Foreign markets increasingly stringent regulatory barriers , export enterprises shoulders ” burden ” is increasing.
Recently, the EU, the U.S. and Australia and other regions and countries on textile and apparel released a series of regulations and standards, higher demands on related products . It is reported that , Quanzhou is China’s major textile and garment production and export base , with exports more than 5 billion U.S. dollars , these countries accounted for the proportion of Quanzhou textile and garment export more than half of frequent barriers is bound to have some impact on the local textile and garment export enterprises . To remind the industry , companies need to keep abreast of regulations related content , actively carry out countermeasures.
Exports will encounter ” three threshold ”
Export profit margins compressed
Recently, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to make final revisions to its textile labeling rules , including fiber content and country of origin identification and other rules. New Rules Textile Fiber Products Identification Act , requiring labels on some textiles sold in the U.S. , the generic name should be prominently marked textiles , the percentage content of manufacturer or distributor’s name and producing or processing countries . In the United States continuously raise barriers to textile imports , while the International Oeko-Tex Association OEKO-TEX also recently announced a version of the 2014 OEKO-TEX Standard 100 eco-friendly textile testing standards and limit values , the new standard for PFOA PFOA regulators will be more stringent .
In addition, the Australian ” Good Environmental Choice label ” (GEC) recently released a new standard for environmentally certified textile and leather . The standard requires that textile and apparel products and accessories at least 90% of the weight of textile fibers ; interior textiles , cleaning cloth requires 90% of the weight of textile fibers , yarns and fabrics or non-woven fabrics ; leather products require at least 90 % of the weight is real leather material.
” Generally speaking , the implementation of these regulations for the export of textile and clothing products to set up ‘three threshold ‘ .” Analysis of the industry , the ” three threshold” including safety threshold, threshold and green label threshold.
Quanzhou Textile and Apparel Association Secretary-General Shi being planted believe that foreign markets increasingly stringent regulatory barriers , not only have some impact on the local textile and garment exports , increase their body burden , China’s textile and apparel and is an unfair and unequal competition in world trade performance, but objectively speaking, China’s textile and apparel products in the low-end grades or more , compared with the developed Western countries , there is indeed a considerable gap .
Barriers frequent bound exports to the countries of local products , higher demands , export enterprises to adapt to the new standards and regulations, must be a corresponding increase in the registration and testing costs , it also increases the risk of export enterprises , reduce the price of their products competitiveness.
” Although this year has been warmer overall export market , but export profits are not increased, but declined .” Part of the textile and garment export enterprises , told reporters in the past foundry profits can reach 15% processing fee , but now has been reduced to less than 10% .
” Compared to a few years ago , U.S. and European markets in recent years, frequent barriers to trade , especially for fabric increasingly demanding .” Tupper Dover ( Quanzhou ) Sports Goods Co., Ltd. is a positioning and European markets, mainly in the production of outdoor clothing oriented enterprises, the company’s business manager Xiao -liter欣坦words , compared to other categories of garment enterprises , outdoor clothing for fabric ask for more.
“Years ago , we paid great attention to environmental protection fabric products in recent years, but there is a lot of European countries and regions, enterprises, fabric products made demanding more recently , a Norwegian guests on a product specified fabric higher than the level of environmental protection than ordinary fabric, this fabric one meter to your three dollars . ” made nearly a decade of foreign trade, Xiao Yan sigh up , now than before , much less trade margins foreign businessmen product requirements also tend harsh, which allow enterprises to feel a lot of pressure .
Cai dragon dragon Garment Co., Ltd. , chairman of Fujian admits foreign markets increasingly stringent regulatory requirements , to a certain extent, increased product testing costs of enterprises , ” long before the detection of the finished product, now prenatal, delivery , postpartum, have the relevant materials, product testing , strict European and American customers, especially , sometimes giving the company a third party testing agency to test our products . ”
In this regard, the dragon companies, especially with the Fujian Provincial Fiber Inspection Bureau for cooperation , which in large part to ensure that the company’s product quality , but also increased its product testing costs. “It was just raw material and labor costs continue to rise, now deal with trade barriers, even the corresponding registration and testing costs have increased, in order to ensure profits, we had to increase the price of the product .” Cai said the dragon .
Foreign markets face increasingly stringent regulatory barriers , planting facilities are reminded export enterprises , to accelerate the transformation and upgrading , in the development and design of products, not only to consider the product ‘s shape and function , but also according to inspection standards of the exporting country , the active use of green technology , enhance the competitiveness of enterprises , and to establish the quality of corporate consciousness , self-controlled efforts to increase exports , reduce outlet resistance .
“In recent years , with the increasing attention to improve consumer product safety project , the United States , especially for consumer products safety standards and supervision of imported consumer goods are rising, frequently informed of the recall of Chinese-made consumer goods, textile and footwear category .” In this regard , Insiders suggested that on the one hand , enterprises should promptly and fully grasp the importing country technical , quality, safety , environmental protection, packaging and labeling standards and regulations on textiles and clothing , combined with enterprise production , and constantly improve the quality management system , not blind pursuit of beautiful, cheap and neglect product quality. On the other hand , we should pay close attention to the U.S. CPSC recall notification dynamic , enhance risk awareness and standards philosophy, in strict accordance with the mandatory requirements of the importing country to organize product design and development , materials procurement and supplier assessment , safety and environmental protection projects testing.
Weaving Co., Ltd. Jinjiang City colorful fox costume assistant chairman Zhongrui Chun told reporters that the company’s products are mainly exported to European and American markets , Europe has a strong consumer spending power , pay attention to fashion wear but not demanding that they pay more attention to fabric, texture, pure natural fabric, a soft spot for green products . Therefore , the company ‘s choice of upstream materials are more stringent, in order to ensure product quality. “In the fabric selection, we chose European buyers like cotton products, after special treatment, comfortable and easily deformed .”
“Coping with export barriers , we must first improve product quality, to conform to the export standard, but more important is to strive to make the product style and design with international standards .” Choi told reporters dragon , changing the face of the export market and the many competing opponents blindly rely on lower prices to win is by no means a permanent solution to the market on the basis of rigorous investigation, daring and creativity allow new products to attract customers attention. “Now buyers are focused on environmentally friendly products , we naturally want to make an effort in this regard , with the typical green products to attract them .”
In applying positive planting seems , in the face of new standards for new regulations , local textile and garment enterprises strain pressure into motivation , and work together to upgrade the level of the whole industry chain , as textile and garment is a chain , a number of new standards for testing for the end product of clothing , to adapt to the new standards must be from the source, that is, from spinning, weaving links should pay attention , especially in dyeing part is the important part.
Strive to style and design standards in the international market
