China'S Down Products Suffered Some Boycott In Europe

In spring, people began to take down the down jacket that resists the severe winter. But recently, some Chinese enterprises producing down products have encountered a serious "cold current" in the European market: some European consumers are beginning to resist the down products produced by Chinese enterprises.

The origin of the event was a continuous broadcast of a "cool fact" on a Swedish television station. The "live cashmere" scene in some Chinese enterprises has become a reason for local consumers to resist Chinese down products, and the Chinese enterprises in the world's 70% supply of feather and its products have begun to shake.

　　“冷酷的事实”还是“冷酷的故事”

　　一个人顺手抓起一只鹅，从其脖子处开始往下拔毛，拔下的羽绒在阳光中飞舞，鹅的凄惨叫声令人心里直犯怵……突然，镜头切换至消费者身上暖烘烘的羽绒服，家里暖和舒适的羽绒被、睡袋等寝具用品。

This group of clear-cut pictures comes from the live plucking TV show broadcast in Sweden's TV-4 Kalla Fakta in February 1st.

This program has been on the rise in the local market. Some consumers began to resist down products because of the possibility of animal cruelty due to live plucking. The down products sold in some Swedish shopping malls were required to be returned; the world's largest furniture furniture supplier IKEA announced that customers who bought down products from IKEA's global chain stores in the near future could return them; many international buyers and business operators all indicated that they had to reconsider the future purchase plan.

　　瑞典市场不期而遇的“寒流”让正在当地进行商务考察的四川广汉大群羽绒制品有限公司的吕朝霞一头雾水：以前钟爱“中国制造”的欧洲消费者怎么“变了脸”？与此同时，上海东隆羽绒制品有限公司负责人紧急向中国羽绒工业协会报告说，瑞典TV－4关于“活拔绒”报道已经产生连锁反应，行业内部分企业发往欧盟的羽绒制品被通知退货。

Under the influence of the international financial crisis and the unfavorable factors of warm winter in recent years, the situation of China's down industry is not good: the export volume of raw wool, bedding and clothing has decreased by 4.3%, 6.6% and 9.2% respectively.

　　中国羽绒工业协会副理事长兼秘书长姚小蔓接到报告后表示：“再也不能让我们的行业受到新损害。”一场应对国际贸易“突发”事件的战斗拉开序幕。瑞典电视台报道涉及的16家羽绒企业中有13家是中国羽绒工业协会会员单位。协会秘书处挨家逐户打电话：“你们企业生产不生产活拔绒产品？”对方回答说：“不”。“销售不销售活拔绒？”“不”。“有没有向瑞典等国出售过活拔绒及其制品？”“没有”。

　　紧接着，“不要继续宣传和生产活拔绒”的紧急通知挂在了中国羽绒信息网。2月6日，中国羽绒工业协会致函瑞典电视台，并向中国驻瑞典大使馆经济商务参赞处寻求帮助。在给瑞典电视台的信中，中国羽绒工业协会负责人写道：“对于‘冷酷的事实’的播放初衷我们充分理解，但我们有必要向你们及广大消费者阐明事实的真相”。

　　作为羽绒制品的填充料——羽绒原料，主要是指水禽中鸭和鹅身上的羽毛，是食品工业的副产品。中国鸭绒产量占羽绒总产量的90%，鹅绒产量只占10%。主要因为中国人喜欢吃鸭，且鸭的生长周期短，产量大，一般40天左右就可以屠宰，鸭绒价格相对鹅绒低廉，因此不存在活拔。在个别适合活拔的鹅种中(不是所有种类的鹅都适合活拔)，仅有1%~3%的鹅有可能存在活拔的现象。活拔绒的价格大约是普通鹅绒的1.5倍，主要制作销往日本市场的高档羽绒寝具。

According to the survey results, the 13 member units of the Chinese down industry association were not exported to Sweden and other countries in recent years.

But two days later, the Swedish television station still broadcast programs about Chinese plucking.

　　究竟谁在“活拔羽绒”

Wang Dunzhou, senior engineer of China animal products processing research association, has been engaged in the down industry since he was 12 years old. He has been involved in the drafting and production of industry standards and national standards for feather and down products for 65 years.

At present, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Romania and other countries have a common phenomenon of plucking. Because of the reduction of water consumption and washing Auxiliaries by half or so, it has certain economic benefits.

However, the head of China's down industry association said that "living out of velvet" is not economically appropriate.

However, no goose goose slaughtered and slaughtered, the length of its velvet yarn is long, its fluffiness is high, its quality is good and its price is high. The economic income of a goose is over 30 yuan.

Swedish television TV - 4 first reported Hungary's "live down feather", and announced 16 production of "live down feather" Chinese enterprises list.

　　王敦洲高工反复观看节目画面后表示，这完全是一种炒作，不光拔绒的姿势与技艺不对，哪有把鹅拔光成“铁公鸡”的做法。安徽鸿澜(集团)股份有限公司羽绒销售部经理何荆桥、安徽三祥羽毛有限公司董事长潘应武在接受中国青年报记者采访时说，活拔绒现象在当地早已不存在了。作为羽绒企业，他们不清楚瑞典电视台播放“活拔绒”节目的目的是什么。

Another enterprise announced by the TV program, Zhejiang San Hong group, has submitted a lawyer's letter to Swedish television station on the report of "live plucking", hoping to defend its innocence with legal weapons.

　　谁违反游戏规则，谁就被淘汰出局

"Down is abandoned as useless, and gathered as treasure".

Heddderich, chairman of the European feather and feather Association, revealed that after the TV 4 broadcast of the "live plucking" program, the Association received more than 180 letters. The questions we concern include: what is bedding material used for bedding products, two what is the characteristics of the products attached to the slaughtering industry, and three, why do they keep poultry?

According to reports, the European Law on goose was formally implemented in December 22, 1999.

　　我国尚未出台保护家禽法律法规

　　中国羽绒工业协会向农业部、国家林业局咨询动物保护的法律法规后被告知，我国有一整套关于野生动物保护的法律、法规，但保护家禽方面的尚未出台。2008年中国羽绒企业出口瑞典产品价值2200万美元，包含所有羽毛及羽绒制品。中国羽绒工业协会负责人说：“勿以善小而不为，我们只有尊重欧洲等国家或地区保护动物的法律与消费者需求，反对虐待动物的行为，才不至于失掉市场”。

According to customs statistics, in 2008, 1322 feather and down enterprises in China exported 720 million dollars of feather and feather products to Europe, accounting for 37% of the export volume of China's down industry.

　　中国食品土畜进出口商会羽毛羽绒制品分会秘书长李玉香目前正在安徽羽绒企业调研。瑞典这家电视台去年报道“活拔羊绒”，今年报道“ 活拔绒”，每年都有不同的主题。不能说其背后有动物保护组织，但这种国际贸易中的突发事件必须引起企业关注。中国占国际羽绒市场70%份额，其他30%为法国、匈牙利、波兰等国家。除此之外，以石油为原料、可大规模生产的涤纶棉可替代天然的羽绒。如一件羽绒服标准充绒量是600克，但在羽绒价格高时有的厂家就采用羽绒与涤纶棉各占一半的策略降低成本。

This is a measure of animal protectionism on the surface, but one trend is quite noticeable.