The EU PFOS Directive Is Coming Into Effect At The End Of The Month, And The Textile Industry Is Facing Another Big Test.

EU PFOS directive comes into effect at the end of the month.

The EU directive to restrict the use of PFOS (perfluorooctane sulfonyl compounds) will be formally implemented on the 27 th of this month.

Recently, the relevant functional departments of many provinces and cities have issued this urgent risk warning to foreign trade export enterprises: after the implementation of the restrictions, they will seriously affect the export of many products in China, especially textiles.

However, some industry experts believe that the limitation will have limited impact on China's textile exports in the short term.

Another "green barrier"

The PFOS directive is another "green barrier" set up by the European Union after WEEE and ROHS.

The directive stipulates that the content of perfluorooctane sulfonyl compounds (PFOS) in the finished products of the EU market should not exceed 0.005% of the total quality. If it is equal to or exceed 0.005%, it will not be sold; the finished products, semi-finished products and parts will be included in the scope of sale if the product is equal to or more than 0.1%.

This marks the EU's total ban on the use of PFOS in commodities.

The pition period is 18 months.

It is understood that directly affected by the PFOS directive is textiles, leather, paper, packaging, printing and dyeing auxiliaries, cosmetics and other manufacturing areas, especially in the textile industry has the widest range.

Any fabric that needs printing and dyeing and finishing must be washed before treatment. In addition, the additives used for functional finishing such as UV and antibacterial also contain PFOS.

Textile enterprises suffer from snow

According to the analysis of the industry, in order to meet the requirements of the PFOS ban standard, textile production enterprises must use environment-friendly textile auxiliaries, and their production costs will inevitably increase. At the same time, textile manufacturers need to pay the necessary testing fees.

This is just the same for textile manufacturers who are tired of coping with the EU's textile protection restrictions, harmful substances such as the EU's harmful azo dyes, the appreciation of the renminbi and the decline in export tax rebate adjustment.

However, it is understood that most of the textile enterprises have successfully pition.

SGS (Standard Technology Service Co., Ltd. Guangzhou branch) related staff told reporters that since the second half of last year, the company has already had a large number of customers should start the PFOS test at the request of buyers, basically can meet the requirements.

"At present, the cost of the test is 1915 yuan, and the cost is higher in all compulsory tests."

It is understood that China has not yet developed a textile auxiliaries that can fully comply with EU's PFOS control standards. Therefore, manufacturers generally reduce consumption to deal with this new deal.

Limited short-term impact

Zhang Bin, an analyst with the textile and apparel industry of the state securities company, said that the EU's PFOS directive has limited short-term impact on China's textile exports.

Mainly because the EU's dependence on Chinese textile imports is relatively large, the full implementation of the ban will also be a great loss to the textile importers of EU Member States.

At the same time, the impact of the US subprime mortgage crisis on the European economy is not large enough to affect the quantity of textiles imported from the EU.

There are also experts in the industry who believe that the environmental requirements for imported products are getting higher and higher internationally. The relevant agencies in China should speed up the development of various environmental protection raw materials, upgrade production technology and save production costs as much as possible.

According to Guangzhou customs statistics, after the EU's abolition of the export quota this year, 1-5 months, Guangdong's export clothing to the EU "surged against the trend", an increase of 74.8%, the cumulative value of $2 billion 140 million.