subject: Technical Barriers To The Exports Of Leather Industry Has Become Increasingly Obvious [print this page] In recent years, as opposed to direct the "dual" investigation, impact of technical barriers to trade in China has become an important factor in the export of light industrial products. Some countries for leather and leather products in the human body and environmentally harmful chemical substances proposed restrictive orders. International distributors in order to avoid certain chemicals have a negative impact on human health and the risk of compensation, in the leather products imported from developing countries, the additional requirement of strict limits. These have become leather products into the international market, technical barriers to trade, especially for small and medium enterprises, the new testing and certification costs on export profits caused great impact.
In recent years, China suffered abroad because of technical barriers to trade, loss of at least several hundred billion dollars each year on China's use of technical barriers to trade in the top five countries are the United States, European Union, Japan, ASEAN and Russia, the main focus of measures certification requirements, technical standards, product safety requirements, environmental requirements, toxic and harmful substances of packing and material requirements and the requirements of the six aspects.
In 2009, the EU has added a new leather technical instructions to:
(1) with the EU ban on imports of leather products of dimethyl fumarate
January 29, 2009, the EU member countries adopted the "guaranteed containing dimethyl fumarate (DMF) of consumer goods will not put the European market," the draft resolution. The resolution in the May 1, 2009 came into effect, the EU Member States to prohibit the DMF content in the consumer goods more than 0.1ppm to market or sell; recovery has been put or sell products containing DMF, and to notify the consumer of these products due possible hazards. Earlier, France, Belgium and Spain, was released in early 2009 DMF ban.
Dimethyl fumarate is inhibited in biocide, this mold in the humid environment preservation or transport process will lead to deterioration of leather furniture and footwear. Most of dimethyl fumarate fixed in the furniture wrapped in a small bag inside, or on the shoe box in order to keep product dry and moisture to prevent mold growth, access to the product consumers will be harmed. Dimethyl Fumarate permeation through clothing to the consumer's skin, causing skin-contact dermatitis, including itching, irritation, redness and burning, in some cases, there are reports of acute respiratory disease. Dermatitis is not particularly easy to treat, so the presence of dimethyl fumarate to become a serious danger.
(2) the inclusion of perfluorooctane sulfonate controlled range of the Stockholm Convention
Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) also have thinning oil, hydrophobic and other properties, in the past been used in the production of textiles, leather products, furniture and carpet stain the surface treatment agent, is very stable because of its chemical properties, used as intermediates for the production of paint, foam, floor polish, pesticides and other termite control agents. PFOS as a persistent organic pollutant, has been shown to have toxic and bio-accumulation and difficult to degrade, and through the air, water and migratory species and product transport and deposition in the discharge point away from other areas have some ecological safety threat.
Earlier, Australia, Canada, the European Union, the United States and other countries have already made a lot of restrictions on PFOS. May 4, 2009 ~ 8, the Stockholm Convention on the Fourth Conference of the Parties (COP4) in Geneva, Switzerland. On Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPS) of the Stockholm Convention entered into force five years after the United Nations, Parties to the Convention adds 9 new chemicals.
Included in Annex A of the Convention of 8 new chemicals, including five polybrominated diphenyl ethers (pentaBDE), octaBDE (c-octaBDE), chlordecone, HBB (HBB), - HCH (alphaHCH), -HCHs (betaHCH), lindane, PeCB (PeCB) will be discontinued, suspended.
Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) was included in the Convention, Annex B. PFOS in the report outlines a number of acceptable use of purposes, including for fire-fighting foam and leaf-cutting ant insect bait. Also outlined for metal plating, leather, textiles, paper, plastics and rubber and specific exemptions.
