Quanzhou: Opening Up An International Testing Channel For Footwear Products

Before, shoes export needs to send samples to Guangdong, Shanghai or Hongkong. Each sample takes 7 days -10 days, and now it can be completed in Quanzhou, and it is also a test report approved by European and American markets. Many footwear exporters have benefited from the national footwear inspection center under the Quanzhou inspection and Quarantine Bureau (Jinjiang) and the international authoritative inspection and certification body, Germany TUV Rhine group, in carrying out footwear product testing cooperation.

　 Testing and certification technology service

　　 Quanzhou Can provide

From June 10th, the national footwear inspection center (Jinjiang) and the international authoritative inspection and certification body, the German TUV Rhine group, formally launched the footwear product testing cooperation. To the 9 day of this month, the two group has completed the 11 batch of shoe and shoe products inspection, including banned 185 azo dyes, two phthalate esters, total lead, total cadmium and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. This means that footwear enterprises can complete the "test and global pass" inspection and certification technology service in Quanzhou. The footwear export enterprises in Quanzhou and surrounding areas will be able to conduct international testing and certification at home, and get the test reports approved by the European and American markets.

According to the introduction, the German TUV Rhine group is located in Cologne, is a leading international technology service provider. It has more than 500 service networks in 65 countries and regions, and is a leading international testing and certification organization in the world. The national footwear inspection center (Jinjiang) is recognized by the state. At present, the largest state-level laboratory specializing in footwear and footwear inspection and footwear product quality inspection in China is capable of testing footwear, shoe materials and other 50 products and more than 300 items in accordance with GB, SN, ISO, ASTM, BS, EN, SATRA, DIN and other standards, methods or technical specifications. In June 6, 2014, the national footwear inspection center (Jinjiang) passed the on-site accreditation examination of the German TUV Rhine company, and the test report issued became the "pass" of the international market.

　 　 save Cost saving time

Customs clearance at a faster speed and lower cost

Quanzhou is the third largest export base of footwear and the second largest export base of sports shoes in China. It has famous brands at home and abroad, such as Anta, XTEP, PEAK and 31st degree, with an annual export volume of over 3 billion US dollars. In recent years, European and American countries have continuously strengthened technical trade measures, constantly changed and updated relevant environmental regulations on imported footwear products, and put forward more stringent requirements for the export of footwear products in China. The demand for internationally recognized testing services is also expanding.

However, the high cost of testing and the long wait have virtually increased the cost of the enterprise. According to the industry estimates, Quanzhou footwear enterprises only spend more than 50 million yuan on annual inspection fees. Enterprise personnel said, "in the past, there were no corresponding testing institutions in Quanzhou, and footwear export enterprises needed to send samples to remote sites. The fastest one would take a week to get the results. The cost of testing and sending them ranged from 8000 yuan to 10 thousand yuan." What makes the enterprise most headache is that the off-site inspection agencies are only responsible for the samples. If the samples are lost or destroyed, they may affect the export of the whole batch of products.

Quanzhou inspection and Quarantine Bureau official said, with Germany TUV Rhine group cooperation, opened up the Quanzhou footwear products internationalization inspection business channel, can provide Quanzhou footwear export enterprises provide strong testing technology guarantee, create more convenient, fast, low cost customs clearance conditions.