New Textile Standard To Raise The Industry "Threshold" Brand Children'S Clothing Or Price Increase

Parents should pay attention when buying clothes for their children.

From August 1st this year, the new version of the national basic safety technical specification for textile products (hereinafter referred to as the "specification") will be formally implemented, when the age is below 3 years old. Children's Wear Must comply with class a standards, children's clothing that does not conform to the specification will be banned from production and sale. The industry said in an interview with reporters that after the implementation of the new standard, children's clothing may increase because of the increase in costs.

New Deal: improving industry threshold

From next month, the new standard will replace the current 2003 edition of the national standard and become a new mandatory national standard for textiles.

The reporter noted that compared with the old national standard, the code extended the age range of infant textile coverage, that is, the definition of infant clothing was changed from "textile products worn or used by infants aged 24 months or less" to "textile products worn or used by infants aged 36 months or less."

According to the specification, according to formaldehyde, pH, odor and other indicators, clothing It is divided into three grades: A, B and C, which can be used for infants and young children after testing. From next month, children's clothing under the age of 3 should be implemented in class a standard. Meanwhile, the production enterprise must indicate the word "baby products" on the instructions. This means that textiles that do not conform to the specification will be banned from production, sale and importation.

Impact: brand children's clothing or price increase

" New standard "Soon after implementation, is there any new trend in the sales market of children's clothing in Hefei?" the reporter then visited many children's clothing sales stores and stores in the provincial capital.

Zhang Da sister, a shopping mall's children's clothing designer, told reporters that the brand's children's clothing is pure cotton and will not damage children's skin. But the implementation standard of these children's clothing is still the national basic safety technical specification for textiles formulated in 2003.

There are 2 other small shops selling children's clothing on the Tongcheng road. The reporters found that most of the children's clothes they sell do not have any product descriptions. They only have price tags. The shopkeepers say they are pure cotton products, but other information is not known.

During the interview, some salesmen said they knew something about the new national standard. Some sales staff believe that the new national standard should be implemented by the manufacturer, and the sales shop can not check it; some salesmen also say that next time they will choose the children's clothing that meets the new national standard.

"It is certain that the" new standard "will speed up the" big shuffle "of children's clothing market, the advantage of brand children's clothing enterprises will be more obvious, and the small children's clothing manufacturers will be eliminated. Wang Denghou, chairman of Anhui white horse business management Co., Ltd., in an interview with reporters, said that after the implementation of the code, infant clothing must conform to class a standards, and the production cost of raw materials procurement and production processes of enterprises will definitely increase, and the price of brand children's clothing will rise to varying degrees.

Wang Denghou also said that since the beginning of last year, the "branding" process of children's clothing has been accelerating. At this stage, during the downturn of garment export, Anhui's clothing manufacturers extend to the children's wear field or a good opportunity for spanformation.