EU'S Recall Of Textile Products In China Has Increased Considerably. The EU Intends To Ban Imports Of Environmental Hormone Textiles.

Recently, a statistics from the China Federation of textile industry has attracted the attention of many textile and garment export enterprises in Shaoxing.

The EU REPEX system issued 317 product notified articles to China, an increase of 112.75% over the same period last year, of which 70 of textile and clothing products were announced, representing an increase of 337.5% over the same period last year.

The European Union's recall notice for textiles and clothing products in China is still dominated by clothing, especially children's clothing. The main reason for the notification is still not in line with the EU standard EN14682. There is a risk of suffocation (the length of the rope for children's tops and caps is over standard) and the risk of injury (the waist length of children's clothing is over standard).

From the point of sending the notified country, Hungary was the most widely informed country, and its announcement accounted for 34.57% of the Chinese textile and clothing categories, followed by Slovenia, Romania, Denmark, Spain, Germany and Finland.

Whether the European Union is spinning me.

The rapid increase in the number of products recalled, or the recent introduction of new regulations, put forward more stringent requirements for textile labels. All these indicate that the European Union has strengthened the protection of textile and garment enterprises, especially children's clothing enterprises in the economic depression.

The European Union is also one of the largest textile and clothing export markets in Shaoxing. According to statistics, in the 1~5 months of this year, the volume and amount of textile garments exported by Shaoxing inspection and Quarantine Bureau in Shaoxing decreased by 15% and 33% respectively.

Although the EU's recall and notification on textiles and clothing products in China does not involve enterprises and products in Shaoxing, it should not be taken lightly.

In this regard, the Shaoxing inspection and Quarantine Bureau reminded that all the relevant export enterprises in Shaoxing should be prepared before the products are exported, learn to grasp the new regulations of the EU textile regulations in a timely manner, export children's clothing in the EU as early as possible, confirm the first sample style, contact the inspection and quarantine departments in a timely manner, and do well in the inspection of export products, so as to avoid the export of unqualified products and bring losses.

EU intends to ban imports of environmental hormone textiles

A few days ago, I learned that the EU may ban imports of textile products containing environmental hormones.

This will have an impact on China's export textiles.

Environmental hormones refer to chemicals that interfere with the endocrine of organisms.

These substances can mimic the natural hormones in the body, combine with hormone receptors, affect the amount of hormones in the body, cause the body to produce excessive effects on hormones in the body, lead to endocrine system disorders, impede reproduction, development and other functions, and even lead to malignant tumors.

It is understood that the environmental hormone problem in textile and clothing has been the focus of attention all over the world.

The EU also explicitly prohibits the use of nonylphenol polyoxyethylene ether (NPE) and nonylphenol (NP) in textile production.

The Swedish chemicals authority plans to submit a document prohibiting the import of NPE textiles to the European Chemicals authority by August this year.

This will eventually lead to a total ban on the sale of textiles containing NPE in the market.

NPE has endocrine disrupting effect, which can promote the proliferation of breast cancer cells. It belongs to endocrine disrupting chemicals and carcinogens.

As a surfactant, NPE is widely used in the textile industry.

In addition to the textile industry, NPE can also be used as surfactants and detergents.

Once NPE enters the environment, it will quickly break down into a stronger environmental hormone, NP.

NP is recognized worldwide as an environmental hormone with persistence and bioaccumulation.

At the same time, it also has the function of mimicking estrogen, and it will affect the normal reproduction and development of organism after entering the organism.

In this regard,

The Quarantine Department reminded relevant enterprises to switch to cleaner production technology and replace NPE with eco-friendly surfactants as soon as possible, so as to cope with the possible impacts and impacts ahead of schedule.