Japan Improves Textile Standard &Nbsp; Yantai Garment Export Enterprise Is Worrying.

"Japan's Fiber Industry Alliance launched an industry standard to limit harmful substances in textiles, and has completed preparatory work in the near future, and has entered the stage of implementation." Yesterday, the Yantai inspection and Quarantine Bureau textile department disclosed.

to Yantai For enterprises, this policy "change their faces" is a powerful force. At present, 70% of the textile and apparel products exported to Yantai port are exported to Japan. The latest statistics also show that from 1 to March this year, the inspection and Quarantine Department of Yantai examined the 3294 batch of Japanese textile and apparel products exported to the United States, with a value of up to US $92 million 793 thousand. Once the industry standard is implemented, 50% of Yantai's garment export enterprises will be "flare up".

Japan's exclusive export market

A few days ago, Liu Fang, the owner of a medium-sized garment enterprise in the Development Zone, issued a batch of sweaters worth 1 million 200 thousand yuan to Japanese customers. This is the second shipment of "go" this month. "1 years ago, our Yantai was in a spinning and shutting down state, and about 20% of the enterprises were losing money. By contrast, the days are much better now. "

Liu Fang said that since the beginning of the year, the number of export orders for knitwear, both in terms of quantity and unit price, has increased.

"Quality is not going to go, and products are still hard to get into Europe and America." market The gate. " People in the Yantai inspection and quarantine textile department told reporters that in the past two years, the European Union issued the 2008/121/EC directive, putting forward new and higher requirements for the name of textile fibers, the contents of textile labels and other marks.

The standards will be published in the middle of the year.

Yantai's enterprises appeared to be in a state of anxiety when they learned that Japan had promulgated the "industry standard to limit harmful substances in textiles". During the interview, some enterprises said pessimistic that enterprises are likely to return to the most difficult days of the economic crisis.

In Liu Fang's memory, these days refer to "2009 to early 2011". At that time, many of her Yantai counterparts, including her businesses, cut down their orders by half the old customers, and reduced the number of purchases in all styles.

Is the new standard really scary? Yi Yufeng, a textile expert from Yantai inspection and quarantine department, told reporters that the standard is mainly for carcinogenic aromatic amines residues in textiles. The aromatic amine mainly comes from some azo dyes. At present, more than 30 countries and regions such as the European Union have formulated relevant standards, and 25 azo dyes are clearly prohibited.

However, in her view, the trade background of this standard has another layer of meaning. "In recent years, Japan has been increasing the number of testing items related to human life, health, safety and environmental protection. At the same time, because of the economic downturn in Japan after the earthquake, the price of products has been falling again and again, and the price of domestic labor has been rising, and export enterprises have many obstacles." Experts expect that this standard will be officially announced in the middle of the year.

Textile companies are optimistic about exemption clauses

"This year, Japan, South Korea and other major export countries and regions in China's clothing industry demand rebounded. However, for small and medium-sized enterprises with poor risk tolerance, standardized barriers will directly impact their survival status," said Yu Xin, a textile expert of Yantai inspection and Quarantine Bureau. At present, excluding the 120 enterprises that have been adjusted by the legal check list, the small and medium-sized enterprises in garment export enterprises within 79 catalogues of Yantai port area, with less than 1000 employees and less than US $2 million in annual export volume, are still weak in their business autonomy and product R & D capability. They still rely mainly on sticker processing, with lower product grades and difficulty in making profits, mostly maintaining low profit level.

Over the past two years, the RMB exchange rate has changed. cotton Rising prices have become a stumbling block for the revival of the export of the local textile and garment industry. Once the price increases, those who can not afford to raise prices may lose.

How to deal with the new standard of the Japanese side? The responsible person of the textile inspection department of the Yantai inspection and Quarantine Bureau said that as soon as possible measures were taken to eliminate the use of banned azo dyes, "qualified suppliers should be evaluated well, and the supply enterprises with perfect quality system and ecological textile certification should be selected. The raw materials purchased from the market should be carefully compared with the samples purchased before purchase and after purchase. In addition, the contract terms should be further improved, and the exemption clauses should be clearly defined in the trade contracts and letters of credit provided by the customers.