Testing | Export volume of disposable sanitary products increased by 115%

 

With the improvement of people's living standards and changes in consumption concepts, healthy, hygienic and convenient disposable hygiene products have gradually gained the favor of consumers, and the market scale of disposable hygiene products has continued to expand. Among them, maternity and infant hygiene products are the leading products; with the aging of the Chinese population and changes in nursing concepts, the adult incontinence product market will become a new growth highlight.

Let's first look at the statistics of the customs. In the first quarter of 2021, adult incontinence products (including pet pads) accounted for 53.31% of the total export volume. Followed by baby diapers products, accounting for 35.19% of the total export volume, the most exported destinations for baby diapers products are the Philippines, Australia, Vietnam and other markets.

 

In the first quarter of 2021, the export value of wet wipes has increased significantly by 115% and 120.25%, respectively. The average price of exported wet wipes is basically the same as in the same period in 2020. Analysis of the reasons is mainly due to the severe epidemic in foreign countries and the sharp increase in demand for medical, cleaning, and sanitary wipes.

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Let's take a look at the industry regulatory information:

 

The national standard GB/T 28004-2021 "diapers Part 1: Baby diapers" proposed by the China National Light Industry Council was officially released and will be officially implemented on May 1, 2022.

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This standard and the previously issued GB/T 28004.2-2021 "diapers Part 2: Adult diapers" will formally replace the previous GB/T 28004-2011 "diapers (sheets, pads)".

The reason why the diaper standard is divided into two is mainly considering that baby diapers and adult diapers are quite different in raw materials, product performance, safety requirements, etc., especially in terms of safety technical index requirements, which are similar to South Korea, Taiwan, etc. In regions, the standards for baby diapers and adult diapers are regulated separately.

 

 

 

The old standards for infant diapers only had four items: size deviation, permeability, pH value, and water exchange. The deviation mainly measures the full length, full width, and bar quality. Permeability mainly detects the amount of slippage, back seepage, and leakage. Of course, there are also requirements in appearance, raw materials, and sanitary indicators.

 

 

 

The new standard GB/T 28004-2021 focuses on seven aspects including pH value, deviation, surface exudate, impurities, side leakage prevention performance, permeability performance, and water exchange. In addition to product safety, everyone began to pay more attention to performance testing during use of disposable sanitary products. For example, how to determine the maximum absorption capacity of baby diapers when worn on the baby? It is conducive to companies to further optimize products, and it is also conducive to consumers to make more choices.

 

 

 

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