China Export Product- Quality Issues

Of late, there have been complaints about some China export product not being upto the internationally accepted quality mark and as having created problems at the end user level. Apparently, like the world, the global sourcing community as well as the multinational purchasing companies, who are the most hit, would like to know more about this.

China export product quality was always an issue but in a positive perspective, a perspective that drew complementary remarks as how could China export product manufacturers were able to maintain international quality at such low production costs. Global sourcing firms acknowledge this fact that the rising Chinese export to US and other Western European countries was riding firmly on the tag of quality besides being low cost, a fact no multinational purchasing person can deny.

Japan is global sourcing food products amongst others from Europe and US besides China. Here is what Japan's Ministry of Health has to say based on laboratory tests. (All for safety and standard)

1. China export product (food;) 99.42%

2. Export products from US; 98.69%

3. Export product from the Europe; 99.38%

China export product manufacturers and the government acknowledge lacunas in quality assurance, which are attributable to the lack of awareness in insignificant number of China export product manufacturers. However, global sourcing and multinational purchasing firms are raising questions about actions that China proposes to take.

So how does Chinese government ensuring the demands by importing countries as well as the multinational and global sourcing firms about China export product are met? First off, the provincial governments are charged with higher responsibilities which impose restriction and prohibition on certain China export product in the name of health, safety to human life, environment and animals and plants. Breach of this will attract suspension of export license for 1-3 years. Offences in this regard will be dealt with criminal procedures.

-Demands by Global Sourcing and Multinational Purchasing Agencies

Global sourcing and multinational purchasing agencies have sought blacklisting erring of enterprises which is being taken care of by the departments including customs and Revenue authority through "foreign trade dealers' offenses information exchange system" to track and eliminate misbehaving dealers China export product manufacturers and traders. Global sourcing and multinational purchasing companies have asked for publishing the blacklisted companies which is acceded to.