Results of China Market Textile and Footwear Spot Checks in November 2020

Vol. 1201 | 04 Dec 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 & Textiles

In November, the Shanghai AMR, Zhejiang AMR, Guangdong AMR and Hubei AMR announced the results of the special product quality supervision for bedding articles and textiles.

This spot check was conducted according to 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,” GB/T 24252-2009 “Silk quilts,” GB/T 32610-2016 “Technical specification of daily protective mask,” and FZ/T 73001-2016 “Hosiery.”

Bedding articles & Textiles
Organization	Type of Product	Batches Inspected	Batches Failed	Failure Rate
Shanghai AMR	Bedding articles	60	6	10.00%
Zhejiang AMR	Hosiery	41	11	26.83%
Guangdong AMR	Bedding articles	250	106	42.40%
Hubei AMR	Quilt cover	10	1	10.00%
	Daily protective mask	15	0	0.00%

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

Children’s Apparel

In November, the Zhejiang AMR and Hubei 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
Zhejiang AMR	Children’s garments	25	9	36.00%
Hubei AMR	Infant garments	47	9	19.15%
	Infant and children’s garments	30	5	16.67%

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

Apparel

In November, the Shandong AMR, Hubei AMR, Shaanxi AMR and Hebei AMR announced the results of the special product quality supervision and inspection for apparel.

The spot checks were conducted according GB 18401-2010 “National general safety technical code for textile products,” GB/T 2660-2017 “Shirts and blouses,” GB/T 8878-2014 “Knitted cotton underwear,” GB/T 22700-2016 “Washed garments,” GB/T 22849-2014 “Knitted T-shirt,” GB/T 73020-2012 “Knitted casual wear,” and FZ/T 81007-2012 “Casual wear.”

Apparel
Organization	Type of Product	Batches Inspected	Batches Failed	Failure Rate
Shandong AMR	Homewear	20	1	5.00%
	T-shirt	40	2	5.00%
	Shirts and blouses	20	0	0.00%
	Swimwear	20	1	5.00%
Hubei AMR	Garments	300	80	26.67%
Shaanxi AMR	T-shirt	100	12	12.00%
Hebei AMR	Garments	832	29	3.49%

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

Footwear

In November, the Zhejiang AMR, Hubei AMR and Henan 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,” GB 30585-2014 “Safety technical specifications for children’s footwear,” GB/T 15107-2013 “Athletic shoes,” GB/T 22756-2017 ”Leather sandals,” QB/T 1002-2015 “Leather shoes,” QB/T 2880-2016 ”Children’s leather shoes,” QB/T 2955-2017 “Casual shoes,” and QB/T 4329-2012 “Cloth shoes.”

Footwear
Organization	Type of Product	Batches Inspected	Batches Failed	Failure Rate
Zhejiang AMR	Children’s leather sandals	19	6	31.58%
	Leather sandals	16	13	81.25%
Hubei AMR	Children’s shoes	19	0	0.00%
	Adult shoes	120	8	6.67%
Henan AMR	Children’s shoes	50	0	0.00%
	Sandals	50	0	0.00%

Primary failed items: Use instruction (label), heavy metal content, flexing resistance

Bags

In November, the Henan 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,” QB/T 1333-2018 “Handbag and knapsack.”

Bags
Organization	Type of Product	Batches Inspected	Batches Failed	Failure Rate
Henan AMR	Children’s knapsack	29	0	0.00%

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