/T 73012-2017, FZ/T 73012-2025 contains numerous updates, including:

Additions:

Applicable scope of cup codes in size designations
Assessment requirements for appearance quality after washing
Detailed requirements for colorfastness
Defect requirements for bonded areas in the provisions on surface defects
Recommended test methods for odor and other abnormal odor components of brassieres
Test method for appearance quality after washing
Labeling requirements for fiber content
References

Revisions:

Inspection conditions for appearance quality
Sampling rules
Conformity assessment rules

Expanded items:

Part names of brassieres

Adjusted items:

Scope of application
Normative references
Staining requirements for colorfastness to washing with soap or soap and soda
Assessment object for odor

Details of the technical content

For more information, please refer to the China Industry Standard FZ/T 73012-2025 Brassiere, or contact us directly.

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