EU clothing trade will add new barriers, Shishi apparel export companies need to be cautious

“Let consumers not mistakenly believe that the product came from the EU because of the clothing label, but in fact the consumer purchased the product originating in a third country.” A few days ago, the European Union congressmen drafted a “sold in Europe” The proposal of compulsory standard country of origin labeling of garments was passed by a high vote. "For Shishi's many clothing export enterprises, this is not good news." The person in charge of the Shishi Quality and Technical Supervision Association said.

It is understood that compared with countries such as the United States and Canada that have strict regulations on the "made in" label of the country of origin, the EU's country of origin labeling was only voluntary until the motion was passed. There are 48 types of textile fibers (including 18 types of natural fibers and 30 types of man-made fibers) in the EU's single textile and apparel sales market, while the EU's current textile label regulations apply only to the coordination of these 48 types of textile names and textile fiber ingredient labels. There are no mandatory regulations on the country of origin. "In the past, we generally carried out labels in accordance with the requirements of foreign merchants. Most of them were made in china." Mr. Li, a marketing vice president of a foreign trade company, introduced it in addition to the label. "Made in china", they have also marked other countries in the European Union. Before the EU's bill was passed, if there were problems with the garments it produced and it called for a recall, the company would often negotiate with the foreign merchants who placed orders and the latter would compensate most of them. "But after this bill became a regulation, All the risks were passed on to us.” Vice President Li expressed that the further increase of barriers to trade in Europe was adopted for the lions’ gloomy operations that experienced the financial crisis and the gradual entry into the recovery period for the clothing enterprises in the European Union. Undoubtedly, it is "aggravated."

“Shishi has clothing companies that export to Europe to work hard on label inspections.” Mr. Fang, an industry insider, said that since March 2009, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) issued a document to stop the inspection of textiles and garments, and exported textiles and clothing. The labeling is no longer included in the inspection and quarantine department's inspection program, but now, as the EU puts the “marking country of origin” label on the agenda and requires it to be enforced in future trade, the quality inspection department and the Shishi exporting company must re Emphasis on label inspection, "Enterprises must attach great importance to enhance label awareness and pay close attention to the progress of the EU labeling system in the country of origin." Mr. Fang said that in addition, companies need to further improve their self-inspection capabilities and strictly control quality. Before the garments are exported, they are sent to an authoritative organization for inspection, so as to avoid rejection due to the fact that the clothing labels do not meet the requirements.

(Reporter Yang Jiang)