Gifts / Sports & Toys

What certification is required for children's toys to be exported for international trade?

1. International trade exports to the European market

CE certification: CE marking is a pass for products to be sold within the European Union. In order to ensure the safety of people's lives and property in its member countries, the European Union has stipulated many products that need to stick the CE mark, such as machinery, low-voltage electrical products, Electromagnetic compatibility products, etc. In the EU market, the "CE" mark is a compulsory certification mark. Whether products produced by enterprises within the EU or products produced in other countries, if they want to circulate freely in the EU market, they must be affixed with the "CE" mark to indicate that the products meet the basic requirements of the EU New Methods for Technical Coordination and Standardization. This is a mandatory requirement of European Union law for products.

EN71: Normative standards for toy products in the European Union market. The significance of this certification is to standardize the technical specifications of toy products entering the European international trade market through the EN71 standard, in order to reduce or avoid harm to children caused by toys.

REACH: It is a regulatory proposal related to the safety of chemical production, trade, and use. The REACH directive requires that chemicals imported into international trade and produced within Europe must go through a comprehensive set of procedures such as registration, evaluation, authorization, and restriction, in order to better and simpler identify the composition of chemicals and achieve the goal of ensuring environmental and human safety.

2. International trade exports to the US market

ASTM F963: ASTM F963 is an American toy testing standard developed under the auspices of the National Bureau of Standards of the United States Department of Commerce. At present, the new version number is ASTMF963-11, and it has become a mandatory standard on June 12, 2012. This standard has made general requirements on material quality, flammability, toxicity, electricity/heat energy, pulse noise, small objects, accessible sharp edges, accessible sharp points, protrusions, nails and fasteners, metal wires and rods, packaging films, ropes and Rubber band, wheel tires and axles, folding devices and hinges, hole clearance and accessibility of mechanical devices, stability and overload requirements.

CPSIA: The Security Improvement Act, signed and effective by President Bush of the United States on August 14, 2008. This law is the strictest consumer protection law since the establishment of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) in 1972. In addition to stricter requirements for lead content in children's products, the new bill also sets new regulations on the content of harmful substances such as phthalates in toys and child care products.

3. International trade exports to the Japanese market

Toy Safety Standard ST: In 1971, the Japan Toy Association (JTA) established the Japan Safety Toy Mark (STMark) to ensure the safety of toys for children aged 14 and under. It mainly includes three parts: mechanical and physical properties, flammable safety, and chemical properties.