China lighter industry entered a period of adjustment

Wenzhou lighter industry, EU member states haveshould be a rational response; 2 to raise the cigarette
been received CR and regulations adopted by a votelighter industry, the technical level, and the bitter inner
the draft resolution, the draft report shows thatstrength."
Zhejiang All lighters manufacturers will have the vastIndustry experts generally agreed that, in the foreign
majority of products do not meet the standards.markets for a variety of barriers to trade
"CR" and regulations set high thresholdrestrictions, we are fully aware that enterprises
Wenzhou Smoking Set Industry Association,should "break the" barriers and "breakthrough" barrier
according to Zhou Dahu, president of the CIENcombination. And not just look to the Government's
reporters, the new version of "CR" laws andrepresentations, should focus more on
regulations, in addition to the sale of lighter materials,"breakthrough", in the negotiations at the same time,
and their use and so on to set a number of rigideven on technical barriers to learning that information,
lever, he also proposed to be lighter life 5 yearsthey should set out to develop the appropriate
above, otherwise you install security locks. It ispatented technology. Subject to change from passive
understood that the whole country, Zhejiang lighterto active adjustment. Take the initiative to adjust
exports accounted for 2 / 3, while the exports totheir own product mix, improve product quality and
the EU together account for more than half of totalgrades to meet the technical standards of the
exports. In fact, a new version of "CR" regulations,importing country requirements, maintain and even
this requirement, Zhejiang Province, there is no oneexpand its market share in the country.
company can do.Enterprises have increased their R & D
Zhou Dahu, said the association is now on theCIEN reporter learned from the Xinhai Electric Co., in
statute unreasonable to form an opinion, and then2003, promptly adjust the direction of the enterprise
back to the countryhas developed five models with their own
The Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry ofIntellectual property with a CR device lighter, and has
Commerce to conduct negotiations with theworked in the United States, the European Union
European Union, hoping that they can revise theapplied for a patent, such a result, enterprises in the
draft. Zhou Dahu, said, CR introduced the maintrade, the risk will be reduced.
purpose is to prevent children from opening lighters,But for the vast majority of SMEs, yet difficult to
to protect the safety of children.grasp the CR standard production technology. Lighter
And CR in accordance with the provisions of thedomestic enterprises to apply for registration in the
so-called non-luxury lighters to the security lock, butEU CR's patented technology is not too much. The
can be unbridled luxury, which is obviouslyU.S. and European companies have been the first to
unreasonable, because the security does not dependregister a number of patents, which patents to
on degrees of luxury; In addition, a total ban ondomestic enterprises registered an increase of CR no
children's toys, cigarette lighters into the EU, but alsosmall difficulty.
and regulations on the safety lock lighter itselfChina's current exports in response to the numerous
contradictory requirements.trade friction shocks, Wenzhou Rifeng Lighter Co.,
Lighter industry entered a period of adjustmentLtd. Chairman Huang made quiet words resounding:
It is understood that in recent years, China's annual"Integrated all of the competition, its core content is
exports of about 40 billion U.S. dollars by foreigna contest of strength. Therefore, to have their own
technical trade barriers of various forms ofcore technology and economic strength is the most
restrictions, which clearly have a large part of theimportant. in the future for a long period of time of
nature of trade protectionism.trade frictions and trade disputes will frequently
On how to strengthen the study of foreign technicalencounter in the future, but no matter what kind of
standards and respond to technical barriers to tradenew problems, as long as we are able to correct a
and other issues. CIEN-week-old tiger in reply topositive attitude, and in accordance with WTO rules
reporters, said: "In the face of the EU restrictions onwork together to jointly deal with, we will certainly
trade barriers. My cigarette lighter industry, onebe able to solve the problems that occur.