subject: China Has Not Yet Introduced Laws To Protect Poultry [print this page] China Feather & Down Industrial Association to the Ministry of Agriculture, State Forestry Administration Advisory animal protection laws and regulations after being told that our country has set on the wildlife protection laws and regulations, but the protection of poultry have not yet been introduced.
2008 Swedish export companies in China down 22 million U.S. dollars of value, including all the feathers and feather products. China Feather & Down Industrial Association official said: "do good and not to, we only have respect for the European countries or regions of animal protection laws and consumer demand, against animal abuse, they are not to lose the market."
According to customs statistics, in 2008 China's 1322 exports to Europe down Down and Feather Company and its products, totaling 720 million U.S. dollars, accounting for the amount of Chinese exports down 37% of the industry. China Feather & Down Industrial Association, said the Secretary-General, Swedish television station TV-4 reported last year, "live pull cashmere" program, which has led the European market sales fell 30% cashmere.
CFNA feather and down products, Anhui Branch of the Secretary-General Yu-Xiang Li is currently down business research. Swedish television reported last year, this "living pull cashmere," reported this year, "live pull down" has a different theme each year. Can not say that there are animal protection organization behind, but the emergency of international trade must give enterprises. China accounted for 70% market share in the international down, the other 30% in France, Hungary, Poland and other countries.
Addition to oil as raw material, can be mass-produced polyester cotton alternative to natural down. If a down jacket is a standard charge amount of 600 grams down, but high prices and some manufacturers down with down and polyester cotton on each half of the strategy of reducing costs.
This surface is an animal protectionist measures, but there is a trend in the limelight. According to the Chinese Embassy in Sweden Agency to provide business news, Sweden, February 8 broadcast television stations down enterprises in China "living pulling down" the report, the European Veterinary Association asked the European Commission decided that the import of animal products from outside the EU, must follow the same rules as the European Union, such as basic animal protection rules. One, a veterinarian in Sweden, said the proposal was approved by the European Union will decline if it means some do not meet the requirements of animal products.
It is reported that the European Commission at the meeting in a few weeks ago had also discussed how the rules of animal protection into trade issues.
Head of China Feather & Down Industrial Association, said: "This event becomes a reality, the EU market on the right to refuse business from China down and feather products, not alarmist." Japan is also concerned about the "living pulling down" the progress of the event, as it'll raise a similar "flag" can not now determine.
This can be seen as an international trend of trade protectionism. Hebei Group Co., Ltd. Xuewan Tao Chi Snow suggested the domestic industry associations and enterprises should tell the real European consumers, to restore the truth and help Chinese enterprises to export markets.
Jiangsu Kaiyuan Garment Co., Ltd., general manager of Animal Friends of Ni Jia-Ying deep feeling. Last year, the company's apparel exports to the U.S. is a dog hair collar. Prior to departure of each shipment must have quarantine, commodity inspection department issued from non-infected areas, the report is not inhumane slaughter, a Road links down the company to endure exhaustion. A group of apparel to the two reports, etc., as long at the port, "lie down" for a week at sea. This is tantamount to increasing the enterprise explicit and implicit costs.
"International animal can rise to become a protectionist trade protectionism." Nijing Li said the company was replaced with a synthetic simulation of hair dog hair collar. But the other side asked to provide a small logo to inform consumers. Do not look at the cost of a small sign a few cents, for export enterprises, their profit margins narrow, do not want to add any cost. "Now some of the orders are the least bit will fight."
In China Feather & Down Industrial Association and the Down and Feather Section CFNA industry conference held jointly initiated a self-regulatory activities and implementation of non-credit guarantee system for live poultry products. March 13 afternoon, down to 61 enterprises in Hangzhou, Zhejiang signed a non-credit guarantee of live poultry products, raw material traceability system established to ensure the company's products non-down products of live poultry. Shanghai Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau
down side testing center director, said Taulli, from the testing point of view, can not be washed down after the identification process is a living pulling out or slaughtered by-products. China is the world's largest producing and exporting country down, while quality is down the most unstable. "Living pull down" reports on China's down industry is a profound lesson is how to adapt to international markets, respect for other countries (regions) law. Zhejiang down
chapter president of the Association for the military industry of China, said, "living pulling down" reports on companies to bring down the pain is temporary, but highly internationalized Chinese feather industry, its effect is long-term, warned companies, who violate "rules of the game" will be eliminated.
China Has Not Yet Introduced Laws To Protect Poultry
