Attachment to the Government’s Resolution Number …of  2019  
 
 
TECHNICAL REGULATION FOR THE PRODUCTION AND  
TRADE OF CASHMERE  
 
 
CHAPTER ONE  
General provision  
 
Purpose and Scope  
         1.1. The purpose of this regulation is to ensure the safety of human health  and the environment 
during  cashmere production and trade, increase the percentage of value added fin ished  product s 
and to control products that do not meet technical requirements.  
           1.2. This regulation shal l be used during the procedure  for the declaration of  dehaired cashmere 
products  at the state’s border and for the operations of quarantine control and inspection.  
           1.3. This regulation shall be  used  by cashme re production enterprises, citizen s and legal 
entities that  deals in sale and trading of cashmere products in the territory of Mongolia.  
Normative reference  
1.4 In the case of amendment for this regulation, the  latest of the  following  official references o f 
standards and documents shall be cited.  
- MNS 3683 Textiles . Technical requirements of dehaired cashmere (Articles 4.1; 5.1)  
- MNS 5563 General req uirements for wool manufactures  
- ISO14001 Environ mental management System  
- MNS 0215 Technical requirements for packaging, labeling, wharehousing  and shipping  
of the all types of animal  fibres  
- MNS 6295 Textiles. General requirements for textile safety  
- MNS 4244 Fire  safety. Technical requirements  
- MNS 4930 Safety of manufacturing equipment operations. General requirements.  
- MNS 5002 Occupational safety. Hygiene. Norms of noises. General requirements for 
safety  
- MNS 5029 Occupational safety. Hygiene. Labeling and marking dangerous chemicals.  
Definition of terms  
1.5   All the terms used in t his regulation defines as following:  
 
1.5.1  Dehaired  cashmere  /primary processed cashmere /  
Scoured cashmere undercoat fibers removed from coarse hair by industrial processing  
1.5.2  Cashmere tops   
Dehaired  cashmere is carded, gilled and combed  into sliver f orm afterwards  wrapped as a 
bobbin ;  
1.5.3    Cashmere  component  fibres  - coarse hair   
Medullated , thick in diameter , long  and stiff dead hair ;  
- Intermediate hair  
Interrupted or fragmented medulla , finer than coarse hair , long and  wave d crimp  fibre; 
- Down fibre  
Absence of medulla , crimped , finest  and softest fibre;  
 
 
CHAPTER TWO  
Requirements for cashmere processing and trade  
 
1.1 Raw materials of cashmere shall be prepared according to the standardization of the 
“MNS0038 :2007  Textiles . Cashmere r aw material prepara tion”.  
1.2 Local authorities shall be responsible  for the determi nation of  the origins of the raw materials.  
1.3 Primary  processed (dehaired) cashmere shall comply  the standardization “MNS 3683 :2015  
Textiles . Dehair ed cashmere. Technical requirements”.  
1.4 The manufacturer shall be responsible for quality guarantee of dehaired cashmere meeting this 
standard, and shall provide the results of an independent testing laboratory ; 
1.5 The followi ng quality specification of  cashmere which meet  the technical requirements shall 
allowed to  be transport ed for export purpose s: 
 Coarse  and intermediate hair content not less than 0.30 percent  
 Greas e content  not less than 0.8 percent  
 Moisture content  16 percent  
2.5  The waste  and tanned  hair shall not be considered for the 2.4 article of this regulation.  
1.6 The cashmere processed in Mongolian territory which going to sell in abroad shall be packaged 
and labeled according to the MNS 0215 :2019  standards for transportation.  
 
 
CHAPTER THREE  
Requirements for cashmere manufacturers  
 
3.1 Manufacturers and entities operating in Mongolian territory shall follow th e “MNS5563: 2005” 
standard for cashmere products export. Therefore, the factories shall comply the “General 
requirements of the wool and cashmere factories” standard and they shall have official approval 
to provide cashmere and wool production.  
3.2 The requirements of factory building, location of construction, road and space area shall comply 
plant technological flow and processing step sequen ces. 
3.3 Manufactures shall have duly qualified for the frame of related Mongolian legislation and 
standards and comply the requirements of occupational safety, technical and fire safety, production quality and safety, plant technology, hygiene and sanitation to filter wastewater by 
filtering cartridge.  
3.4 The manufacturing process and operations shall only be completed under supervision  of the 
specialized technologi st and engineer s.  
3.5 Environmental assessment should be conducted and factories shall have program ac tion plan 
and graphs for environmental control.  
3.6 Factories shall have laboratories with highly accurate capacity equipment and tools for the 
interna l control of technological process  and test the quality of raw materials, product and  
auxiliary materials.  
 
CHAPTER FOUR  
 
Requirements for the inspection  of cashmere production and trade  
4.1 Crossing border with the purpose of sell ing the cashmere shall be examined through border 
inspection control  in accordance with the related legislation and rules.  
4.2 The cashmere for export trading shall be tested by accredited independent test laboratory in 
accordance with relevant methods  to certify  whether  the products meet the technical 
regulations and standards , and  the information shall be included in  the conformity certification .  
4.3 Technical regulations and standards based on the results of the testing of accredited 
laboratories in accordance with relevant standards.  
4.4 The border declaration for the export trading of cashmere  that is processed in Mongolian 
territory sh all enclose documents according to the related legislation.  
4.5 The government, related administration organizations and professional associations shall 
provide monitoring for the implemen tation of this regulation.   
 
 
 
 
 
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