Wood Furniture Exports To The U.s. To Report Or Eliminate Sources Of Small And Medium Enterprises -

"Uncle Sam" trade big stick hit the tires last

. When the U.S. "Lacey Act" on April 1 next year, the amendment shall enter into force when Furniture Soon will enjoy a similar "treatment." Amendment provides that the importer in the importing wood products plant or Furniture And other forest products to the legitimacy of sources of raw materials and a series of declarations, or both parties may face the fate of prisoners.

It is understood that the raw materials in Dongguan furniture industry supply chain can meet the requirements of the few.

In the industry believe that the amendment imposed the short term is difficult, there may be a buffer period. Furniture enterprises to purchase raw materials to obtain relevant when the legitimacy of that, and gradually diversify the export market.

Using suspicious timber or fined The United States in 2008 revised "Juarez Act", from April 1, 2010, the coverage will be extended to all imports of wooden furniture.

According to the amendments, the importer of wood products imported in each shipment of plants or forest products must provide basic reporting. Report include: The Latin species name; harvesting countries; number and size; the value of imports. If the importer does not know the transport of forest products procurement of materials of plant origin or name, "Lacey Act" amendments may be allowed to declare the name of each plant, the possible origin.

If the product is defined as the illegal source of raw materials, the United States will be entitled to forfeiture of the product, or even the right to exporters and buyers to imprisonment. Amendment also directly raised the U.S. wooden furniture imports threshold.

Small furniture companies or eliminated The United States is China's furniture export superpower, accounting for 41% of total exports of furniture. China exports to the U.S. in 2008 more than 200 billion dollars worth of furniture, including wooden furniture, about 70 million.

Implementation of the amendment, industry analysis, generally agreed that the U.S. importer fined because of reduced imports from China worry about wood products, furniture exports more difficult. At the same time, because the raw materials to provide proof, wood costs, wood products business operating costs, increase transaction costs also followed, there is no strength of SMEs is likely therefore to be eliminated.

Guangrun Furniture International Marketing Manager of the Chinese Tiger Mountain told reporters that the company started two years ago, the global recognition of the forest Management Chain of FSC certification, its contents and "Lacey Act" similar, so familiar with. "FSC demanding supply chain of raw materials, if you do regulate, and adapt," Lacey Act "role will be very soon."

However, Hua Shan said, "thousands of furniture enterprises in Dongguan, the company did not FSC certified more than 100."

Dongguan Famous Furniture Club, Deputy Secretary-General Wang also said that hunting, Dongguan furniture to achieve amendment requires the enterprise business is very few, especially the wood from Africa, some of the furniture factory. "Raw materials that need to forestry through forest certification, but because the cost is too high, do not do a lot of forest."

Buy raw materials to obtain a copy of proof

Dongguan exported to the U.S. furniture business, how to deal with this situation?

Chinese Academy of International Cooperation Department Lu Wenming interpretation in the media had warned the company's amendment, the U.S. importers to exporters reported usually provide the materials, in many cases the ownership of the goods in the customs clearance, before the transfer to the buyer, so complete that not only the importers of raw materials things, domestic enterprises must be familiar with the reporting requirements.

How to deal with the amendment, proposed by Lu Wenming, furniture enterprises to enhance their environmental responsibility, while also enhancing awareness of the law, when buying raw materials related to the legality of that request.

by: gaga

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