Hidden Dangers Behind Imported Garments

It is worrying that the Zhejiang Provincial Bureau of industry and Commerce has detected carcinogenic substance benzidine in a coat, and its content has reached 30.4 times the national standard.

50% the imported clothing of South Korea failed, reflecting the gradual fading of imported clothing.

The AQSIQ was informed that the quality of imported garments was worrying. Last year, the rate of unqualified batches was 10.2%, of which 861 batches were returned or destroyed due to unqualified safety items.

A garment factory owner said, "in fact, a lot of imported garments are processed in China, and then sold back to the domestic market after the OEM export."

He also revealed that "many foreign brands have to buy semi manufactured products from domestic factories in order to ensure that garment production is guaranteed abroad."

Zhejiang industrial and commercial bureau recently conducted a sampling inspection of the imported garments from Hangzhou, Ningbo and Wenzhou, which were sold on the three markets. According to the inspection by professional inspection organizations, the qualified rate of the 34 batches of imported garments imported from Korea was only 50%.

Among them, 17 batches of products obviously do not meet the national standards, including clothing, women's trousers, men's suits, sweaters, blouses and so on. The overall quality is poor.

The detection of fabric fiber content is an important index in the internal quality inspection of clothing products. In the 17 batches of products tested, there are 8 batches of clothing fiber content label and the actual detection content does not match.

As a matter of fact, AQSIQ has focused on imported clothing since last year, and the results showed that the batch failed rate reached 10.2% last year.

Among them, the safety and composition indicators of imported clothing are not qualified, especially the color fastness, which is inconsistent with the identification, including the pH value exceeding the standard. The other unqualified items also involve methanol content exceeding the standard and prohibited azo dyes unqualified. The origin of the unqualified products is mainly from Spain, Italy, Korea, India, Portugal, Japan and the United States and other countries and regions.

In Shanghai, in the first half of last year, 11500 batches of imported garments were imported from Shanghai port, with a value of US $220 million.

The Shanghai entry-exit inspection and Quarantine Bureau carried out the sampling inspection for 5625 batches of goods, and the number of unqualified 3100 batches exceeded 55.8%, among which color fastness, pH value, azo dyes and formaldehyde were the hardest hit areas.

A sample was found in the sampling survey of the above industry and Commerce in Zhejiang province.

"Imported garments are very popular with customers." in a clothing store claiming to sell Korean imported garments, it is found that the price of clothing is much higher than that of ordinary domestic clothing as long as it is labeled with the "Korean import" label. The owner of the clothing shop explained to reporters that "the clothing materials imported by South Korea are better than those made in China".

While the quality of imported clothing is frequent, it is a hot consumer's attitude towards imported garments.

According to statistics, in the first 2 months of this year, Zhejiang imported clothing and accessories 24 million 730 thousand US dollars, an increase of 26% over the same period last year.

Among them, the import value of clothing in Zhejiang province reached 13 million 580 thousand US dollars in the month of February, an increase of 1.1 times compared with the same period last year, and the growth rate was 21.7%.

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Data show that in 1~2 months, Zhejiang's imports of Chinese made goods amounted to 4 million 688 thousand US dollars, an increase of 21.2%, accounting for 19%.

In February, Zhejiang imported 6 million dollars from the European Union, an increase of 1.7 times compared with the same period last year, accounting for 44.2% of the total value of clothing imports in the same period. The import of clothing for national products was 2 million 565 thousand US dollars, an increase of 1.2 times, accounting for 18.9%.

The clothing factory owner also told reporters that in order to ensure that the production place abroad, many