China News Service, September 23. According to the website of the Shanghai Municipal Market Supervision Bureau, recently, IKEA Trading (China) Co., Ltd. was fined more than 430,000 yuan. , property safety products have no warning signs or Chinese warning instructions”.
Screenshot of the website of the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Market Supervision.
After investigation, the party involved IKEA Trading (China) Co., Ltd. is responsible for the supply chain business of Inter IKEA Group (the design and development unit of IKEA series products) in the Chinese market, including signing agreements with actual manufacturers to entrust the production of IKEA products, or import from overseas IKEA products, product storage and distribution, and supply of IKEA products to retailers.
In March 2020, the party's overseas parent company "IKEASupplyAG" signed "General Purchase Terms" on behalf of IKEA with manufacturers in Thailand and Poland, requiring manufacturers to manufacture products according to the information provided by IKEA such as product models or drawings.
From April 2020 to June 2021, the party concerned, as an importer, issued product demand information to the actual manufacturer through the overseas parent company "IKEASupplyAG". BUSUNGE Wardrobe (Item No.: 40351350) and TROFAST Shelf (Item No.: 30352114) are sent and stored in bonded warehouses in China.
According to the domestic market demand, the parties distributed the three products from the bonded warehouse to IKEA's online and offline stores in China through the logistics system of IKEA Purchasing (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. The three products were marked as "IKEA" brand. The age of use is marked as: "0+" or "when the child is 0 years old", which is clearly indicated as children's furniture.
In April and May 2021, the Shanghai Municipal Administration for Market Regulation commissioned the Shanghai Institute of Quality Supervision and Inspection Technology to conduct random inspections of the above three products.
The test conclusions are: after sampling test, the warning label "applicable age group" item does not meet the requirements of GB28007-2011 "Children's Furniture General Technical Conditions", and the test result is unqualified.
The national mandatory standard requires that children's furniture products must clearly indicate the applicable age group of the product, namely: "3 years old to 6 years old", "3 years old and above" or "7 years old and above".
Within the specified time, the parties did not raise any objection to the test results.
According to statistics, the party concerned, as an importer, declared 14,440 pieces of the above-mentioned three products from the warehouse in the bonded area, with a value of 2,893,852.36 yuan, all of which have been sold and have no inventory.
The gross profit is 166,319.53 yuan, after deducting the difference between output tax and input tax, the illegal income is 144,697.99 yuan.
The above-mentioned behavior of the parties violated Article 27, paragraph 1, item 5 of the "Product Quality Law of the People's Republic of China": "The logo on the product or its packaging must be authentic and meet the following requirements: ... (5) Improper use may easily cause product damage. Products that damage themselves or may endanger personal or property safety shall have warning signs or warning instructions in Chinese.", which constitutes the production of children's furniture products that are not marked as applicable in accordance with the standards.
The Shanghai Pudong New Area Market Supervision and Administration Bureau comprehensively considers the circumstances and harmful consequences of the illegal act, and according to Article 54 of the "Product Quality Law of the People's Republic of China" "If the product label does not comply with the provisions of Article 27 of this law, it shall be ordered to make corrections; The label of the packaged product does not comply with the provisions of Article 27 (4) and (5) of this law, and if the circumstances are serious, it shall be ordered to stop production and sales, and shall be fined % of the value of the illegally produced and sold products. A fine of not more than 30 yuan; if there is any illegal income, the illegal income shall be confiscated.” According to the regulations, the parties shall be punished as follows: 1. A fine of 434,077.85 yuan; 2. The confiscation of 144,697.99 yuan of illegal income.
(Zhongxin Finance)