Textile Exports Encounter "Barrier" Burden Is Not Light.

< p > reporter learned from Shishi Office of Quanzhou entry exit inspection and Quarantine Bureau, recently, the European Union, the United States and Australia and other regions and countries issued a series of regulations and standards for textile and clothing, which is bound to raise higher requirements for Shishi related enterprises to export products in the region and the country.

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< p > it is understood that the United States ASTM recently released the 2013 version of the baby hard strap a href= "//www.sjfzxm.com/news/index_c.asp" > Standard < /a >. This revision is designed to deal with accidents caused by hard braces.

In the standard, the baby hard harness performance requirements include: trouser leg test, dynamic strength test, static load test, stability test, locking device, accidental folding test, protection component removal test and so on.

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< p > at the same time, the Federal Trade Commission of the United States made a final revision of its textile labeling rules in March 15th, including the rules of fiber content and country of origin identification.

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< < p > < < a href= > //www.sjfzxm.com/news/index_c.asp > > < /a > > Identification Act. It is required that the general name and percentage of textile products should be marked on some textile labels sold in the United States, the names of producers or sellers and producers or processing countries.

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In the United States, while the United States continuously raised the barrier of textile imports, the international environmental protection textile association OEKO-TEX also announced the 2014 edition of the OEKO-TEX Standard 100 eco environmental textiles testing standard and limited value recently, and came into effect on April 1, 2014.

The regulation of perfluorooctanoic acid PFOA will be more stringent in the new version.

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< p > at the same time, nonylphenol NP, octylphenol OP, nonylphenol polyoxyethylene ether NPEO and Octylphenol polyoxyethylene ether OPEO will be more stringent in all product grades.

In addition, recently, Australia's "good environment choice label" issued an environmental friendly textile leather certification standard.

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< p > this standard requires < a href= "//www.sjfzxm.com/news/index_c.asp" > textile and clothing products < /a > and accessories at least 90% of the weight is textile fiber; indoor textiles and cleaning cloth require 90% of the weight of textile fiber, yarn and fabric or non-woven fabrics; leather products require at least 90% of the weight is genuine leather material.

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< p > Quanzhou is the main production area and export base of China's textile and garment industry. Shishi is also important in Quanzhou's textile and clothing export.

In 2013, Quanzhou's textile and clothing exports maintained a relatively fast growth, and exported a total of 6 billion 530 million US dollars, an increase of 36.5% over the same period last year, accounting for 28.4% of Fujian's textile and clothing export value in the same period, of which more than half of the European Union and the United States were.

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< p > "in the face of increasingly stringent regulations and barriers in foreign markets, the burden of enterprises is not heavy."

The industry suggested that the relevant functional departments should increase the support for export enterprises, and guide enterprises to strictly carry out product design and production in strict accordance with the new safety standards.

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< p > when developing and designing products, enterprises should not only consider the shape and function of products, but also actively adopt green processes to enhance their competitiveness according to the inspection standards of exporting countries.

And increase self inspection and control efforts of export clothing products, and reduce export resistance.

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