The United States Will Introduce Laws And Regulations To Strengthen The Quality Supervision Of Footwear And Other Textiles.

At the 102nd import and Export Fair held recently (the previous Canton Fair), the China Textile Import and Export Chamber of Commerce hosted the "Sino US Symposium on textiles and clothing safety".

Julia K. Hughes, senior vice president of the association of textile and apparel importers of China, said at the seminar that in 2008, the United States will introduce 2 bills to strengthen textile quality supervision.

1 of the regulations are to strengthen the inspection of imported clothing and shoes and shoes for children under 8 years of age. The United States Customs will prohibit entry to the United States market for non products, and the other 1 is to establish formaldehyde content standards.

Although these 2 proposals are not aimed at China, once passed in Congress, they will have an impact on China's export of textiles and clothing to the United States.

In the 2008 election year, product safety is likely to become a hot issue in the general election.

Looking at the children's clothing recalled by the United States in China, the quality of the recalled product itself is not many, and it is mostly a design problem, especially the pull problem on clothing.

Due to the drawstring problem, children's clothing exported to the United States has been recalled many times.

However, China's textile and garment enterprises have not noticed that they have been warned or recalled for the same reason.

This is due to misconceptions in product design. On the other hand, it is also because enterprises know little about European and American standards and are unable to get information about other companies being warned or recalled for the same reasons.

Therefore, it is suggested that the clothing association should train children's clothing enterprises to understand the regulations of children's clothing in developed countries such as Europe and the United States, timely modify the design plan, avoid repeated mistakes due to one problem, and at the same time reduce the loss of enterprises as much as possible.

In addition, the high formaldehyde content has a certain risk. Many small and medium-sized enterprises in China produce good clothing styles and quality, but the formaldehyde content is too high, which will have a negative impression on consumers' health in the long run. Therefore, the United States regulations have attracted domestic attention, and the domestic strict standards for formaldehyde have also been set up.