Bath Towel

300–400 GSM for a quick-dry, lightweight towel; 500–600 GSM for a standard hotel bath towel; 700–900 GSM for a premium, plush guest towel. State the GSM explicitly — "hotel towel" alone doesn't specify weight.

A mid-weight 500–600 GSM cotton towel (China, 300–500 unit run) lands around $4–8; a plush 700–900 GSM towel runs $9–15, driven almost entirely by the extra cotton yarn needed for the denser pile.

Combed cotton has its short fibers removed before spinning, giving a smoother surface, less lint shedding, and longer wear life at a higher cost; carded cotton skips that step and is the standard, cheaper grade used in most mid-range towels.

Typically 300–500 units per size and colorway, since dyeing is done in lots and a factory needs a minimum yardage to run a color economically.

Dye lots vary slightly batch to batch, so a hand towel and bath towel dyed in different lots can look like subtly different shades even with the same color name. Specifying that all pieces in a set come from one dye lot avoids that mismatch.

There's no universal mandatory certification, but commercial hospitality buyers commonly request wash-cycle testing data, since industrial laundering is far harsher (higher heat, stronger detergents, more frequent washing) than home use.

Terry towels fall under HS 6302 (toilet and kitchen linen); confirm the specific subheading based on fiber content, since cotton and blended-fiber towels are classified differently for duty purposes.