Last Year, The Export Of Children'S Related Products Suffered Bottlenecks In China Last Year.

As the main supplier of children's related products in Europe and America, the children's products industry in China has been attracting much attention.

A few days ago, the third party testing, certification and chemical regulation and service institution of Hangzhou, the HECO Detection Technology Co., Ltd. (hereafter referred to as HOCO), counted the obstruction of children's related products caused by various trade barriers in 2015. The results showed that chemical hazards, choking and environmental hazards were the main causes of export obstruction.

He Lu, China's quality assurance reporter, told us that the US CPSC (Consumer Product Safety Association) issued 2228 LOA (US Customs violation notices) in 2015, of which 1745 were targeted at Chinese products.

At the same time, according to the analysis of heco, at least 1197 of the 2228 LOA products were issued for toy products.

"In 2015, LOA goods were ranked first due to the label problem, followed by product third party inspection certificates.

For specific product hazards, the choking and choking violations caused by small parts are most serious. The problem of lead content in chemical hazards is also worth every exporter's attention.

He Lu said that according to the statistics of heco, in 2015, the US Consumer Product Safety Association CPSC recalled 59 children's products, of which 5 were due to the presence of choking hazards in toys, and the lead in 2 products exceeded the standard.

In addition, the flame retardancy of children's pajamas has attracted much attention, and a total of 7 batches have been recalled.

In addition, electric shock, Le injury, drowning and other hazards are also part of the recall.

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The European Union, which exports another destination, announced 1856 products in 2015 through the Rapex (European non food consumer goods rapid alert system), including 468 cases of toy products, 72 cases of children's care products, and nearly 40% of the toys and children's care products.

The products are mainly toys, cribs, children's shoes, folding baby carriages, children's dining chairs, baby sitting chairs, table chairs and so on.

In 2015, the reasons for the announcement of toy products in EU RAPEX system included burns, chemical hazards, choking, cutting, hearing loss, visual impairment, environmental hazards, interception, personal injury, Le injury, asphyxia and microorganism. Chemical hazards and choking were 38% and personal injury accounted for 12%, which was the 3 most frequently reported hazard type, accounting for about 90% of all product hazards.

In 2015, there were chemical hazards, choking, environmental hazards, interception, personal injury, injury, asphyxia and suffocation among children's care products in the European Union RAPEX system. Among them, 41% of personal injury and 28% of choking were the most harmful types, accounting for more than half of all products.

He Lu reminds domestic related export enterprises that toy products need to do well in the toy safety directive 2009/48/EC and REACH regulations before exporting to the EU. Children's care products need to comply with the relevant EN standards.

According to the data released by China Customs, the export volume of toys in China has increased evidently in 2015, and the United States remains the first country of destination for the export of Chinese toys and related products, followed by the European Union.

According to data from Japan, a total of 23 children's products were recalled in 2015, including 7 toys.

8, 3 children's safety seats and 5 other children's products.

Among the 8 children's clothing recalls, 3 were caused by excessive formaldehyde.

In 2015, South Korea recalled 382 related products, including 151 children related products. Most of the recalled products were toys and children's clothing. The reasons for the recall were chemical hazards and 151 children's products recalls. 120 of them were chemical hazards, including: excessive o-benzene, excessive lead, and excessive nickel release.

Benzene and other volatile organic substances exceeded the standard.

He Lu said that these major trading nations had reference to the regulatory data of toy products, which is worthy of the attention of children's related product industry practitioners.

Xi Ke also analyzed the imported unqualified information issued by AQSIQ in 2015. According to statistics, AQSIQ issued 1158 batches of unqualified product information in 2015, including 142 batches of children's related products.

All the children's products included: Children's toys, children's textiles, diapers, children's safety seats and children's food contact materials, among which children's textiles and children's toys are in the majority.

Toy products were required to withdraw 78% of their products because they did not provide CCC certificates. The color fastness of children's textiles became the hardest hit area, followed by formaldehyde and pH value indicators.

He Lu said that AQSIQ ensured the safety of imported products well, and suggested that the relevant importers and foreign traders should seriously understand China's product access system before the products entered China.