Recently, some domestic textile enterprises exported to France, Holland and other European Union countries were rejected because of the APEO content of their printed knitted fabrics.

To this end, the Provincial Quality Supervision Bureau WTO / TBT workstation reminds me of the relevant export enterprises concerned about this trend, in production should pay attention to APEO content in clothing.

It is understood that APEO is the abbreviation of alkylphenol polyoxyethylene ether compounds, widely used in textile printing and dyeing, leather processing, detergent production, plastics manufacturing and other industries.

In recent years, the developed countries and regions have legislated to restrict the use of APEO in products because APEO has great biotoxicity, weak biodegradability and poor degradability of metabolites.

However, due to the EU regulations do not make specific requirements for APEO residues in textiles, importers of European Union countries have different requirements for APEO of textile fabrics.

Therefore, the relevant experts remind us of the relevant textile enterprises in the province: we need to strengthen our understanding of the APEO requirements of the exporting countries. When signing foreign trade contracts, we need to find out the specific requirements of importers on the content of APEO. It is best to get the written notification of importers before they can be produced, or to stipulate the specific APEO content clauses in the same terms, so as to avoid unnecessary economic losses due to the APEO content does not meet the requirements.