Frequent problems in the export of lighting three urgent need to solve the problem

With the continuous improvement of the global market awareness of energy saving, energy saving lamps, LED lamps and other low-power lighting products increasingly favored by consumers around the world. But in the expansion of the market at the same time, the global market for the quality requirements of lighting and other electrical products are becoming increasingly stringent, China's exports of lighting by foreign official for quality safety incidents caused by the adverse effects on high, "Chinese manufacturing" reputation, to attract attention.

First, the developed markets in Europe and the u.s.. Only the first quarter of 2014, the EU rapid alert system for consumer CPSC RAPEX and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission informed the Chinese lamps accumulated substandard cases from more than 21, accounting for nearly 40% of mechanical and electrical products in Europe and the United States informed of the total, and most of them are electrical safety hazards may lead to personal injury, the quality and safety of lamps it has attracted great attention in developed countries.

Two is the design defects of China's exports of lamps and primary quality hidden danger. From the reasons for the notification, the design defect is the main reason for the unqualified export lamps. The product between the insulating parts with live parts, lack of effective protection for the lamp power line is too small or the lack of effective fixed toconsumers serious safety problems become the main reason for the product being ordered to recall. The existence of these risks that such products at the source of product design has not meet the requirements of international mandatory standards.

Three is the proportion of unqualified LED energy-saving lamps high. In recent years, the heat of the LED lamps gradually become one of the main substandard products, accounting for 1/3 of the total number of lamps, the proportion has caught up with decorative lamps and other traditional lamps. With the increase in the amount of use, the developed countries on the intensity of the LED light screening intensified, the risk of product encounter notification continued to increase.

Frequent quality problems of export lamps in China there are three main reasons:

First, many companies lack of risk awareness and independent design capabilities. Some foreign customers are not familiar with the standards, focus on product appearance and cost, while ignoring the quality and safety, provide samples of wire careful do not meet the standard requirements of the phenomenon occurred frequently, and many small and medium-sized enterprises lack the ability to independently design, blind samples in accordance with customer production, for orders or even illegal use of various types of certification mark. Cause all kinds of problems often occur.

Two small and medium enterprises are relatively weak technical strength. The export products need to comply with the requirements of the importing country, and some small and medium-sized enterprise technical force is weak, the foreign standards and regulations collection ability and reading ability is limited, but also the lack of self-control system perfect, many products export not in strict accordance with the standards of the type test and the necessary testing, there are quality problems greatly.

Three is the developed countries increasingly stringent technical barriers. With the rapid growth of the LED market, the developed countries are trying to improve the technical barriers to trade by constantly updating the technical standards and regulations. Such as the Finland and other countries have to product does not comply with the EN 60968 standard by determining China's exports of unqualified LED cup. The European well-known certification company for such products when the certification of IEC 62560 standard, leading to certification of qualified products still exist notification risk. Therefore, the enterprise of lamps exported to Europe and the United States should be in accordance with the "higher" principle of strict selection of certification standards, to avoid unnecessary risk.

LED lights, outdoor lights, lamps and lanterns is an important export commodities in Ningbo, and for many years to maintain a good momentum of growth. According to statistics, the annual export amount of various types of lamps and lanterns in Ningbo has reached 1 billion 500 million U.S. dollars, especially the rapid development of LED lamps and other energy-saving lamps. For the developed countries and emerging markets on the quality and safety of the light of the increasing intensity of the status quo, inspection and quarantine departments to remind the relevant enterprises:

First, we must improve the quality and safety and risk prevention awareness. Electrical safety is the foundation of the export of electromechanical products, but also the focus of attention. Enterprises should keep track of the latest international standards of the lighting industry, do a good job of collecting, sorting, and in strict accordance with international standards and the requirements of specific countries to organize production, to ensure product quality and safety.

Two is to strengthen the product standards compliance review. Signed foreign trade contracts should not meet customer requirements, the standard compliance did not grasp the product should seek specialized agencies for inspection, defective design should modify the communication with the customer, the product label to carry out the necessary audit.

Three is the traditional lighting enterprises in the transformation and upgrading process to strengthen the quality control. Especially for LED lamps and other new products, in does not have the corresponding design and quality inspection before do not blindly launched, product type test shall be performed in strict accordance with the IEC international standard before export, avoid the economic risk and credit loss.