Reflections On The "Breaking Wall" Of Chinese Textiles

In 2009, the European Union passed the RAPEX-CHINA system on 373 other textile products in addition to toys, and the number of notifications increased by 85.57% compared with 201 in 2008.

The Consumer Goods Safety Commission (CPSC) issued 24 reports on China's textile and clothing products, accounting for 11.27% of the recall of the recall of CPSC to China, up 4.35% from the same period.

In the first half of 2010, the EU recalled 133 Chinese textile and apparel products, an increase of 102% over the same period last year.

Over the same period, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission recalled 41 textile and apparel products, an increase of 86% over the same period. The number of Chinese textile products recalled was 29, accounting for 71% of the total, an increase of 123% over the same period.

The textiles and clothing products recalled by the EU and the United States are mainly children's clothing and shoes, but also include some sportswear and special purpose clothing.

The main reason for the announcement was the risk of strangulation of the neck (the length of the rope for children's tops and caps exceeded the standard), the risk of injury (exceeding the waist length of children's clothing), the chemical risk (two methyl fumarate detected, the nickel content exceeding the standard in metal fittings, the benzene exceeding standard, etc.), and the flame retardant standard. The risk of strangulation suffocation and injury accounted for more than 90% of the safety risk notification.

Since 2005, China's textile exports have been growing at a relatively fast rate. In 2008, when the RMB appreciated and the global financial crisis happened in 2009, China's textile and clothing exports still reached 185 billion 100 million US dollars and US $188 billion 256 million respectively, representing an increase of 8% and 1.7% respectively over the same period.

As one of the sensitive products, the textile and clothing products made in China will remain one of the main objectives of trade protectionism.

Developing countries will make more use of anti-dumping, special safeguard and other means. Developed countries rely more on technology and marketing advantages and adopt technical barriers to trade, making China's textile and clothing exports face the dilemma of repeated recall.

By the end of 2009, there were 999 national and industrial standards related to the textile industry in China. However, there were only a few dozen national mandatory standards and mandatory industrial standards, and the basic safety and hygiene standards were very few.

GB 18401-2003 "national textile product basic safety technical specification" has only five items. It can not be compared with foreign international standards.

However, the project specifications specified in the recommended standards are more comprehensive and comprehensive, such as: GB/T 18885-2009 "technical requirements for ecological textiles", GB/T 23155-2008 "safety requirements and testing methods for children's clothing and children's belts".

In contrast, EU, the United States and Japan have regulations on toxic and harmful substances, which are more detailed and detailed. They include the EN 14682-2007 "children's clothing safety code - children's clothing cord and band", the American ASTM F1816-97 (2004) "safety regulations for children's coats" and CPSC's Guide to tighten belt for children's clothing.

Most of our textiles, especially garments, are made to produce samples. Most enterprises do not know much about the international standards of their own products and blindly produce them according to their customers' requirements.

In addition, many producers and operators often compete at low prices.

Three, suggestions

In recent years, Chinese textiles have been repeatedly recalled, and some enterprises have been bankrupted because of the large recall of products, and some enterprises have lost some customers due to the product being notified.

The frequent incidents of recall and the serious negative effects should arouse the close attention of all parties concerned.

The author puts forward the following suggestions:

1, formulate policies to promote standards implementation.

In checking the quality of products, the government should bear the responsibility of supervision and guidance.

We should formulate relevant laws and regulations, issue relevant documents, or formulate reasonable policies to promote the effective implementation of recommended standards. Two, we can formulate corresponding incentive policies, compensate enterprises with capital compensation, turn passive into active innovation, and seek better processes to meet the standard requirements.

In addition, more than 80% of the textiles that have been recalled from the recall are new products in the pitional period, such as children's knitted garments and the products of the legal inspection catalogue, such as hats. Policies should be made to strengthen the supervision and spot check of these products.

2, multi party cooperation, standardize the operation of the market.

The government departments or the textile industry association should combine with research institutes and testing institutions to explore and formulate technical barriers and green barriers that are beneficial to China's economic development in favor of the ecological environment. The association should formulate industry norms, coordinate and communicate production operators, eliminate vicious competition and improve the quality of our products.

3, information publicity, service production enterprises

Europe and the United States and other countries have many laws and regulations, producers can not understand the laws and regulations in time.

Government departments should collect standards, information, etc., through the "case" statement, carry out quality and safety control, consultation and training of laws and standards, and other ways to help enterprises effectively evade export risks, strengthen the main responsibility consciousness and safety awareness of product quality, so as to effectively implement standards and regulations.

4, guard against risks and promote quality improvement.

If textile products meet the requirements of relevant standards and regulations, it is necessary to strengthen the supervision of the whole production process, from the spraying of pesticides, the use of auxiliaries to the production of finished products, to guard against possible risks of quality and safety, and to eliminate the hidden dangers of quality and safety.

Monitoring the quality system and making random checks on the products, prompting producers and managers: first, when signing contracts with customers, attention should be paid to avoiding risks, not accepting defective designs and avoiding claims for return. Two, we should establish a sense of responsibility, do not take chances and do not make short-term business activities; three, we should have a sense of innovation, carry out technological innovation and technological pformation, and promote the improvement of product quality.