China'S Shoe Enterprises Need To Attach Importance To Quality And Environmental Protection.

　　中國皮鞋反傾銷之戰還在繼續，然而環保壁壘又已筑起。中國出口鞋產品在環保壁壘中顯露出薄弱本質。

In the first quarter of this year, China's export footwear products were recalled by the US and Europe in 31 batches, representing a sharp increase of 40.91% compared with the same period last year.

In the 31 batches, the recall rate was 82.48% due to chemical hazards.

This is the statistics released by CPSC (Consumer Product Safety Commission) and RAPEX (EU non food quick alert system) official website.

These naked data show that China's export shoe companies ignore the most concerned product safety issues in Europe and the United States.

Nowadays, the concept of "quality" is becoming more and more broad. The quality of the past is the performance factor of being able to withstand the wearer. The present quality also includes safety and environmental protection, including hazards to the human body, environment and the size of carbon emissions.

China's export footwear enterprises have attached great importance to performance factors in recent years, and have been greatly improved, but they have ignored safety and environmental protection issues.

With the enhancement of global awareness of environmental protection, the developed countries such as Europe and the United States attach great importance to this, and therefore intensify the examination of imported products.

How to avoid the problem of safety and environmental protection has become a stumbling block for China's shoe exports.

   　　 密切留意出口國法律法規 

Enterprises should pay close attention to the laws and regulations of importing countries, improve their early warning ability, collect, collate and track the latest testing standards of export countries through various channels, and timely understand the standards and norms of footwear design and production in exporting countries.

Actively communicate with customers, evaluate the safety performance of product design, and do not blindly follow orders.

For example, in April 19, 2010, the German Federal Ministry of food, agriculture and consumer protection issued the G/TBT/N/DEU/11 circular, the eighteenth revision of the act of commodity law, which stipulates that no leather products such as leather bags, knapsacks, textiles, watchbands, shoes and toys can be detected in the final products.

The notice is to be approved and entered into force in 2010, and the deadline for commencement of the review will be 60 days from the date of the communication.

Western countries have strict requirements for the six valent chromium in leather products. The EU allows the highest content of six valent chromium in leather products to be 3.0mg/kg.

Shoe enterprises should pay close attention to the standards of these laws and regulations, so as to prevent EU's notification due to quality problems, resulting in unnecessary losses.

    　　把關原材料加強自檢能力 

Chinese shoe companies should pay close attention to laws and regulations of exporting countries, while purchasing raw materials, strengthening self inspection capabilities, and strictly testing raw materials, semi-finished products and finished products.

Manufacturers of leather and other raw materials should also check their products to provide quality products for shoemaking enterprises.

For example, in response to recent German regulations on six valent chromium, shoes and leather enterprises should test the chrome powder used in tanning to test whether the content of six valent chromium and six valent chromium is exceeding the standard. At the same time, the leather making process should be adjusted to prevent trivalent chromium from being oxidized to six valent chromium, including the use of vegetable tanning agents for retanning, adding antioxidants in the process of fatliquoring, and avoiding drying under direct sunlight.

At the same time, enterprises must finally detect the products effectively and further improve the quality of leather products.