Interpretation Of EU'S Notification Of China'S Footwear Products

Germany has the largest number of notifications, 14 times of annual bulletin, accounting for 31% of the total, followed by Spain and France, and the new Czech bulletin is 2 times.

Compared with 2013, the number of German notified was reduced by 20 times, Hungary reduced by 9 times, but France increased by 8 times.

From the number of notified countries, 6 were between 2012 and 2014.

In 2014, the number of labor protection footwear bulletin increased by 5 times over the previous year, accounting for a rise from 6% to 20%.

Although the number of children's shoes has been reduced by 13 times over the previous year, the proportion has increased from 30% to 38%, and the proportion is increasing.

Adult shoes are basically the same as last year.

In chemical hazard, the six valent chromium exceeded the standard 27 times, and the six valent chromium content in leather ranged from 3.5-93.7mg/kg.

There were 10 reports of asphyxia risk notification that the small parts were easy to fall off. They were able to report 4 times of failure of performance, 2 times of the two methyl esters of fumaric acid, 2 times of PCP content, 1 times of cyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.

After the announcement, the measures adopted are generally divided into active measures and coercive measures. Active measures include recall and destruction from the market and consumers. Compulsory measures include prohibiting sales and refusing imports.

From the 2014 bulletin, coercive measures accounted for more than 80%.

The EU is one of the biggest target markets of China's footwear industry, but the EU is also the region with the highest demand for restricted substances, with the most stringent standards.

Under the background of global attention to trade remedy measures, relatively hidden technical barriers to trade have become a major obstacle to the export of China's footwear industry.

On the whole, the total number of notifications in 2014 was much lower than that in the previous year, but the six valence chromium is still the main reason.

The six price chromium exceeded the standard countries, mainly for Germany, Spain, France and Hungary.

Suffocation is still the top priority in baby shoes.

59% of the total number of reports.

Shoe manufacturers exporting to the EU should pay close attention to the hidden danger of small accessories of children's shoes, and eliminate hidden dangers in design, manufacture and testing to avoid unnecessary losses.

The number of notifications is on the rise, 9 times this year, and 4 last year.

The main reason for the announcement is that it does not conform to the personal protective equipment regulations and the relevant European standards EN 20344. It is not hard to pass the impact resistance index, but it is mostly rigid quality problems.

Six valence chromium has been the main reason for notification throughout the EU.

The restrictions are also getting stricter.

Trivalent chromium compounds are needed in leather tanning process. These compounds react with collagen in leather to enhance the properties of leather.

Under certain conditions, trivalent chromium can be oxidized to six valence chromium.

In March 26, 2014, the European Commission amended the annex 17 of the REACH code, limiting the content of six valent chromium (VI) in leather products with a detection limit of 3mg/kg.

The regulation will take effect in May 1, 2015.

It is suggested that relevant enterprises should actively understand the dynamics of limited substances at home and abroad, actively communicate with quality inspection departments, strengthen technical exchanges with upstream tanning enterprises, strengthen self inspection of enterprises and cooperate with the third party inspection institutions, take effective measures to strengthen material supply inspection, carry out reasonable management of materials and finished goods warehousing and finished product pportation process, and take effective measures to prevent trivalent chromium in leather from being pformed into six valent chromium, so as to avoid trade friction.