New regulations on textile export issued-Ningbo Customs calls on enterprises to pay attention to and master the new standard in time
Release time:
2019-01-26
Textiles are an important export industry in our city. According to the latest statistics from Ningbo Customs, the total export of textiles, clothing and yarns in Ningbo in 2018 reached 90.369 billion billion yuan, an increase of 6% over the previous year.
Textiles are an important export industry in our city. According to the latest statistics from Ningbo Customs, the total export of textiles, clothing and yarns in Ningbo in 2018 reached 90.369 billion billion yuan, an increase of 6% over the previous year.
In the context of the recovery of market demand, the international market of textile exports is still facing a great test. On January 2, the International Environmental Protection Textile Association issued the 2019 version of the STANDARD 100 eco-environmental protection textile product certification standards, the new version of the standard to the city's textile exports to add challenges.
It is understood that the STANDARD100 eco-environmental protection textile product certification standard is currently recognized as the authoritative eco-textile standard in the global textile industry. Many high-quality buyers in Europe and the United States will Oeko-Tex the Standard 100 standard as the technical basis for product procurement.
According to the relevant person in charge of Ningbo Customs, the new version of the ecological textile standard, on the one hand, will involve benzene, quinoline, ammonium salt, selenium, glyphosate and metal barium, including a variety of substances of concern, on the other hand, including phthalate esters (plasticizers), perfluorinated and polyfluorinated compounds have been more stringent limits.
"In recent years, the international market has become more and more stringent in the requirements for residues in exported textiles. The introduction of the new version of ecological textile standards has put forward new requirements for the production process and quality supervision of my country's textile export enterprises." The person in charge said.
It is reported that the new version of the ecological textile standard will come into effect on April 1, 2019 after a three-month transition period. Ningbo Customs calls on textile export enterprises to attach great importance to it. In the whole production chain of products, they should pay attention to and master domestic and foreign technical regulations and standards in a timely manner, and carry out production and self-examination in strict accordance with the requirements of corresponding regulations and standards. At the same time, strengthen the control of potentially harmful substances, entrust a qualified laboratory for testing to ensure that the ingredients contained in the product strictly meet the limit value standards.
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