Foreign toys, new regulations dense baked, Jinhua toy exports are still strong growth
Toys are important export products in Jinhua region. According to customs statistics, in 2016, the city's toy exports reached 274 million U. s.dollars, an increase of 12.8%. In the 1-4 months of this year, Jinhua's toy exports amounted to US $87 million 420 thousand, a year-on-year increase of 32.6%, showing a strong market competitiveness, and toy exports are expected to maintain strong growth this year.
This year, many countries and regions in intensive release: April 1st, Turkey toys regulations mandatory toy safety law, the legislation is almost completely by the history of the most stringent EU toy safety directive 2009/48/EC; on the same day, the Gulf export toys must be affixed to the GCTS (GSO Conformity Tracking Symbol) April 30th - toys logo; Consumer Safety Specification for American toy safety "" mandatory standards (ASTM F963-16) came into effect, does not meet the new requirements of the toys will not be able to enter the American market; in May 1st, Switzerland issued revised "Regulations" bill of toys, toys "new regulations" came into effect, and the "toy safety directive" more fusion; in May 4th, the EU revised safety of toys for children under the age of 3 can be put into use or components in phenol in toys in migration and The content of all restrictions; in May 24th, the EU toy safety directive on formamide restrictions will be implemented, the content of foam in toy materials formamide should not exceed 200mg/kg, otherwise the necessary release test for 28 days; in May 25th, the amendment to the EU issued toy safety directive 2009/48/EC (EU) 2017/898, tighten the limit the toys of bisphenol A, amendments to the provisions for the following 36 months of children or may be placed in the mouth of the toy, the limit of bisphenol A from 0.1mg/L tightened to 0.04mg/L.
Foreign technical barriers to trade will inevitably emerge in an endless stream brought no small impact on the exports of Jinhua toy industry, Jinhua inspection and Quarantine Bureau to remind the relevant toy export enterprises, from "quantity" to "quality" production production transformation, increase investment in technology capital to promote design, product quality, enhance the competitiveness of products, increase product added value; continue to focus on domestic and international toy products standards and regulations to eliminate the dynamic, from the aspects of structure design, material selection and other security risks, the establishment of technical barriers to trade information monitoring and warning mechanism to avoid export risks from the source; Leveraging "The Belt and Road" initiative, emerging market countries along the development, accelerate the pace of enterprises "going global".