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

Vol. 1177 | 07 Aug 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.

Textiles

In July, the Guangdong AMR, Shandong AMR, Tianjin AMR, Henan AMR, Hainan AMR and Ningbo AMR announced the results of the special product quality supervision for textiles.

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 22864-2009 “Towel,” GB/T 32610-2016 “Technical specification of daily protective mask,” and FZ/T 73037-2010 “Knitted sports socks.”

Textiles
Organization	Type of Product	Batches Inspected	Batches Failed	Failure Rate
Guangdong AMR	Non-medical mask	653	174	26.65%
Shandong AMR	Products with filling materials	30	2	6.67%
Tianjin AMR	Civil mask & non-woven fabrics	45	11	24.44%
Henan AMR	Towel	37	7	18.92%
Hainan AMR	Non-medical mask	9	3	33.33%
	Hosiery	22	12	54.55%
Ningbo AMR	Non-medical mask	92	39	42.39%

Primary failed items: Fiber content, use instruction (label), filtering efficiency, particle protective performance 

Children’s Apparel

In July, the Shandong AMR announced the results of the special product quality supervision and inspection for children’s apparel.

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 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
Organization	Type of Product	Batches Inspected	Batches Failed	Failure Rate
Shandong AMR	Infant and children’s garments	40	9	22.50%

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

Apparel

In July, the Shandong AMR, Henan AMR, Hainan AMR and Chengdu 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 14272-2011 “Down garments,” GB/T 22849-2014 “Knitted T-shirt,” FZ/T 73009-2009 “Cashmere knitted goods,” FZ/T 73013-2017 “Knitted swimming suits,” FZ/T 73017-2014 “Knitted homewear,” FZ/T 73020-2012 “Knitted casual wear,” FZ/T 81001-2016 “Pajamas,” FZ/T 81007-2012 “Casual wear,” and FZ/T 81021-2014 “Woven swimming wear.”

Apparel
Organization	Type of Product	Batches Inspected	Batches Failed	Failure Rate
Shandong AMR	Cashmere sweater	30	0	0.00%
	Down garment	30	1	3.33%
Henan AMR	Casual wear	41	11	26.83%
Hainan AMR	Pajamas & homewear	45	12	26.67%
	Swimwear	22	16	72.73%
Chengdu AMR	Spring garment	40	1	2.50%

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

Footwear

In July, the Hainan AMR, Chengdu AMR and Guiyang AMR announced the results of special product quality supervision and inspection of footwear products.

This spot check was conducted according to GB 20400-2006 “Leather and fur—Limit of harmful matter,” GB 25036-2010 “Children’s canvas rubber footwear (shoes),” GB/T 15107-2013 “Athletic shoes,” QB/T 1002-2015 “Leather shoes,” and QB/T 2955-2017 “Casual shoes.”

Footwear
Organization	Type of Product	Batches Inspected	Batches Failed	Failure Rate
Hainan AMR	Elderly shoes	22	15	68.18%
	Leather shoes	30	18	60.00%
Chengdu AMR	Leather shoes	10	0	0.00%
Guiyang AMR	Leather shoes, children’s shoes & casual shoes	59	0	0.00%

Primary failed items: Abrasion resistance, flexing resistance, colorfastness to rubbing 

Bags

In July, the Hainan AMR and Guiyang AMR announced the results of special product quality supervision and inspection for bags.

This spot check was conducted according to GB 20400-2006 “Leather and fur—Limit of harmful matter,” GB 21550-2008 “Restriction of hazardous materials in polyvinyl chloride artificial leather,” GB 21027-2007 “Request in common use of security for student’s articles,” QB/T 1333-2018 “Handbag and knapsack,” and QB/T 2155-2018 “Travelling case and trolley bag.”

Bags
Organization	Type of Product	Batches Inspected	Batches Failed	Failure Rate
Hainan AMR	Schoolbag for student	28	11	39.29%
	Travelling case	20	8	40.00%
Guiyang AMR	Schoolbag for student	20	0	0.00%
	Travelling case and trolley bag	10	2	20.00%

Primary failed items: Travelling performance, shock impact strength

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