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Watchdog: Textiles imports low quality
By Qin Jize (China Daily)
Updated: 2004-06-18 22:17

China's product quality watchdogsaid on Friday it has been detecting low quality imports of textile products and garments.

The conclusion came from a sample examination done by the General Administration of Quality, Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (GAQSIS) late last year in 10 provinces and municipalities across the country.

Most of the 403 samples involved 25 countries and regions across the globe. The items failed to pass the tests given, officials said, with the general rate of unqualified products set at 45.7 per cent.

Major countries on the clothing blacklist include Japan, the Republic of Korea and Italy.

Experts are appealing for the country's import and export enterprises to pay special attention to quality and hygiene of the products to protect the nation's consumers.

Xiong Yufang, an official with GAQSIS said the authority would enhance its supervision and control over the import of the textile products but detailed measures are still "in the works."

She said the findings were from a general examination of all textile imports and she declined to name any particular brands.

Since textile products are not required to have a compulsory examination to go through the customs before entering the Chinese market, it is difficult to guarantee the quality.

Foreign textile businesses were not available to respond to the survey, since most of them had still not been informed of the news on Friday.

In addition to findings about chemical indexes on the textile products, officials said poor quality of the exterior appearance of the imported clothes also stood out.

Serious problems also showed up on the labels of clothes. They were either wrong in defining the clothes' quality or the labels did not include a Chinese version.

According to the survey, none of the clothes imported from Thailand met standards of exterior appearance and Italy's rate was 52.17 per cent.

China is the biggest textile production and export country as well as the biggest consuming and import country.

Statistics showed that China exports US$80.5 billion in textiles and garments last year, up 27.72 per cent over the previous year, while imports reached US$15.6 billion.



 
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