Recall and Warning! Many children's cosmetics on Amazon are unqualified
NO.1 Amazon's many children's cosmetics are unqualified
According to foreign media reports, the Spanish Medicines and Health Products Agency (AEMPS) recently ordered the recall and removal of several children's cosmetics sold on the Amazon website because of the illegal addition of preservatives. AEMPS is also warning consumers to stop using the recalled products immediately if they have them in their homes.
AEMPS pointed out that the recalled products violated the "European Cosmetic Regulations" and illegally added the following preservatives: containing bronopol (2-bromo-2-nitropropane-1,3-diol), and The ingredient does not appear on the label; the concentration of phenoxyethanol is too high; and the mixed methylchloroisothiazolinone (MCI) and methylisothiazolinone (MI) preservatives banned in leave-on cosmetics.
NO.2 Australia made the final ruling on double reverse exemption investigation on China-related welded pipes
On August 2, the Australian Anti-dumping Commission issued Announcement No. 2023/041, making a negative final ruling on the anti-dumping exemption investigation of welded pipes (Certain Hollow Structural Sections) imported from mainland China, South Korea, Malaysia and Taiwan. Continental Welded Pipe made a negative final ruling on the anti-subsidy exemption investigation, and decided not to implement anti-dumping and anti-subsidy exemption measures for the products involved in the above-mentioned countries.
The Australian customs code of the products involved is 7306.30.00.
NO.3 Ali International Station will remove such products
Ali International Station issued a recall notice for TONGXINLE child car safety seats. Alibaba International Station will remove the products that need to be recalled from the shelves.
According to the product recall notices issued by domestic and overseas regulatory agencies, the platform will irregularly publish the information of the recalled products, and remind merchants to abide by the applicable laws, compliance requirements and recall rules of different markets.
Merchants must promptly take appropriate action on the recalled products, including but not limited to immediately notifying all relevant buyers to stop using or selling the products, taking back and destroying the recalled products, and returning and refunding the buyers. Alibaba International Station reserves the right to impose any penalties on violating merchants according to its platform rules.
NO.4 The compliance plan will affect the operations of Brazilian sellers
Recently, the Brazilian compliance program (Remessa Conforme) came into effect.
Specifically, it will have two major impacts on the operation of cross-border sellers: on the positive side, if the seller’s platform chooses to join the compliance plan, the seller can enjoy the tariff-free discount for cross-border packages below , and at the same time Enjoy more convenient customs clearance services and provide buyers with a better delivery experience; on the bad side, although imported goods below are exempt from tariffs, sellers need to pay 17% ICMS tax according to Brazilian regulations (goods and service circulation tax), increasing operating costs.
For imports over , sellers pay a 17% ICMS tax in addition to the 60% duty.
NO.5 U.S. factory activity shrinks for ninth straight month
According to data released on August 1, the US Institute for Supply Management (ISM) factory activity index rose slightly to 46.4 last month, slightly lower than market expectations. Indexes of new orders and output picked up in July, with new orders rebounding to a nine-month high.
Even so, both indicators remained in contractionary territory. While the rest of the economy remains strong, high interest rates combined with a shift in consumer preferences towards services are holding back manufacturing. Broad weakness in manufacturing has forced factories to lay off workers, with the employment index falling to 44.4, the lowest level since July 2020.
