Results of China Market Textile, Footwear and Bags Spot Checks in August 2020

Vol. 1186 | 09 Sep 2020

Note: AMR is the governmental organization of domestic China, AMR is the regional merged governmental organization of QTS and AIC. QTS is short for the Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision, AIC is short for the Administration for Industry and Commerce, AMR is short for the Administration for Market Regulation, SAMR is short for the State Administration for Market Regulation.

Bedding Articles

In August, the Anhui AMR and Hainan AMR announced the results of the special product quality supervision for bedding articles.

This spot check was conducted according to GB 18401-2010 “National general safety technical code for textile products,” GB 18383-2007 “General technical requirement for products with filling materials,” GB/T 22796-2009 “Quilts, Quilt cover,” GB/T 22797-2009 “Sheet,” and FZ/T 22843-2009 “Cushion and pillow,” and GB/T 22844-2009 “Matched bedding.”

Bedding articles
Organization	Type of Product	Batches Inspected	Batches Failed	Failure Rate
Anhui AMR	Bedding articles	20	1	5.00%
Hainan AMR	Bedding articles	45	18	40.00%

Primary failed items: Fiber content, use instruction (label), colorfastness 

Children’s Apparel & School Uniforms

In August, the Zhejiang AMR, Shandong AMR, Anhui AMR and Hainan AMR announced the results of the special product quality supervision and inspection for children’s apparel and school uniforms.

The spot checks were conducted according to GB 18401-2010 “National general safety technical code for textile products,” GB 31701-2015 “Safety Technical Code for Infant and Children’s Textile Products,” GB/T 22854-2009 “Knitted school uniform,” GB/T 31888-2015 “School uniforms of primary and secondary students,” GB/T 31900-2015 “Woven children’s clothing,” GB/T 33271-2016 “Woven garments for infants,” FZ/T 73025-2013 “Knitted garment and adornment for infant,” and FZ/T 73045-2013 “Knitted children’s wear.”

Children’s Apparel & School uniform
Organization	Type of Product	Batches Inspected	Batches Failed	Failure Rate
Zhejiang AMR	Children’s garment	27	4	14.81%
Shandong AMR	School uniform	40	0	0.00%
Anhui AMR	Infant and children’s garment	20	4	20.00%
Hainan AMR	Children’s apparel	60	28	46.67%

Primary failed items: Fiber content, formaldehyde content, cords and drawstrings, colorfastness 

Apparel

In August, the Shanghai AMR, Anhui AMR and Hainan AMR announced the results of the special product quality supervision and inspection for apparel.

The spot checks were conducted according to GB 18401-2010 “National general safety technical code for textile products,” GB/T 2660-2017 “Shirts and blouses ,” GB/T 14272-2011 “Down garments,” GB/T 18132-2016 “Silk garments,” GB/T 22700-2016 “Washed garments,” GB/T 22849-2014 “Knitted T-shirt,” FZ/T 73017-2014 “Knitted homewear,” GB/T 73020-2012 “Knitted casual wear,” GB/T 73024-2014 “Knitted underwear with chemical fibers,” FZ/T 81001-2016 “Pajamas,” FZ/T 81007-2012 “Casual wear,” FZ/T 81010-2018 “Trench coats,” and FZ/T 81020-2014 “Woven brassiere.”

Apparel
Organization	Type of Product	Batches Inspected	Batches Failed	Failure Rate
Shanghai AMR	Casual wear	34	0	0.00%
Anhui AMR	Casual wear	20	3	15.00%
	Clothes with fillings	20	5	25.00%
	Casual wear	20	3	15.00%
	Down garments	20	3	15.00%
Hainan AMR	Shirts and blouses	45	12	26.67%
	Women’s lingerie	45	19	42.22%
	Casual wear	90	26	28.89%

Primary failed items: Fiber content, use instruction (label), pH value, colorfastness 

Footwear

In August, the Zhejiang AMR and Hainan AMR announced the results of special product quality supervision and inspection of footwear products. 

This spot check was conducted according to GB 25036-2010 “Children’s canvas rubber footwear (shoes),” GB 30585-2014 “Safety technical specifications for children’s footwear,” GB/T 2880-2016 “Children’s leather shoes,” QB/T 4331-2012 “Children’s athletic shoes,” and QB/T 4546-2013 “Children’s leather sandals.”

Footwear
Organization	Type of Product	Batches Inspected	Batches Failed	Failure Rate
Zhejiang AMR	Children’s leather shoes	28	4	14.29%
Hainan AMR	Children’s shoes	43	27	62.79%

Primary failed items: Label, abrasion resistance, flexing resistance, colorfastness to rubbing 

For additional information please contact:

Shanghai
Ms. Mariana Yang
Tel: +86 21 5339 7527
Mariana.yang@intertek.com

Guangzhou
Ms. Liu Hui Li
Tel: +86 20 2820 9274
huili.liu@intertek.com

Tianjin
Ms. Linda Zhang
Tel: +86 22 2385 7393
linda.zhang@intertek.com