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Appendix A

GENERIC NAMES FOR NATURAL FIBRES

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abaca abaca
asbestos amiante
coir or coco coco
cotton coton
down duvet
    duck down
    duvet de canard
    goose down
    duvet d'oie
    swan down
    duvet de cygne
(feather) (plumes)
    landfowl feather
    plumes d'oiseaux terrestres
    waterfowl feather
    plumes d'oiseaux aquatiques
    (name of bird) feather
    plumes de (nom de l'oiseau)
hemp chanvre
jute jute
kapok kapok
linen or flax lin
ramie ramie
rubber caoutchouc
silk soie
sisal sisal
wool laine
    alpaca
    alpaga
    alpaca hair
    poil d'alpaga
    alpaca wool
    laine d'alpaga
    angora goat hair
    poil de chèvre angora
    camel
    chameau
    camel hair
    poil de chameau
    camel wool
    laine de chameau
    cashmere
    cachemire
    kashmir goat hair
    poil de chèvre de cachemire
    kashmir wool
    laine cachemire
    lambs wool
    laine d'agneau
    llama
    lama
    llama wool
    laine de lama
    llama hair
    poil de lama
    mohair
    mohair
    mohair wool
    laine mohair
    vicuna
    vigogne
    vicuna hair
    poil de vigogne
    vicuna wool
    laine de vigogne

NOTE: Hair or fur removed from the skin of an animal other than those referred to above must be disclosed as:

(name of animal) hair poil de (nom de l'animal)
(name of animal) fibre fibre de (nom de l'animal)
fur fibre fibre de fourrure

 

For example:
    angora rabbit hair
    poil de lapin angora
    angora rabbit fibre
    fibre de lapin angora

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