The United States issued a new regulation, bathroom exports need to be cautious!
China is the largest country in the sanitary ware products production in the world, from June 1-2016 export data as you can see, our country porcelain fixed sanitary equipment's main export market is the United States, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, the Philippines, Australia, Saudi Arabia, Canada, Malaysia and the UK, including the United States is China's biggest exporter sanitary ware products, Exports to the United States accounted for 19.6% of China's total exports of this product. However, the United States recently issued a new regulation of lead content in bathroom products, export enterprises need to attract full attention.
According to relevant information, in 2017, the United States issued notice G/TBT/N/USA/1261, which revised the Drinking-related Products Act in order to reduce lead in drinking water. Amendments to the bill would increase technical barriers to entry of foreign products into the U.S. market.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed the Lead In Drinking Water Reduction Act 2011(RLDWA) and the Community Fire Safety Act 2013(CFSA) to confirm amendments to existing drinking water regulations.
Section 1417 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) prohibits the use and commercial circulation of certain pipe products that are not lead free. The RLDWA revised its definition of lead free to reduce the maximum allowable wet surface lead content of pipe products from 8.0% to 0.25% and to develop a statutory method for calculating lead content. In addition, THE RLDWA provides an exemption from lead free requirements for piping products and other specialty products intended for use in non-drinking water services. CFSA further amended Section 1417 to exempt hydrants from these requirements.
The EPA proposed new requirements to ensure that individuals buying, installing or inspecting drinking water systems can identify lead-free plumbing materials. In particular, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed labeling requirements that would distinguish lead-free pipe products from lead-free pipe products and require manufacturers to demonstrate compliance. These requirements will reduce the unintentional use of lead-free piping products in potable water applications, thereby reducing exposure to lead in potable water and associated adverse health effects.
Products covered: pipes, pipe fittings, fixtures. Hard pipe and accessories. Pipes and fittings (e.g. joints, elbows, flanges) of plastics (HS:3917). Water quality (ICS: 13.060), Home Safety (ICS: 13.120), Plumbing components and piping (ICS: 23.040).
Current, our country already became the output on the world the product that defend bath the biggest produces big country, the product that defend bath of all sorts of beautiful things in eyes begins to export in great quantities to international market, and growth momentum continues to be valued, the situation is very gratifying. The revision of the bill up technical trade barriers of foreign products to enter the United States market, the China hardware sanitary ware products production and export enterprises must constantly improve the technology content of exports, continue to improve the level of export products and value-added, to develop a new generation of new high-grade products, to meet the demand of the market both at home and abroad, makes the products enter the international high-end market.