European Countries Gradually Restrict The Export Of Chinese Shoes And Garments.

European and American textiles貿易壁壘再起風云，讓本已受高成本壓迫的鞋服企業(yè)在出口路上更是雪上加霜。

Recently, reporters from the Quanzhou inspection and Quarantine Bureau Shishi office learned that the Mexico government recently announced a new agreement to control the import of footwear products from China. The new agreement will come into force on May 1, 2012 and expire in December 31, 2014. According to statistics, since the second half of 2011, more than 20 European and American countries have issued regulations on strengthening textile and clothing technology, seriously affecting the export of textiles, clothing and footwear in China.

It is understood that the tariff agreement between China and Mexico expired in December 2011. At the beginning of this year, Mexico official statistics showed that in January 2012, Mexico imported 1 million 500 thousand pairs of shoes from China, up from 200% in 2011 January. Through this set of data, ArmandoMart nDuenas, President of the Guanajuato footwear industry association of Mexico, repeatedly warned that if the current trend continues, there will be 200 companies going bankrupt in Mexico before the end of 2012, and 35000 people are expected to be unemployed. To this end, Mexico's minister of economic affairs BrunoFerrari announced the entry into force of the agreement to limit imports of footwear from China.

Relevant officials of Shishi Office of Quanzhou inspection and quarantine bureau pointed out that the implementation of the new Mexico agreement in May 1st will not only increase the trade risk of Quanzhou's footwear exports, increase export difficulty and reduce the competitiveness of footwear products in the local market, but gradually lose the comparative advantage of cost and price, and will continue to affect the export of footwear this year, making it more difficult for enterprises to export. "This is only one of the trade barriers introduced by the European and American countries." The official said that the new agreement issued by Mexico is just the tip of the iceberg for upgrading trade barriers in the US and Europe. technology The laws and regulations are mainly reflected in the following aspects:

Children's clothing design. The US Consumer Product Safety Commission launched an action called "the thorough elimination of children's clothing strings" in July 2011, calling on manufacturers not to design or manufacture children's coat jackets for neck, hooded and waist belts, while small components on children's clothing also have many safety requirements, and the products that are not up to the requirements will be refused entry or recall.

Increase project detection and improve technical requirements. The International Environmental Protection Textile Association released the latest testing standard and limit value requirement for OEKO-TEXStandard100 textiles hazardous substances inspection in February 2012, allowing the production enterprises to have a spanitional adjustment period, and the exact effective date is April 1, 2013. The new standard will increase the wet spinning fiber and coating will detect N- methyl pyrrolidone, two methyl acetamide project, and so on.

Label management. In October 2011, the European Commission promulgated the new fiber name regulation 1007/2011/EU, announcing that the new regulations will replace the fiber names and related instructions of fiber components (2008/121/EC, 96/73/EC and 73/44/EEC) from May 8, 2012. 5 important modifications: first, the label must be added to any non textile material derived from the animal. The two is to limit the total content of other fibers, and to label the materials with more than 5% fiber according to the regulations. Three, the markup language should be the official language of the sale area. Until then, there was no need to make a statement unless it was a special requirement for the sale of the product. Four, product labels must be securely and firmly attached to products. Previously, there was no explicit requirement for labels to adhere to the instructions. Five, label information must be accurate.

Europe and the United States are the main areas of textile and clothing exports in Shishi. According to statistics, in the first quarter of 2012, the Shishi office inspected 4657 batches of export garments and 230 million dollars worth of goods, of which 2639 were exported to the European Union and the United States, and the goods cost 136 million dollars. Quanzhou Bureau of inspection and quarantine Shishi Office official pointed out that Europe and the United States technical regulations and barriers continue to increase, making Exit The cost of enterprise detection and customs clearance is bound to increase, and the profit margins of enterprises are further reduced, increasing the cost of trade and greatly reducing the competitiveness of products.

So, how can shoes and clothing enterprises seek the way to break the shield? The Quanzhou Shishi Office of the inspection and Quarantine Bureau suggests that the relevant export enterprises should pay close attention to the renewal and change of the technical regulations in Europe and America, so as to respond promptly, and grasp the specific requirements of the relevant laws and regulations through various channels; two, it is necessary to improve the ability of self-examination and self-control, and the first export textile products should be sent to qualified laboratories for testing, so as to avoid unnecessary losses. The three is to increase the intensity of independent brand building, improve the industrial structure, strive to occupy the market with high added value footwear products and increase market share; four, we must vigorously develop diversified export markets, increase the expansion of emerging markets such as Russia, central and Eastern Europe and Brazil, and reduce export risks.