New Regulations On Shoe And Clothing Imports In Europe And Indonesia

From next month, the United States will introduce new regulations on the import of textile and clothing products, and products that do not conform to the safety regulations will be thoroughly destroyed.

Reporters learned from the Quanzhou inspection and quarantine bureau that since the beginning of this year, Europe, Indonesia, New Zealand and other countries have begun importing new regulations on toys, footwear and other products, and export enterprises should deal with them early.

Many countries have implemented new import regulations. It is understood that at the end of December last year, Indonesia issued new regulations on imported products, requiring that six consumer products, such as shoes, clothing, children's toys, beverages, electrical appliances and food, exported to Indonesia, must be imported from the legally registered importers and imported at designated ports and airports.

At the same time, New Zealand issued new regulations for the label of children's pajamas, which came into effect in April 1st this year. The new regulations put forward more stringent requirements for the labels of children's pajamas.

In addition to shoes and clothing, some countries also have new regulations on toy imports.

On the basis of the original toy safety directive, the European Union has made amendments to expressly prohibit the use of carcinogens or toxic materials.

Hong Zhenye should take early steps to deal with the new trade policies issued by these countries. Quanzhou's foreign trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Hong Zhenye, made his own analysis. "Textile shoes and clothing are our traditional export products. From January 2008 to November, the total export volume of the city's shoes was 724 million US dollars, accounting for 13.79% of the total export volume.

The total export volume of textile and clothing is 1 billion 698 million US dollars, accounting for 32.35% of total exports.

The European Union, the United States and other markets are importers of these products. Now, Indonesia and New Zealand only have new regulations on shoes and clothing. If the European Union and the United States issue relevant regulations for textile shoes and clothing, the impact will be very great.

Indonesia, New Zealand and other countries account for a small share of Quanzhou's total exports.

However, the low export share also means that the market potential is great. As long as there is a market, there is still room for future development. "We are very concerned about the new policies introduced by importing countries, and sometimes technical barriers are even more terrible than tariff barriers."

"The export of our products to Europe and the United States, such as Europe and America, should be restricted by the EU standards, and it is only in conformity with the local requirements that the customs can be cleared smoothly," said Huang, Jinjiang.

The Quanzhou inspection and Quarantine Bureau responsible person told reporters that many countries will adjust the import regulations of some products every year, and enterprises should grasp the relevant policy changes in time to reduce unnecessary troubles and losses when products are cleared.

The industry experts remind the majority of export enterprises to take measures to deal with the following problems: first, improve the technological strength, improve the technology, make more efforts in information collection, production link management and related standards setting; two, make in-depth interpretation and analysis of the regulations, carry out safety production and check the deficiency in the export trade links with the new regulations; three, the relevant government departments should strengthen the information service and response guidance to enterprises in this special period, such as collecting the latest information on trade barriers in time, and offering lectures for enterprises.

At the same time, in the face of increasingly frequent trade barriers, experts pointed out that export diversification, domestic market development, brand building and independent innovation are the long-term strategies for many export enterprises.

Yang Jing: editor in charge