In December administrations for industry and commerce, and bureau of quality and technical supervision issued the results of their apparel, home textile, bag, and footwear quality supervision. This spot check was conducted according to GB 18401-2010 ‘National general safety technical code for textile products’ , GB 5296.4-2012 ‘Instruction for use of products of consumer interest-Part 4: Textile and apparel’ , GB20400-2006 ‘Leather and fur-limit of harmful matter’, GB/T 29862-2013 ‘Textiles. Identification of fiber content’ national and local standards.

The results are summarised below:

Product category	Supervision and inspection organization	Total  batches	Problem batches	Problem(s)
Cashmere knitting goods	General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People’s Republic of China	90	5	Fibre content
Feather &down garment	General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People’s Republic of China	120	4	Fibre content, down content
Leather garment	General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People’s Republic of China	40	2	Leather tear strength
Leather shoes	General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People’s Republic of China	120	9	Formaldehyde, peel resistance, flex resistance, heel hardness
Travelling case and trolley bag	General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People’s Republic of China	100	26	Traveling performance, impact performance
Handbag and knapsack	General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People’s Republic of China	74	19	Labeling, seam strength
Children’s wear	Beijing Administration for industry & comme	—	30	Labeling, fibre content, colour fastness, Label position, attachment tensile strength, cords requirements, pH value, azo dye
Children’s wear	Inner Mongolia Administration for industry & commerce	—	40	Fibre content, labeling, colour fastness
Children’s wear	Anhui Administration for industry & commerce	40	21	Labeling, fibre content, pH value, colour fastness, seam strength
Children’s wear	Shanghai Administration for industry & commerce	110	23	Formaldehyde, pH value, colour fastness, fibre content
School uniforms of primary and secondary students	Chongqing Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision	30	3	Fibre content, colour fastness
School uniforms of primary and secondary students	Zhejiang Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision	97	2	Slippage performance
School uniforms of primary and secondary students	Chongqing Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision	30	3	Fibre content, colour fastness
Adult’s wear	Beijing Administration for industry & commerce	—	39	Labeling, fibre content, colour fastness, pilling, slippage performance, seam performance, formaldehyde, pH value
Adult’s wear	Beijing Administration for industry & commerce	—	36	Labeling, fibre content, colour fastness, slippage performance, seam strength, pH value,
Adult’s wear	Wenzhou Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision	30	8	Labeling, fibre content, colour fastness, peel resistance
Adult’s wear	Anhui Administration for industry & commerce	40	7	Labeling, fibre content, colour fastness
Casual wear	Guangzhou Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision	196	68	Labeling, fibre content, pH value, colour fastness, seam performance
Apparel	Wuhan Administration for industry & commerce	—	21	Labeling, fibre content, seam performance, colour fastness, slippage performance, pH value, azo dye
Apparel	Hunan Administration for industry & commerce	228	118	Labeling, fibre content, colour fastness
Knitted garments	Wenzhou Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision	15	1	Labeling
Leather garment	Shanghai Bureau of Quality and Technical	50	13	Leather tear strength, colour fastness
Underwear	Shanghai Bureau of Quality and Technical	40	1	Fibre content
Bedding	Zhejiang Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision	104	2	Labeling
Bedding	Inner Mongolia Administration for industry & commerce	—	39	Fibre content, labeling, colour fastness, odour, pH value
Bedding	Guangxi Administration for industry & commerce	—	42	Labeling, fibre content, pH value, dimensional change after washing, tensile strength, colour fastness
Bedding	Shanghai Administration for industry & commerce	90	24	Fibre content, azo dye, dimensional change after washing, pH value, colour fastness
Bedding	Wuhan Administration for industry & commerce	—	4	Labeling, fibre content, pH value, colour fastness
Footwear	Anhui Administration for industry & commerce	40	8	Appearance, labeling, hardness of shank, shank longitudinal stiffness, peel resistance
Footwear	Changchun Administration for industry & commerce	130	27	Labeling, length of shank, azo dye, shank longitudinal stiffness, flex resistance, Abrasion resistance
Footwear	Shanghai Administration for industry & commerce	50	29	Labeling, peel resistance, flex resistance, label of shank, appearance, length of shank, shank flexural performance
Footwear and bags	Hunan Administration for industry & commerce	101	33	Flex resistance, impact performance
Bags	Wuhan Administration for industry & commerce	—	16	Labeling, azo dye, seam strength, impact performance, colour fastness
Bags	Anhui Administration for industry & commerce	30	13	Impact performance
Travelling case and trolley bag	Wenzhou Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision	7	3	Impact performance, labeling
Bags	Changchun Administration for industry & commerce	50	39	Impact performance, labeling, azo dye, seam strength
Leather bags	Guangdong Administration for industry & commerce	160	90	Impact performance, labeling, traveling performance, seam strength, buckle corrosion resistance, azo dye, colour fastness, formaldehyde

Suggestions from CTI

Apparel, footwear and bags which are sold in China, not only need to meet the requirements of the mandatory safety technical code, they also need meet the quality requirements of product standards. Enterprises should understand how to choose and specify the requirements of China’s national standards and industry standards. They must also test before sale to make sure products meet all the requirements of the relevant standards.