Product Identification Is Not Standardized As A "Stumbling Block" For Chinese Export Enterprises

Western developed countries set up technical barriers to trade of foreign imports in 70s of last century by legislating product packaging and labelling.

As early as December 31, 1975, France promulgated regulation No. 75-1349, and all labels, leaflets, manuals, warranty documents and other information materials of all commodities must be compulsorily used in French.

At the same time, emerging markets such as the Middle East, Latin America and Africa are gradually establishing various mandatory labeling requirements.

At present, common product identities include origin labels, product warning labels, food labels, etc.

Mechanical and electrical products energy efficiency labelling, toy age grading labels and so on, basically cover food, animal and plant products, industrial products and other products.

According to incomplete statistics, from January to August this year, more than 40 laws and regulations (or draft) related to identification requirements were added abroad.

Chinese products, which do not meet the requirements of the importing country's logo, are experiencing increasing numbers of overseas notification, return, recall and other cases.

Product identification requirements are becoming one of the main technical trade measures adopted by foreign countries for foreign imports.

Emerging market product identification system is being established, mainly reflecting safety, health, environmental protection and anti fraud quality and safety requirements.

In order to protect human life safety, protect the environment and prevent misleading users, in June, Ecuador issued a draft of technical regulations on liquid heating, cooking and similar use of electrical appliances, the requirements of the label requirements were stipulated.

In August, in order to reduce energy consumption and achieve energy saving, green, environmental protection and other targets, Mexico issued new mandatory standards for vertical pumps, including energy efficiency labeling requirements indicating energy efficiency levels.

The above items belong to the focus of inspection and Quarantine of import commodities, and Chinese exporters must understand and master them.

The product marking system in developed markets is relatively mature, and there is a trend of socialization and electronization. For example, the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) requires mandatory labelling and tagging of children's products, so that manufacturers, retailers and consumers can understand the name, address, production date and relevant information of the manufacturer.

In July this year, the German Federal Ministry of economic cooperation and development launched a plan aimed at promoting the "social label" system for textiles.

The purpose of this project is to set quality standards for the entire apparel supply chain. The labeling criteria are being discussed in accordance with social standards, especially the working environment, reasonable remuneration, and environmental and human rights standards.

At the same time, consumers can better understand the production environment of the clothes they wear in third countries.

The Federal Communications Commission also published a new guide document marking digital labels on the screen of electronic products or websites in July.

RFID has the advantages of saving cost, providing more information and remote updating.

Although the above requirements are being implemented only in a few countries and some commodities, with the strengthening of regionalized cooperation among developed economies, it is expected to become more and more popular.

In addition, product identification requirements are constantly updated, and the specific content is increasingly refined.

In April this year, the India Bureau of standards issued a self declaration label requirement under the electronic information product registration system.

The self declaration statement must be marked on the product ontology and package. The size of the font is at least 12 or 1/4 of the trademark font.

If the 1/4 of the trade mark is less than 6, the minimum font size must be 6.

Self declaration must be engraved on the product body or printed.

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To sum up, the risk of foreign repmission, recall and notification of China's export commodities due to product identification is rising.

In May of this year, backpackers to Saudi Arabia and sunglasses exported to the United States were retreated because they had no "MADEINCHINA" logo on their products.

In June, a hand-held working lamp in China was refused entry to the port by France.

The reasons for the announcement include labels showing no origin, rated voltage, protection guide, product type or reference standard.

In August, a number of work lights exported to the United States of California were returned to work because the products were not labeled with warning labels.

Accordingly, the inspection and quarantine department reminds the vast number of enterprises: first, jump out of the blind area and raise awareness.

At present, a considerable number of enterprises are concerned about the quality of products.

In terms of technology and technology, it is considered that labels have nothing to do with quality nor affect sales.

Two, broaden channels and improve capabilities.

At present, the labeling requirements of various countries emerge one after another. Enterprises should pay more attention to the latest trends of the official websites of various countries. On the other hand, they should be good at making use of the information platform of domestic governments and institutions, and timely grasp the policy information of the relevant product labels.

Three is to strengthen the system, strictly control, strengthen the label knowledge learning, improve the contract audit system, label will also be included in the scope of contract technical review.