Shanghai Inspection And Quarantine Bureau: Half Of The Unqualified Imported Clothes Are Well-Known Brands

The Shanghai Inspection and Quarantine Bureau said today that in the daily management, the inspection and quarantine department found that nearly half of the imports clothing The nonconformities come from well-known brands. In the second half of the year, the inspection and quarantine department started the pre assessment management of imported clothing, strengthened the management of imported clothing of well-known brands, and protected the safety and health of consumers.

On the 21st, Shanghai Entry Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau and Shanghai Jing'an District People's Government jointly held the 2012 Shanghai Port Import Clothing Information Conference and the launching ceremony of the pilot work of quality pre assessment management in Jing'an District. The first batch of 10 enterprises including Christian Dior Commercial (Shanghai) Co., Ltd Imported clothing Fabric pre assessment qualification assessment, and obtain relevant certificates.

It is reported that the purpose of the pre assessment management of imported clothing is to accelerate the construction of Shanghai International Trade Center and Jing'an "International Business Port", further improve the effectiveness of inspection and quarantine law enforcement at Shanghai ports, and strengthen the Jing'an District government's supervision on the quality of imported clothing of key foreign brand companies in the region.

It is reported that in the first half of this year, Shanghai Inspection and Quarantine Bureau accepted more than 22000 batches of imported clothing inspection applications, with a value of 427 million US dollars, accounting for more than half of China's total share; The import batch increased by 8.2% over the same period last year, and the import amount increased by 25.6% over the same period last year. The inspection and quarantine department carried out quality sampling inspection on 4874 batches of imported clothing, including safety and health items, and found that 409 batches of imported clothing with a value of US $2.86 million had potential safety hazards. The unqualified rate of the sampling batch reached 8.4%, and the unqualified items mainly involved color fastness, pH value, formaldehyde, etc. The unqualified rate of some brands of imported clothing was 11.82%, and the unqualified situation was complex and prominent. After reporting, the AQSIQ issued a warning notice, which is the first national warning notice issued by the AQSIQ on imported clothing.

This time, Shanghai Inspection and Quarantine Bureau concentrated on 16 applications Imported clothing fabrics The enterprises with pre assessment qualifications were assessed, and finally 10 enterprises passed, with a passing rate of only 62.5%.

At today's ceremony, the Inspection and Supervision Division of Shanghai Entry Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau and Jing'an District Commerce Committee jointly signed a memorandum of cooperation on the management of the pilot work, which will further improve the trade facilitation policy, reduce the cost of enterprise operation, and speed up the customs clearance of goods.

It is revealed that in the next stage, the quality pre assessment management will ensure the import Clothing fabric On the basis of orderly pre assessment and controllable risks, expand the scope of the pilot project, add an application acceptance point of Jing'an District Commerce Committee for the pre assessment of imported clothing fabrics, and accept the submission of application materials from enterprises. Shanghai Inspection and Quarantine Bureau will carry out joint management with Jing'an District People's Government, and incorporate the supervision of Jing'an District Commerce Committee on enterprises into the reference factors for the management of the pre evaluation of imported clothing fabrics, so as to achieve the management and service of the comprehensive operation of enterprises.