According to data released by the European Union’s Rapid Early Warning System for Non-Food Consumer Goods (RAPEX), throughout 2012, the European Union recalled a total of 565 Chinese textile and apparel products. In terms of recall types, more than 80% were children’s clothing. Judging from the reasons for the recall, the main focus is on the potential dangers caused by the excessive length of drawstrings on children’s tops, hats, waists, and knees and the easy detachment of small parts. Judging from the regional distribution of recall notification countries, they are mainly concentrated in Central and Eastern European countries.
In the notifications of recalled products, most of them mentioned “violation of EN14682 regulations”. The so-called “EN14682” refers to EU standard document No. 14682. Its scope of application is clothing for children and teenagers aged 0-14 years old. It mainly stipulates the specifications of belts, ropes, shoulder straps, bows and other components on children’s clothing to reduce the risk of children wearing clothing. Potential dangers arise due to the ropes being tied, pulled, and trapped when wearing clothing. According to analysis, 80% of children’s clothing products are notified because small and medium-sized enterprises have insufficient understanding of product standards in emerging markets. In many cases, foreign importers provide style designs in the orders they provide to small and medium-sized export companies, and often the product has problems with drawstrings in the design. If Chinese companies do not understand the situation, the chances of the product being recalled are high. will increase.
