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Pre-Shipment Inspection Guide for Home Textiles: AQL Basics for Importers

Quality inspector checking folded textiles in a warehouse

Consider a common scenario: a home-textiles distributor receives a large bedding-set shipment that passed the factory’s own “final check.” Within a month, retailers report mismatched pillowcase sizes — and one duvet-cover shade fades visibly after a single wash. The factory had compared cartons against each other. It had never checked them against the approved sample. […]