Source: Yiwu sourcing agent Author: Yama Date: 2011-01-21
Not the most rigorous and only the more stringent. Yesterday afternoon, when asked that Europe will implement more stringent new standards for toy safety in 2011, a toy company CEO of Yiwu said with a sigh: "standard is achievable, but the material and testing costs also rose. "
<The EU new directive on toy safety>will be held on July 20, 2011. Compared to the original standard, the new directive proposes more stringent requirements: restrict element types of migration increased from 8 to 19 species; for the first time prohitited the use of 66 kinds of toys allergic flavors, including 55 disabled, 11 content of more than 0.01% identity is required; toys to the chemical composition of materials and dangerous substances on the EU classification, packaging and labeling requirements in the same….
Recently, in Hongkong Toy Fair Seminar, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission chairman Baum showed, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's ultimate goal is to "lead free" toys. The Committee is continuing to seek the views of all parties now to decide whether from August 14, 2011 implementation of the new standards for lead content - reduced from the current 300PPM to 100PPM.
Yiwu market is one of the nation's largest toy collection and distribution center, there are more than 2,000 toy companies. After financial crisis, many companies turn to domestic development, but exports still account for 60% of toys and more. Yesterday, the reporter interviewed a number of toys that foreign trade enterprises, their main market is currently in South America, Middle East, Africa, the United States, the EU market share has decreased.
On January 15th, 50% employees of Zhangxin Toys Co., Ltd took a holiday, the company chairman Li zhangxin said, the factory will stop working on February 25th. “ the orders of 2010 are enough, but lack of workers all the time, and he found that lack of workers more if a headache than the lack of orders.” Mr. Zhang said, “ at the beginning, the foreign export standard actuaaly will effect a lot of enterprises, and nowadays those enterprises all has suit for this standard, due to since 2006, the new stardard doesn’t change. Nowadays the national standard of Chinese toys is also very high, generally in line with national standards, the export of basic no problem. "
In 2008, Li zhangxin ever participated in EU techology standard discussion: “ mainly discusse the lead content, some standard is really too high, in order to reach th requirement, need to realize toys production, packing, transport all in vacuum, but is seems impossible, if really want to implement this standard, only give up the order. " 70% of Li Zhangxin company's toy export to South Africa, the Middle East accounted for a relatively large amount, only a small amount of export to Europe.
The secretary of Yiwu Toy Industry Association Tong yuanzhi said, in 2010, China's first "toys with paint of harmful substances, " the official introduction of mandatory national standards, standards are very high, some toy companies have been eliminated. " “ Although the standard of Europe and America will be officially implemented this year, but it was launched in 2009, and many enterprises have done the preparatory work, and some transfer market, while some improve the technology, and the impact not much”. He said.
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