From the 20th, the "New EU Toy Safety Directive", which has been in operation for nearly two years, will enter a new stage of implementation. The detection of heavy metals in the chemical part of exported toys will increase from 8 to 19.
The EU Directive 2009/48/EC on the new toy safety directive was once called the most stringent toy safety technology regulation, effective from July 20, 2009. The directive is divided into two transition periods: the mandatory physical and mechanical parts are required from July 20, 2011; the requirements in the chemical section will become effective on July 20, 2013, and the toy products entering the EU market will have to comply with the chemical safety section. New requirements for 19 migration elements.
Many toy exporters in Shenzhen are worried when interviewed by reporters that the full implementation of the new directive will increase the production costs of enterprises, especially for private label companies, which may double. Strict control and internal management of the production process will also be an urgent problem for export enterprises.
Double the cost of the business
The chemical part of the new directive requires, in addition to 19 heavy metals, nitrosamines and nitrosamines, allergenic aromatics and carcinogenic, genetically mutated and reproductively toxic substances.
Chen Yue, head of an export plush toy company in Longgang District, Shenzhen, said that the implementation of the first phase of the EU Toy Safety Directive has a great impact on exports. The grade of raw materials in the plant has been upgraded by at least one grade and exported to the EU. The cost has doubled. The adjustment requirements are more stringent, and the rising cost of raw materials will soon be reflected.
Another person in charge of the production of plush toys in Longgang District said that the factory's raw material procurement cost is estimated to increase by about 10%. "After 2011, the price has been raised. This time, after increasing the cost, it will definitely increase the price. I still don't know if the market accepts it."
Shenzhen Toy Industry Association people told this reporter that the implementation of this directive is a huge challenge for both plush toy companies and plastic toy companies. “Dyed raw material cloth dyes and plastic toy paints contain chemical elements and involve heavy metals.â€
According to the above-mentioned associations, the increase in the cost of enterprises depends on the content of heavy metals in toys, and may be doubled at the highest level.
Private label is the most affected
In the cost of the enterprise, the cost of testing is a small expense.
According to the above-mentioned associations, in order to guarantee the quality of products, enterprises need to purchase special testing machines, which are mostly produced in Germany. The purchase price is as high as 1 million yuan. Small enterprises can only send products to qualified laboratories. Detection.
He added that it is difficult for small businesses to bribe the lab to make fraud, because even after the domestic inspection is passed, the toy needs to be tested in the local laboratory after it reaches its destination.
Because the current detection methods are not mature, the detection of many heavy metal elements is newly added. There are still many uncertain factors in the detection of 19 kinds of metal elements. He is worried that there may be cases where the inspection of the A institution is qualified and the detection of the B mechanism is unqualified.
"There are a lot of inspection agencies at present, as long as they have qualifications. Although the inspection methods and standards of the various inspection agencies are the same, they still cannot be eliminated. The ITS test in Shenzhen may pass, but the ITS test in the United States cannot pass, although they are The same laboratory," said the association.
He said that if the target market is unqualified, it can only be destroyed locally, which is a big loss for the company.
In addition to the increase in testing costs and raw material costs, the control of the production process is also a concern for companies.
The director of a plastic toy factory in Baoan District said that even if the purchase of qualified raw materials at a large price, secondary pollution may occur during the production process. For example, when the paint is bought, the heavy metal content is not exceeded, but the container may contaminate the paint when it is packaged. “This requires a complete set of tracking records, and internal management can't be a bit of a leak.â€
The above-mentioned associations said that for OEMs, the implementation of this directive has little impact, because OEMs do not need to consider the market and sales, only earn processing fees; the most influential is the private label, if not strict Production and testing processes, after their products are exported to Europe, they are endless.
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