Review 2013, the European and American LED policy is set technical barriers?

In the previous article, we pointed out that China's LED industry because of the local government and the central government funds overlap over subsidies. Compared to the government of Chinese LED manufacturers in Europe and America is a rich, pay attention to the establishment of new energy efficiency standards, and some Chinese media regarded this as technical barriers. In this article, we examine whether this view is correct.

EU to further enhance the LED standard

In September 2013 four, a Chinese industry research network reported that in 2012 to 2013 years, the European Union and the United States policy focused on the establishment of new energy standards, increase the China LED production cost, it actually improves technical barriers. Reported that the EU RAPEX (rapid alert system) in the first half of 2013 a total of nineteen informed the security concerns of the Chinese LED products, and point out the new standard will deepen Chinese LED manufacturers export risk, and increase the cost of products.

However, the coverage is slightly exaggerated. EU RAPEX in 2013 years, in fact, only mention the safety concerns of the LED listed eleven Chinese goods, these goods have been reported to have potential leakage, fire and electromagnetic interference. Products that are banned from exporting to Europe are mostly produced by small and medium enterprises, only two brands are unknown. Although China's production of LED products may have a negative impact in the short term, but the impact of the overall impact of the restricted products on the industry as a whole. For example, a fire hazard is the most common consumer products usually do not buy Christmas lights; secondly, as China Industry Research Network reported, the core technology progress will help to prevent China products was off the shelf. (see the table below)

LED plants in Shenzhen, China, are also protected against possible losses. According to China Export and Credit Insurance Corp (China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation, CECIC) statistics compiled by September 2013, one thousand and eight hundred of Shenzhen's LED manufacturers, have won 227 export loss insurance claims, but most of them are the mainstay industry of LED company. In the first eight months of 2013, the loss occurred in the event of a total of $seven million eight hundred and forty thousand in exports, a total of $forty-five in claims, a total of $four million one hundred and ninety thousand nuclear. China's exports to the United States and the EU's LED products export risk ranked first in all export areas, while Shenzhen's LED manufacturers accounted for the top 1/3 of china.