FURNITURE & FURNISHINGS

11 August 2020

As housing conditions continue to improve in China, people are becoming increasingly willing to spend money on home decoration. The income of furniture manufacturers grew 1.5% year-on-year to RMB711.72 billion in 2019, while total profits grew 10.8% year-on-year to RMB46.27 billion. Meanwhile, exports of furniture and furniture parts amounted to RMB373 billion in 2019, up 5.3% year-on-year. More

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Turning the tables

08 July 2020

Houjie, a town in Dongguan city in Guangdong province of Mainland China, is well known in the country and overseas as a key furniture exhibition and trading hub, with shows typically held all yearround at the Guangdong Modern International Exhibition Center. More

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Hong Kong as a Gateway for Sourcing of Vendors in China

30 June 2020

Hong Kong is a great platform and gateway to connect suppliers from China to Indonesia through trade shows and other means of establishing business partnerships. More

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Update on Latin American Actions to Address COVID-19 Pandemic

26 March 2020

Latin American countries have taken a number of trade-related actions in recent days and weeks in an effort to respond as effectively as possible to the COVID-19 pandemic. More

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CPSC Recalls Various Products Made in Mainland China

25 March 2020

The CPSC has announced a recall of the following products made in mainland China. Products: Glass Pitchers and various products. More

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Brazil Lowers Duties on Additional Capital Goods and IT Products

25 February 2020

Brazilian authorities have announced the addition of 446 items to a list of foreign capital goods and IT and telecom goods that benefit from duty-free treatment under the Ex-Tarifario regime, down from 14 or 16 percent. Many of these goods could potentially be imported from mainland China and/or Hong Kong. More

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Safety Standard for Portable Bed Rails Revised

25 February 2020

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a direct final rule revising the mandatory standard for portable bed rails (ASTM F2085) to incorporate by reference the most recent version of that standard. The revised standard will apply from 20 May unless the CPSC receives significant adverse comment by 23 March. More

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CPSC Recalls Various Products Made in Mainland China

25 February 2020

The CPSC has announced a recall of the following products made in mainland China. Products: water bottles; sleeper accessories; pistol holsters. More

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Fabrics, Headgear, Sacks, Leather Covers, Other Items Among New China List 3 Tariff Exclusions

20 February 2020

Additional exclusions from the Section 301 additional 25 percent tariff on List 3 goods from mainland China have been announced by USTR. Affected products include certain fabrics, non-woven disposable headgear, man-made fibre stuff sacks, leather covers for telecommunications devices, wood flooring, desk accessories of medium density fibreboard, digital electronic scales and toddler beds of wood. More

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New York Adopts Broad-Ranging Chemical Safety Legislation

18 February 2020

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on 7 February signed legislation into law that will require manufacturers of children’s products to disclose chemicals of special concern to children and eliminate various hazardous chemicals from their products. More

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