Mandatory Standards For Children'S Wear Or Industry Reshuffle

8 years of deliberation.

The safety technical specification (hereinafter referred to as "specification") was officially promulgated. As the first mandatory standard for textile products for infants and children in China, the specification first included safety technical requirements and accessories for clothing products (buttons, zippers, ropes, etc.) into the mandatory requirements, and comprehensively standardized the safety of children's clothing.

"GB will increase the production costs of enterprises and even cause them.

A new round of price rises. "

Many local children's clothing enterprises believe that the "specification" has great impact on children's clothing manufacturers with no brand and weak technical strength. After the implementation of standards, children's clothing industry will be completely reshuffled.

Compulsory standards for children's wear are the most stringent for 8 years.

Recently, by the state

Quality supervision and inspection (Fujian Jinjiang) clothing sub center (hereinafter referred to as "national textile and garment quality inspection Jinjiang sub center"), Jinjiang textile and garment quality and technology center, Quanzhou textile and Garment Chamber of Commerce held in 2015, "infant and child textile product safety technical specification" new standard training conference was held in Jinjiang.

"The standard was officially issued from 2007 to 2015, and lasted for 8 years.

From time alone, we can see the importance of this standard. "

At the meeting, Wang Yiman, senior engineer of national textile and garment quality inspection center of Fujian province fiber inspection bureau (Fujian), said that because the standard involves more projects and stricter requirements, it will have a greater impact on relevant enterprises, testing organizations and children's wear market.

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Wang Yiman told reporters that in recent years, developed countries in Europe and the United States have set specific technical requirements, such as the EU's requirements for children's clothing rope, and the United States has put forward requirements for lead content in children's products and two phthalate esters in the consumer product safety improvement act. The international demand for baby and children's products has been increasing.

China's export of European and American children's clothing was once pushed into the "recall door", and the recall of children's wear has been increasing.

"This not only has a bad effect on the export of China's spun apparel products, but also directly affects the international image of China's spinning and clothing products.

Referring to the technical regulations directly related to the safety of textile products abroad, the specification stipulates unreasonable design of hidden dangers such as rope and machinery, and fills the previous standard blank.

In addition, the standard added 6 plasticizers in chemical safety, as well as the limit requirements for the 2 heavy metals of lead and cadmium. These requirements are equivalent to the EU standard, higher than the US standard. "

Wang Yiman said that in view of the potential harm of rope to asphyxia and suffocation for infants and children, the standard put forward specific requirements for the free ends, rope loops and length of the clothing rope, such as the neck, shoulders, arms, waist, hips, ankles and other parts.

In addition, in order to prevent small accessories such as buttons on clothes from being sucked into the nostrils or put into the mouth by infants, it is clearly stated that the accessories with a size smaller than 3mm should not be used for infant textile products, and the corresponding tensile strength requirements should be met.

At the same time, the standard also requires that the accessories for infants and children's textile products should not have sharp sharp edges and sharp edges.

2 years of pition or the lifting of children's clothing industry full reshuffle

"The impact of standards on non brand enterprises will be great."

After visiting dozens of local children's clothing enterprises, Wang Zhiyong, director of the national textile and garment quality inspection center of Jinjiang sub center, expressed his views on the "specification".

Wang Zhiyong told reporters that in Quanzhou's textile and garment enterprises, the development of children's clothing industry has been developing rapidly, and a large number of famous brands such as ABC, Onokazu and leopard have sprung up, occupying a large share of the domestic market.

Because mandatory standards require enterprises to upgrade technology and technology, this requires enterprises to make adjustments in materials, technology, design and even production lines. This will inevitably bring about certain industry shuffling, and a small number of enterprises may withdraw from the market.

Mr. Su, a person in charge of a children's clothing company who does not want to be named, told reporters that in the past, the requirements of materials and technology had only stayed in recommended standards, and enterprises could adopt selectively.

Now that standards are upgraded to national mandatory standards, enterprises have to adjust their production processes.

This is a small children's clothing enterprises, is a move and move the whole body.

"The adjustment of production technology means that the enterprise should be redesigned and upgraded.

To tell you the truth, our current technology is not yet available. "

In contrast, brand enterprises are worried about the issue of production costs and profit margins.

Chen Guihai, product development manager of Fujian wild leopard Children Products Co., Ltd., said that when the domestic children's clothing was forced to recall by the United States in 2010, Onokazu leopard took the initiative to adopt the European and American standards for design and production.

"At that time, we felt that the requirements of the European standard were more humane, and indeed could reduce the potential safety hazard. So from the development department, we will implement the European standard as the criterion."

"Specifications" in the production process requirements, we can do it.

But the higher the standard requirements for children's clothing, the higher the cost of the enterprise.

For example, the standard has increased the rigid requirements of heavy metals, flame retardants and other items, that is, increased the detection cost of enterprises.

Chen Guihai told reporters that after the introduction of the new standard, enterprises need to detect at least 4 items more than usual.

Chen Guihai told reporters that because standards have higher requirements for environmental protection and quality of products, it requires enterprises to use higher quality raw and auxiliary materials in production.

In the market, high quality raw materials are 1/3 more expensive than ordinary products.

Take the common knitting as an example, the ordinary knitted material sells for 50 yuan per kilogram, and the better knitted material needs more than 60 yuan, and the supplier will add the corresponding difference price to the enterprise.

For brand enterprises, to ensure product quality meets the standard requirements, the production cost can not be avoided.

Coincidentally, Fu Yi Qin, executive vice president of Quanzhou Green Garments Co., Ltd. told reporters that with the introduction of the national standard, while improving the quality and safety of Chinese baby textile products, it is also accelerating the integration of Chinese children's clothing with international standards.

Against this background, the supply of materials from raw material suppliers to the production cost of the entire textile and garment industry chain will inevitably be increased.

"However, the children's wear industry has many varieties and brightly coloured colors at present, and quite a few handmade parts are time-consuming and laborious.

The introduction of the national standard will add the script to the fierce competition in the children's clothing market.

Chen Guihai told reporters that at present, the enterprise, in addition to his own increase in production costs, to give profit to the consumer, can only try to improve the overall sales, in order to share the cost.

Lin Guoqiang, director of the Quanzhou textile and clothing chamber Secretariat, told reporters that in order to ensure the smooth pition of the market, the "specification" set up a two-year pitional period, with a pitional period from June 1, 2016 to May 31, 2018.

According to the standard requirements, products that can be produced before June 1, 2016 and meet the requirements of relevant standards can continue to be sold. The testing institutions shall be tested according to the standards executed by enterprises, and all relevant products in the market must be up to standard from June 1, 2018 onwards.

"This is conducive to the pformation and upgrading of technology and the digestion of existing stock.

Judging from the long-term development of children's wear market, the introduction of the specification is conducive to the improvement of children's wear safety standards, and also to the export of children's clothing products, and to deal with trade barriers in the export market with stricter standards.

Under more stringent standards, it will also push companies to upgrade themselves and produce more and more value-added products, which will greatly benefit the development of children's wear market.