Guangdong LED industry "along the way" in 4 proposed power turning barriers

When the "The Belt and Road" strategic opportunities for China's industrial development, some countries along the report on Chinese LED lighting products trade barriers (hereinafter referred to as TBT) is also increasing.

According to the Guangdong province WTO/TBT Bulletin of consulting research center revealed that in recent years in international trade for LED product standard is updated frequently, market access conditions increasingly stringent, so that the product of TBT notification number increased, resulting in China's LED enterprises suffered heavy losses. Only in 2014, China's exports to the United States LED products were recalled the number reached 36 million 850 thousand, the value of up to $1 billion 342 million.

Guangdong as the national LED lighting industry is the most concentrated area, the province's LED industry has grown from 3000 in 2013 to about more than 4 thousand, driven by nearly 3 million jobs, the output value of up to $about 350000000000. Last year, the province's LED exports amounted to 93 billion 875 million yuan, representing an increase of 35.16% over the same period last year, accounting for LED of the country's exports of products, exports ranked first in the country. The continuous increase of TBT will not only lead to the increase of the export cost of Guangdong's LED products, but also will greatly weaken the competitiveness of the market.

Since 2013, Guangdong province WTO/TBT Advisory Research Center has issued a report on the 53 LED products involved in the organization of the review, the regulations involved in product safety, energy efficiency, labeling regulations. The main countries of the notification for Saudi Arabia, the European Union, the United States, Kenya, Chile and other 17 countries. The center has successfully review America LED lamp test program, the European Union on directional lights, LED lamps and related equipment, ecological design requirements of the draft directive and a series of China's LED industry export forming technical barriers to the bulletin, maintenance of LED lamps export enterprises vital interests.

Last year, China along to "The Belt and Road" 64 countries export LED lighting products worth $6 billion 744 million, an increase of 211.84%, total exports accounted for 36.81% of the China LED lighting products. Bulletin of Guangdong province WTO/TBT consulting research center of industrial development, export data analysis, the investment environment The Belt and Road "policy, Guangdong LED industry to seize opportunities, to develop in emerging markets at the same time, 3 prominent features also suffered international trade barriers, should attach great importance to.

One is the "Bulletin of volume The Belt and Road along the developing countries continue to increase.

Such as Saudi Arabia, Egypt and other developing countries, and even Kenya, Uganda and other countries in recent years has also released a series of LED product bulletin. Some countries in Europe and the United States the most advanced index of LED products access standard direct copy, in Guangdong Province, LED products are exported to developing countries, increase the cost of restricting the Guangdong LED products continue to expand in the Belt and Road Initiative "emerging market share.

Two LED products in Europe and the United States market is frequently recalled.

Energy efficiency and low carbon requirements become the new trend of the development of European and American TBT measures, only in 2014 the EU RAPEX (EU non food rapid alert system (CPSC) and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission) on the production from China LED products of 22 batches of LED lighting equipment, more than 30 million pieces of LED liquid crystal display of recall, the main reason is not the EU EN60598 energy saving standard, low voltage directive and the energy efficiency requirements. LED products are frequently recalled, reducing the recognition of foreign consumers of Chinese made LED products.

Three is the export inspection and certification of complex.

The technical barriers to trade of LED enterprises in the province mainly include product quality and safety standards, certification requirements, green environmental protection requirements, packaging labels or labeling requirements. With the export of LED products need to be certified by CE, UL, VDE, FCC, SASO and other institutions, the European Union and the United States to improve the energy efficiency index, set the behavior more complex testing procedures, testing and certification to LED the cost of products increases, weaken the price competitiveness of Guangdong Province LED.

Bulletin of Guangdong province WTO/TBT Consulting Research Center for LED products encountered technical barriers appear above three characteristics, how to "The Belt and Road" under the background of the Guangdong manufacturing to break trade barriers problem put forward 4 suggestions.

First, increase the quality of LED products export risk warning support.

Give full play to the information fast processing and early warning function of the existing WTO/TBT warning information platform, through the construction of LED industry professional pre platform, timely classification and rapid processing of LED industry chain related foreign laws, standards, certification, point to point push, analysis of long-term working mechanism, one of the LED export product quality and risk warning form.

Two is to establish an alliance to deal with LED technical trade measures.

Led by professional institutions to deal with TBT, technical institutions, scientific research institutions and enterprises, to establish the LED technical measures to trade union organization, according to the LED technical measures to trade the United States, European Union, Brazil, Chile, South Korea and other key trading market development tracking, review and research work, make full use of the coordination mechanism under the WTO/TBT agreement, in a timely manner master and eliminate potential LED technical barriers to trade.

Three is to guide enterprises to actively participate in international standardization work.

To strengthen the support and guidance of cultivation, LED enterprises and industry organizations to participate in international standardization work, and guide enterprises to pay close attention to the revision of the international community especially the developed countries LED standards and technical regulations, actively adopt international standards and foreign advanced standards, actively participate in international regulations, foreign standard and other related work, grasp the initiative LED international trade.

The four is to encourage enterprises to jointly cope with LED technical barriers to trade.