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China tightens customs quality checks for medical equipment exports
来源：shippingazette.com 编辑：编辑部 发布：2020/04/21 10:11:21
CHINA will subject ventilators, surgical masks and other medical equipment to stringent customs checks before exporting them, after recipient countries questioned the quality of its output, reported the Wall Street Journal.
The new rules target 11 classes of items to extra inspections. Beyond masks and ventilators, they also include protective clothing, infrared thermometers, surgical goggles and gloves and medical disinfectants.
The move could further slow shipments of medical equipment from China at a time when they are in short supply in many countries, industry experts said.
More than 40 per cent of the world's masks, gloves, face shields, goggles and protective garments are manufactured in China, according to estimates by the Washington-based Peterson Institute for International Economics.
The new rules target 11 classes of items to extra inspections. Beyond masks and ventilators, they also include protective clothing, infrared thermometers, surgical goggles and gloves and medical disinfectants.
The move could further slow shipments of medical equipment from China at a time when they are in short supply in many countries, industry experts said.
More than 40 per cent of the world's masks, gloves, face shields, goggles and protective garments are manufactured in China, according to estimates by the Washington-based Peterson Institute for International Economics.