Leather, fur exports have new regulations

Journalist learned from Jiaxing Exit Inspection and Quarantine, AQSIQ before an emergency circular calling for the import or export of leather, fur and products must be of hazardous chemical substances tested azo dyes and formaldehyde. As the leather, fur and products export base, the city's total of 200 enterprises is limited.

It is understood that the AQSIQ issued "on the strengthening of leather, fur and products detection of harmful chemical substances," which the product is divided into A, B, C three categories, and an increase of azo dyes, formaldehyde and other detection.

According to statistics, last year the city of the three categories of products to meet export batch 9600 batch, the amount of more than 338 million U.S. dollars. The city's inspection and quarantine system, a recent survey of fur products, diagnostic checks test results showed that 20 fur samples, formaldehyde content of a failure rate of 20%. Haining City of inspection and quarantine departments sampling results also indicated that 388 samples triazolylazo a failure rate of up to 1.3%. By the understanding, in our city a lot of raw materials intended to be unqualified enterprises leather, fur and related products used in the absence of mandatory requirements to use environmentally-friendly dyes in non-EU countries on the export of clothing, is the sampling test results are not one of the reasons for optimism .

Entry-exit inspection and quarantine departments for this purpose to remind the relevant production enterprises, as soon as possible to improve the production process, control the content of formaldehyde in order to adapt to new standards, improve detection of the passing rate of exports; At the same time, from the large and reputable suppliers to purchase raw materials, reduce risk. In addition, the detection of prohibited azo dyes from the original 25 EU countries to expand exports to all countries and regions, companies entered into contracts with customers should be taken into account the cost of detection, especially in small quantities, order fewer small fur processing enterprises , the cost of exports will be increased.